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I have a scrit that collects certian data, I call them media_encode, media_title, media_URL etc. I have a database that coresponds with this data. what is the applescript phrase to create the record

tell application "FileMaker Pro"

open file "macintosh HD:StoryDatabase"

create new record {cell1:"test"}

end tell

I can't get this to work thoughts?

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The syntax for creating a new record with data is:

code:


tell application "FileMaker Pro"

create new record with data {"field 1 data", "field 2 data", "field 3 data"}

end tell


The order of the data has to be the same as the creation order of the fields, and all the fields that you are setting have to appear on the current layout. You can of course replace the literal strings with variables containing the actual data. There are also other ways to use applescript to set field values, but this one is probably the simplest to follow. This script also assumes that you have already opened the file and it is the currently frontmost filemaker window. You may want to add steps to ensure this is the case.

[This message has been edited by BobWeaver (edited January 29, 2001).]

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