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Batch File Imports

Dagel
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This is easily done in FM9, but I need to do this for a FM6 solution.

I have a number of tab delimited files, all within the same folder, that I need to import at set intervals throughout the day. The FM database has the name of each file in one of the fields in an otherwise empty record.

Is there a way to tell FM which file to import into which record without any user interaction?

Thanks for the help!

Not in FileMaker 6. The Import step requires a fixed file path. What you can do it is use AppleScript to move/rename a file to the fixed filepath, import it, then move/rename/delete it.

In FMP 6, this was done with a plug-in like Troi File.

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