List of Common functionalities which are possible via apple scripts and not via FileMaker Scripts

[Pushkraj]

Hi,

Could I get a list of Common functionalities which are possible via apple scripts and not via FileMaker Scripts.

I don't want to create any apple script application.

I simply want to enhance my FileMaker Application with Applescript enhancements which shall remove my FileMaker Script limitations.

I want to do this without any external tool or plugin.

Regards

[Søren Dyhr]

Could I get a list of Common functionalities which are possible via apple scripts and not via FileMaker Scripts.

No - that would require what you expect to be common is defined.

But by and large, should applescripts be thrown at matters beyond the confines of the application, such as interaction with other applications and their document type.

Embedded applescript could manage internal database maintenance issues, but are hardly ever a justified efford, since filemaker natively now provide both script triggers as well as indirection.

--sd

[Pushkraj]

Thanks .....!!

[Fenton]

It is unfortunate, but FileMaker seems to not taking AppleScript very seriously lately. In (much) earlier versions of FileMaker an entire folder of example AppleScripts was installed with the application. I have a FileMaker Developer 6, which has it; likely FileMaker 7 also (but I no longer have that on this computer). It was not there in 8.5, but the Apple Events Reference.fp7 file was, which is the entire documentation for AppleScript and FileMaker. I don't think it has been changed since FileMaker 7.

In FileMaker 10 even that was missing, ie., no AppleScript documentation at all was installed. I wrote to FileMaker and they gave me a link to the file.

http://fmdl.filemaker.com/MISC/fmp10/fp/apple_events_reference_wwe.zip

Maybe they also still have that AppleScript examples folder on their site somewhere (tho I kind of doubt it).

But anyway, if you can get hold of that AppleScript examples folder from way back, you will see that AppleScript can do many of the internal commands of FileMaker, Finds, etc.. But, as Søren pointed out, it's best to use AppleScript for what FileMaker cannot do (a lot), or cannot do as well.

[Fitch]

I don't know how to answer that question, but if you could describe a specific "limitation" that's troubling you, I could tell you whether there's a way to do it in FileMaker (and possibly in AS).