Call Script at scheduled time

[Booyah]

Hello and thanks for a great plugin! I have ScriptMaster loaded and working correctly. I would like to call a script that opens a custom dialog box based upon the time of day but I am lost in how to make this happen. Please forgive my "Newbie" ignorance. Any help would be appreciated.

[Booyah]

[color:red]HELP! I have successfully used the Image Capture module so I know everything is working correctly. I need to know how to attach the CallScriptAtScheduledTime function. Can it only be done with a button or event or does it monitor the system clock and activate at the actual time? I'm sorry for the Rookie question.

[Booyah]

Anyone?

[Booyah]

Are you kidding me?! Really? Thanks for nothing

[mr_vodka]

24 hours doesnt seem like a reasonable time frame to get a response on a forum from those that support a Free plugin.

The guys over at 360 Works do monitor these forums but they do not check them 24-7. I would give it a few more days.

[Lee Smith]

That makes two of now that has said this now, only I said it to him by PT.

Lee

Edited June 22, 2009 by Guest

[Booyah]

It's been nearly a full work-week...not 24 hours. 115 views and the only responses I get are from someone who wants to tell me to be patient, and from someone else who only stops in to be important and rudely delete posts. I tried to use this elitest forum 2 years ago and had the same problem. You know, we are not all high-end programmers, but we are people...AND I am pretty sure that some of you would be a little more polite face-to-face.

[mr_vodka]

I dont think that I was trying to be condescending in my post. I dont know why you feel that this is an "elitist" forum; on the contrary, there are numerous beginner and mid level developers here that ask / receive help every day. I am sorry if you go that impression but that isn't the case.

I posted for you to be patient because the truth is that the folks over at 360 works do not monitor these forums 24-7. That is just a fact. I was not trying to hit you with a slick remark. They offer many different products to the community as well as various other services. It is generous of them to offer a free plugin when they do not have to.

I only think that it is fair to be patient and non-demanding when it comes to products that are gratuitous. Now if it were one of their paid products and their response time was slow then I believe that anyone would have the right to complain.

Another option is that you could email them directly and give them feedback to monitor their forums here more regularly.

[Vaughan]

Ask for your money back if you're not happy.

[Booyah]

Mr Vodka,

First let me apologize for the attitude with which I posted. I just reread my post and it was completely inappropriate. I posted in the midst of extreme frustration as well as a violent flu. Neither you nor Lee are responsible for either.

As far as the plug-in, I understand that the product is free. This appears to be a quality product as well, but it does not come a .pdf file or something that makes it useful to those of us that are less-than-qualified to implement it. I was able to make one of the modules work because there was a video available explaining it. In my reading, I found that 360 will be glad to provide assistance via email or phone for $155 per hour. That is just not an option for me. I went to the only resource available for help and I was unable, over several days, to elicit a single response from the developer. If the free products were easier to use for the beginners, we would be more apt to purchase their other products.

Again Mr. V and Lee, please accept my sincere apology for my previous attitude. I am a true fan of FileMaker and am in awe of those of you who have a real grasp of its' power. I look forward to learning from you in the future.

B

[Lee Smith]

...snip...

First let me apologize. ...snip...

Apology Accepted.

I found that 360 will be glad to provide assistance via email or phone for $155 per hour.

Wow, I had no idea that they would charge you to answers questions about their existing modules. I didn't pick up on that until... I just downloaded their product today. I watched the video.

In the folder with the plugin, there is a PDF titled "documentation.html". I see a Feedback button in it, and sence they have requested feedback I would send them one on this problem.

Lee

[Booyah]

Lee,

Thanks for the understanding, as well as the extra effort.

B

[Jesse Barnum]

Hi Booyah - you can CallScriptAtScheduledTime anywhere that you call a calculation. Typically this is in a 'Set Field' or 'Set Variable' script step, although it could conceivably be in an if(), a privilege permission, an auto-enter calculation, or anywhere else in FileMaker where you type in a calculation formula.

You provide a parameter of when you want the script to be fired, ie. today at 2PM. This will do nothing apparent to the user at the time you call it, but at 2PM, the specified script will be triggered.

This is easily demonstrated in the ScriptMaster.fp7 file. Just change the scheduledTime parameter to 30 seconds in the future, click the 'Run Script' button, and wait for the script to trigger.

I'm sorry if you are unhappy with response time on this support forum. We monitor these forums more or less often depending on how busy we are. For the last two weeks I've been extremely busy launching our Web Services Manager product, so I have not been checking them at all. We offer paid support for this product if you have an urgent issue.

[color:red]HELP! I have successfully used the Image Capture module so I know everything is working correctly. I need to know how to attach the CallScriptAtScheduledTime function. Can it only be done with a button or event or does it monitor the system clock and activate at the actual time? I'm sorry for the Rookie question.

[shunky]

Is it possible to adjust Date Format to d/M/yyyy and time to 24 hour notation?

Originally part of Set Variable command has:

'DateFormat fmFormat = new SimpleDateFormat("M/d/yyyy h:mm:ss a");'

I have tried to change this in set variable command, but nothing happens. Additionally, I have tried to change System Formats - and also it doesn't work.

Is it possible to change and what I need to do?

[Jesse Barnum]

Use a capital 'H' instead of 'h' if you want 24 hour time. The complete documentation for formatting strings is here:

http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4.2/docs/api/java/text/SimpleDateFormat.html

[shunky]

Thank you very much on answer. I will try to apply changes.