I am in the darkness of trying to use Send Event to trigger a .bat file and I am humbly begging for a torch.

Here is what I am trying to do..

I have get_filelist.bat file located at Server Namec$Program FilesFileMakerFileMaker ServerDataScripts that triggers another .bat file and performs some file manipulation on the server. get_filelist.bat works perfectly when i remote desktop into server and trigger the .bat file or trigger it via server scheduled event. The last step of get_filelist.bat is to produce Server Namec$Program FilesFileMakerFileMaker ServerDataDocumentsfilelist.xml.

I have a script in an .fp7 file served on the same FMP server called get_filelist that has one line...Send Event("aevt";"odoc"; "filewin://Server NameD:Program FilesFileMakerFileMaker ServerDataScriptsget_filelist.bat". When executed it does not produce Server Namec$Program FilesFileMakerFileMaker ServerDataDocumentsfilelist.xml and returns no error.

I want to be able to trigger the get_filelist script from a button click on a layout AND from the server scheduled events.

I am thinking that its nothing more than getting the third parameter in Send Event (1;2;3) correct.

Flashlight, torch, open the shades, anyone?

TIA

K

See if this one helps

http://fmforums.com/forum/showtopic.php?tid/210084/post/335954/hl/%22send+event%22/fromsearch/1/#335954

i had read through that post before posting my question. If their is a solution in there please enlighten me in detail cause i dont see it

Not sure I follow exactly what your doing but this might help you a little.

Send Event sends a text string to your "run line" not the "command line". I suggest you start by typeing what you want executed into the run line. (Start menu > Run... or on vista type it into the search box in the start menu) once you get the command to run there, take that and use it for your send event command.