How to OpenURL to QT Player

[quixqui]

I am currenty using the open URL script to bring up a movie but of course it opens up internet explorer then either puts a plugin in windows or a seperate window on a mac. Is there a way to tell Filemaker to do an open URL in Quicktime Player. Of course Cross platform

[Vaughan]

Only using some sort of scripting language, like AppleScript or WinBatch. Of course this isn't exactly cross-platform.

Open URL was never designed to do this sort of stuff, it's only for web addresses.

Have you thought of putting the movie into a container field and using the GO TO FIELD [select/perform] script step?

[quixqui]

yes I have the problem is the movie isn't ready at the time of the database creation. The database file is made then a movie is encoded and put in a location on a web/ filemaker server. The movie takes about 30 min to encode and finish and we don't want the operator to have to wait around to add it to the record, can file maker look for a file on a share and then import the file?

[jwmickelson]

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yes I have the problem is the movie isn't ready at the time of the database creation. The database file is made then a movie is encoded and put in a location on a web/ filemaker server. The movie takes about 30 min to encode and finish and we don't want the operator to have to wait around to add it to the record, can file maker look for a file on a share and then import the file?

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I have the exact same problem. No, not without judicious use of FileMaker Plug-ins can you have FMPro watch a folder. But I have been quite successfull using the 'Send AppleEvent' on Mac and 'Send Message' on PC to send the document to QT directly. Try this out with both documents and applications, because the use is slightly different. Use a Status(CurrentPlatform) function to point to the necessary step and then impliment the following:

The PC version is by far the simplest, because if QT is loaded all you need to do is have a calculation that has the path to the file and run the document and the OS will handle opening it in QT.

The Mac is more complicated because you need to register the QT application in the 'Send AppleEvent ', and if I'm not mistaken you must do this on each Mac computer. But who knows, the idea is this is an alternate solution to the 'Send URL' script step (which definately has it's uses!) Play with it and you just may get what you want!

Much luck and brain juice!

Jonathan