Using an External program from with filemaker

[JimDionisio]

Hello all,

As a newbi to Filemaker Pro 5.5, I have what I think would be a common request. I want to open a scanner program or any program for that matter i.e. (HP scanjet application) from within my file maker application. So the user can hit a script button that will open the scanner app and then the scanned image can be save to a container field all in one procedure.

I have found external procedure calls for web use or email but nothing else.

Any help is appreciated!

Thanks,

Jim

[Guest]

You can use the "send message" script to run a command line command in windows such as "c:program filesHPscanthis.exe", or if the target software supports command line parameters, then you can do other wondrous things too..

You can also run batchfiles from the send message sript step also.

Of course the assumption is that you are on the Windows platform

[IdealData]

If you're on a Mac then you'll need a little bit of AppleScript.