Okay. I've read through the posts looking for information about triggering scripts at a certain time, hourly, etc.,

Apparently there are solutions using Applescript and there are also some plugin solutions.

It also appears that there is no simple way to do this with Filemaker. Is this correct? This seems fairly bizarre. Apologies for the multiple post. I just want to affirmation. :-P

Tim.

ps. If this is correct, can anyone reccomend the best way to do this? That is, which plugin, etc,?

Hi,

Yes, you are correct that you cannot do this in filemaker. As to which plugin there are several available.

Waves in motion ( www.wmotion.com ) do one called oazium events.

Community Networking ( www.cnsplugins.com ) do one called SCRIPTit.

I use the second one, as not only does it allow you to trigger a script on leaving any field, or at a preset date, time and also repeating intervals (same as oazium events), but it also allows you to create xml menus within your database that can trigger a script once clicked on. These menus can be created from value lists, from portal information or via scripts.

AS to Applescripts I am not sure on this, but there are people on the list who will be.

HTH

Have a look at iDoScript (shareware).

Where can I find iDoScript? Is it for Win or Mac?

hello,

here is the URL, http://www.sophisticated.com/products/ido/ido_ss.html. it is for mac, and classic only, does not work in OS X. i would think using SCRIPTit or doScript plugins would be more beneficial, and cross platform.

On Mac you can do this using AppleScript for sure (very little you can't do!) but the script might have to run constantly in the background. Or you could use one of the many alramclock style shareware available outhere that act as a Scheduled Tasks for mac. I think AlarmClock Pro does that.

On Windoze you can do this using the system's Scheduled Tasks. You'll need to create a small db that contains a script which triggers the external script you want run on whatever schedule... that external script should have an extra step to close the new small db. You set the new small db to run its only script on startup and you tell Scheduled Tasks to open that small new db on whatever schedule. Harder to explain than to do...

So things should go as such :

On a given schedule, Scheduled Tasks opens the new small db.

On startup, the new small db triggers it's only script.

This script has one line, Perform Script External(whatever script you want to run)

That whatever script closes the new small db (making it ready to for the next scheduled event) and does it's thing.

In the past I used the Troi Activator plugin, and it is very easy to use.

Ken