I found that it would be really useful to have a way to execute a
script automatically every time I enter a layout. FM doesn't seem to
have this feature.
I am already using buttons to go to layouts, but the problem is I can
have many occurences of the same table and I don't want to write a
script for each one (go to related object from that occurence and
execute my desired script).

I looked for some plugins to do that, and I only found one ("Events
4.0", http://www.wmotion.com/s.nl/sc.2/cat...2/it.I/id.8/.f ,
$129/user).
Does anybody know of a free plugin that provides this feature?

If not, then I would like to write one. I know C++ very well, I have
FMD7, and if I can write this plugin, I will provide it free of charge
(with a donate option). I just need some directions/guidelines as to
how to write this kind of plugin or where to find documentation.

Thanks
Adrian

That's not a solution, just a workaround. The "go to related record"
script step doesn't even allow me to use a calculation to specify the
table (occurence), so I suppose I would need to use an if for each one
- not much better than writing separate scripts. Besides, I may forget
about the script and just set a "go to layout" or "go to related
record" for one of the n buttons that go to that layout (or even worse:
I already have n buttons in various places, that go to that layout
without a script, and I need to add scripts for each one of them).

Adrian

For FM7 there is a free plugin named "EventScript" and available at
www.softs4humans.com.
We miss it (free) for FMP6 and below. If you were ready to go on and
write one, many people would be grateful, including me.
For technical advices on writing FM plugin, you may see the Troi lists
at http://www.troi.com/lists/index.html.
Remi-Noel

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<aditsu (AT) gmail (DOT) com> a écrit :

Remi-Noel Menegaux wrote:
Yes.. but it doesn't seem to do what I need. It only performs scripts
triggered by calculations.

I'm not sure what it takes to write FM6 (or older) -compatible plugins.
If I find out, I'll try

Thanks, I'll check it out

Adrian

The free scripting plug-in for FM6 is CallScript, available from
costello_ryan.tripod.com. There is not much in the way of examples with
CallScript, but you do get examples with EventScript.

In short, you will need to take advantage of the fact that these
plug-ins are triggered by calculations. Unstored calculations want to
refresh themselves whenever they need to display. Put one on a layout
and you will find that it wants to update itself whenever you switch
records or layouts.

aditsu (AT) gmail (DOT) com wrote:
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Howard Schlossberg (818) 883-2846
FM Pro Solutions Los Angeles, California

FileMaker 7 Certified Developer
Associate Member, FileMaker Solutions Alliance

In article <1118655224.225672.188920 (AT) g14g2000cwa (DOT) googlegroups.com>,
aditsu (AT) gmail (DOT) com says...
Um... the relationship you go to dictates the table occurrence. You
can't go to a related record in one table occurence but have it display
in another.

Actually, I can. I select the table occurence and FM is giving me a
list of layouts for all occurences of that table. I select a layout for
another occurence and it works.

Adrian

Howard Schlossberg wrote:
That means cluttering the database with even more "programming"
fields.. but if it actually works, then I think it's definitely worth
it! I'll try it, thanks for the explanation.

Adrian

In article <1118687346.486529.248270 (AT) g47g2000cwa (DOT) googlegroups.com>,
aditsu (AT) gmail (DOT) com says...
Ok... you meant layout (you originally said Table Occurence). Yeah, that
works, and makes sense.

Well, I go to the same layout from various table occurences, that's why
I said that.

Adrian