Hello,
I want from a running script my exported records write to disk. The filename
should be by each run have the name of the system date e.g.
filemac:/mac/Users/walli/actualdate.fp7 were actualdate:=DDMMYY
I couldn't find any syntax in the script maker. Does anybody have an idea?

regards
Walter

In article <dmka7r$2mp$1 (AT) news (DOT) mch.sbs.de>, "walhol" <hollerwal (AT) aol (DOT) de>
wrote:

I'm not 100% sure about FileMaker 7, but older versions of FileMaker
cannot have a variable export filename. The Export script command can
use either static text or let the user chooce a filename.

To do what you want you would need an extra file routines plug-in or
use AppleScript or it's Windows equivalent.

Helpful Harry
Hopefully helping harassed humans happily handle handiwork hardships ;o)

Helpful Harry wrote:

You still can't in 7.

Before oAzium FileTools (plugin), I exported to a generically-named
file (export.txt), then used a calc field to dynamically generate an
AppleScript which, when run, changed the name of export.txt to whatever.

It worked like a charm, but due to the generosity of my employer at the
time, I now have a dev license to FileTools, which does a lot more than
I could do with AS (read: had time to learn).

Something similar could be done in Winduhs.

Matt

Matt

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walhol wrote:
You don't specify whether you are using FM7 or FM8. There is no way to
do it in FM7 without either a plug-in, a DOS 'rename' command or an
Applescript.

In FM8, you can set a variable with the full path and file name, and
then use that variable name within the scripted export dialog.
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In article <11osbv5i2510587 (AT) corp (DOT) supernews.com>, Howard Schlossberg
<howard (AT) antispahm (DOT) fmprosolutions.com> wrote:

I guessed that "...actualdate.fp7" implies FileMaker 7, but that could
easily be wrong. )

Which leads to another point, the exported file should not be called
".fp7", but will be ".txt" if a standard tab-seperated text file and
there are other filename extensions for the other filetypes FileMaker
can export.

Helpful Harry
Hopefully helping harassed humans happily handle handiwork hardships ;o)

In article <xSpjf.335$GA2.25@trndny02>, "Matt Wills" <Im (AT) Witz (DOT) End>
wrote:

For FileMaker 5 there's a free plug-in called "File Toolbox" at
http://www.geocities.com/SiliconVall...7/plPLUGs.html for
both Windows and Mac OS 9.

I haven't tried it, but it probably works in FileMaker 6 as well, but
the changes to FileMaker 7 may mean that it doesn't work there - could
be worth trying since it is free though.


Helpful Harry
Hopefully helping harassed humans happily handle handiwork hardships ;o)

I am using FM7. FoxPro can this since 10 years. None the less, why should I
store the exported records to a text file?
When I upgrade my application, I must backup the existing records and import
to the new application.
regards
Walter

"Helpful Harry" <helpful_harry (AT) nom (DOT) de.plume.com> wrote

walhol wrote:

Export the file to whatever supported format you want to use.

The point is that if you want automated export to a dynamically-named
file, you have to use 1) a plug-in or 2) a calc field that will create
a Your-OS-Script to change the name of the file once it has been
exported.

Are you saying that you export your FileMaker data to back it up, then
re-import it?

Why not just keep a backup copy of the FM file and import from there as
needed?

Matt



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