Hi, I've used FM 6 for a long time but then moved away from the whole FM
scene. I'm planning a production db that must be accessible from both Mac
and PC and thought of FM as a natural solution. It's not the database per se
but the connectivity to the db that becomes a problem for both platforms.
One thing that is holding me back is the ability to have scripts act outside
of the FM environment. For example, to create a new directory or to open a
document within a directory in the source application (eg: open directory
"Story" and then open story.doc in MS Word). Previously in FM 6 the only way
to do this was to link up with AppleScripts, or so I thought.

Has FM scripting advanced to allow this type of interactivity between FM and
it's environment? Can anyone provide examples?

Thanks

pc

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Similarly SentEvent may be used
Other things may be accomplished with plug-ins (some of them are free, but
most are for v7 or v8)

Keep well, Ursus

On Jun 23, 12:46 pm, "pcourterelle" <some... (AT) ms (DOT) com> wrote:
Manipulating directories in windows through FM 8 seems to work best
through plug-ins. I've looked at those provided by Productive
Computing. Look pretty good but I have not tried them in detail. Let
us know what you find out.

Aloha