Hello,

I am using FMPro 7 and Skype, I would like to define an AppleScript to
call directly a selected contact with Skype. I don't want to make
copy/paste of the contact phone number anymore.

I defined a button for that wich perform a calculated AppleScript:

"tell application " & "\"" & "Skype" & "\"¶" & "activate¶" & "get
URL" & "\"" & "callto: GetAsNumber(Contact::Phone)" & "\"¶" & "end tell"

However, Skype returns the following error message : Couldn't call to
GetAsNumber(Contact::Phone). Invalid username or SkypeOut number.
It seems that the GetAsNb ... is not interpreted , I tried with expr,
evaluation , but it did not help :-(
I am new with FMPro and AppleScript so any help will be greatly
appreciated ...
Best Regards and thanks for reading,
Tof

I don't know "Skype" but looking at what you typed your problem is that
the text "GetAsNumber(Contact::Phone)" is being passed to apple script
which doesn't know what to do with it.
I would suggest that you create a global text field, then set that
field to the exact apple script text that you want to execute eg.
tell application "Skype"
activate
get URL "callto:444-4444"
end tell

Now tell your FileMaker script to run the contents of the global field
as an apple script.

Hello again,

I tried the method from FP (with global field) but unfortunately it did
not help anyway thanks for his help.
Then I searched on the web especially on the Filemaker site and found
this solution:

"tell application " & "\"" & "Skype" & "\"¶" & "activate¶" & "get
URL" & "\"" & "callto:" & Contact::Phone & "\"¶" & "end tell"

Now this is great then I can "skype" directly my customer from FMPro
with a single click on a button !

Best Regards,

Tof


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