FM 8.0v3 Adv on a Mac:

I have set the file options: When closing a file perform script" named
Shutdown.

I have a button on a layout that runs the "exit application" script step.

The script steps "exit application" and "close file" do not run the
shutdown script.

However, closing the file manually (clicking the window closure corner
button, or the File>Close menu) or quitting FileMaker do activate the
shutdown script.

Why the difference?

In article <C2558BC2.18A10%trashadd5 (AT) bigfoot (DOT) com>, "David Robins, MD"
<trashadd5 (AT) bigfoot (DOT) com> wrote:

There shouldn't be a difference. If you've set the Document Preference
option to run a Closing script, then that script should be run no
matter how the file is closed - a quick test in FileMaker 5.5 of
various "quit" and "close" methods proves this.

First, check that the preferences is running the correct script. Then
check that the script is not being skipped for some reason (a
mismatching If test for example).

It's possible you've found a bug in FileMaker 8, but I wouldn't have
thought so.

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

I found one difference:

If my Quit button directly runs the "exit application" step from the button
setup menu, the shutdown script runs fine.

If my Quit button runs a script that contains only the script step "exit
application", shutdown scrip does not run, it just exits. With the Debugger
is running, it does not even enter the shutdown script itself.




On 4/25/07 11:39 PM, in article
260420071839372305%helpful_harry (AT) nom (DOT) de.plume.com, "Helpful Harry"
<helpful_harry (AT) nom (DOT) de.plume.com> wrote:

In article <C256CF8C.18EBD%trashadd5 (AT) bigfoot (DOT) com>, "David Robins, MD"
<trashadd5 (AT) bigfoot (DOT) com> wrote:

It shouldn't do that ... or at least it doesn't in FileMaker 5.5 - no
matter how you quit or close, the Closing script is always run.

A work around would of course to change the button's script to run the
Shutdown script as well.
ie.
{whatever else the button may need to do}
Perform Script [Shutdown]
Quit Application

But be aware (if it makes a difference) that the Shutdown script might
run twice using this method.



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