Fm 8.5 Adv, XP
I want to return a value from a vbscript to a field within filemaker. I am a
total nitwit as to vbscripting. I have made a start. Created a filemaker
script

let it execute the following

Const WINDOW_HANDLE = 0
Const NO_OPTIONS = 0
Set objShell = CreateObject("Shell.Application")
Set objFolder = objShell.BrowseForFolder _
(WINDOW_HANDLE, "Select a folder:", NO_OPTIONS, "C:\Scripts")
Set objFolderItem = objFolder.Self
objPath = objFolderItem.Path

objPath does now hold the correct path (which I have checked with
Wscript.Echo objPath) but how do I now get the value ino a field?

I know this is perhaps a more vbscript related question, but those guys have
no idea how filemaker works. So I thought I tried here first.

Ursus

Hi Ursus

Ursus wrote:

There are a number of ways of doing this.

Probably the simplest way is to create a VB binary that passes
information back to the shell, ther pass a shell command out through
the shell using the free shell plugin from abstrak.
http://www.abstrakt.com/shell.html

Another way

Return Result through the Web Viewer (requires FileMaker 8.5)
http://www.connectingdata.com/Return...hWebViewer.zip

* The new Web Viewer feature in FileMaker 8.5 offers a new and
interesting way of returning a VBscript result to FM. Up to no we were
limited to pasting (not recommended) or triggering an import script in
FM. With the Web Viewer we can now have the VBscript write out a small
HTML page with the result and then trigger a FileMaker script that
scrapes the content of that HTML page into a FileMaker field. Try it
out...

Then you could pass info back via ODBC
or you could pass info back using XML.

Hope that helps.

Keith

Keith,

The second option you gave, just gives me exactly what I want. Thanks.

Ursus


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HI Ursus

Ursus wrote:

Keith