[MacPerl] FMP & MacPerl

[Darryl Caldwell <darrylc@foothills.eznet.com>]

FMP comes with a database called "FileMaker & Apple Events that give a
pretty detail description of the FMP object model. And Matthias has put
together some examples of usinf AppleScript and AEs in the Perl Anarchist's
Cookbook. You may want to have a look at those. You may also note that FMP
can compile AS on its own and since MacPerl is scriptable you could put an
Applescript in a FMP field which invokes MacPerl with parameters. MacPerl
can then reply with the data you need. I'm working on it and if anyone else
would care to chime in....please do.

One question I have is on "0,0" notation in that both Chris and Matthias
have used in their examples. Like this:

	typeApplSignature, "Arch", 0, 0,

What does the 0, 0 represent?



>I'm looking for examples of Filemaker calling an external MacPerl script.
>(or vice-versa.)  I've been searching the web but had no luck finding
>anything yet.  I'm working on a Filemaker project (it's not a CGI thing,
>it's a standalone db) and FM's scripting looks to be incapable of munging
>the data the way I need it to, so I was thinking of doing it with
>MacPerl... but I really don't know where to start, or how to pass data
>between FM and perl.  Would appreciate any advice or pointers to online
>info and examples.  Thanks!
>
>
>  /\  Jackie Hamilton (kira@io.com)
> /()\  Webmaster, Steve Jackson Games
>/____\  http://www.sjgames.com/
>
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