Re: [MacPerl] AE & FMP

[<darrylc@foothills.eznet.com>]

Cool. 'TEXT(\@)', huh. Why and where can i learn more about this
convention? 

> 
> #!perl -wl
> use Mac::AppleEvents;
> $file = ':test';
> $evt = AEBuildAppleEvent('aevt', 'odoc',
>                           typeApplSignature, 'FMPR',
>                           0,0, "'----':TEXT(\@)", $file) or die $^E;
> print AEPrint($evt);
> $rep = AESend($evt, kAEWaitReply) or die $^E;
> print AEPrint($rep);
> AEDisposeDesc($evt);
> AEDisposeDesc($rep);
> 
> You had two main problems:  you spelled Appl Apple, and you did not make
> $file into TEXT.  You can also do ³$file², but that does not work if $file
> has a ³ or ² in it:
> 
> $evt = AEBuildAppleEvent('aevt', 'odoc',
>                           typeApplSignature, 'FMPR',
>                           0,0, "'----':³$file²") or die $^E;
> 
> BTW, this is with Filemaker Pro 2.1, which is FMPR, I don't know what
> Filemaker Pro 3 is.  FMP3 is probably right.
> 
> --
> Chris Nandor          mailto:pudge@pobox.com         http://pudge.net/
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> 
> 
> 

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