Re: [MacPerl] Apple Events in FileMaker Pro

[darrylc@foothills.eznet.com]

ergh...I had the idea for the module. But I hit more bumps than I thought 
I would. I've hard a hard time grokking the object syntax. But 
it's coming along. Perhaps we could collaborate. If anyone else is 
interested in development along these lines feel free to email me off list.



-Darryl Caldwell
darrylc@eznet.com




On Mon, 6 Apr 1998, Kevin Lindsey wrote:

> Hello everybody,
> 
> Well, I've finally taken the plunge into AppleEvents with respect to FileMaker.
> I've been quite surprised at how easy it has turned out to be; however, I am
> running into one road block that I hoped someone could help me with.
> 
> I would like to do the equivalent of the following AppleScript:
> 
> tell application "FileMaker Pro"
>         tell database "Single Page, All Market"
>                 show (every record whose cell "Project Number" = "80039")
>         end tell
> end tell
> 
> I get a little lost when it comes to setting up events that use test.  Can
> someone, perhaps, give me an example that would be relevant to this AppleScript?
> I understand how to set up the object, it's mainly the test (whose statement)
> that is troubling me.
> 
> BTW, I thought that I read a while back that someone was writing a FileMaker
> module.  Is that still in the works?
> 
> TIA,
> Kevin
> 
> 
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