Hi Andre This may have been covered or irrelevant but you can control the default app for file types within the finder. Do Get info on a file. The option tis there for Open With and can be set for all documents of this type. My be then FM will use Photoshop.
Kind Regards Eric On 05/05/2011, at 9:50 AM, André Boey wrote: > Thanks for the clarification, Tim. I need to work on integrating my > AppleScripting with FileMaker a little better. ;-) > > Andre > > On May 4, 2011, at 18:20, Tim Mansour wrote: > >> On 5 May 2011 07:33, André Boey <[email protected]> wrote: >>> tell application "FileMaker Pro Advanced" >>> tell database "Database Name" >>> tell table "Table Name" >>> set filePath to cell "global Field Name" >>> end tell >>> end tell >>> end tell >> >> That's not necessary André. >> >> For starters, the script is being run within the FileMaker context so >> the first "tell" statement is redundant. >> >> Also, it's fair to assume that Deb's FileMaker script will be run from >> a context where the field "Photo >> Catalog::File Path" evaluates correctly so we can use that field >> without having to first set a global. (Plus, you forgot to mention >> that the script would first need to set the value of the global >> field.) >> >>> If the path is not a Mac-style >>> path but a Unix-style one, you'll have to use Substitute to replace the >>> slashes with colons. >> >> Sorry to be pedantic, but it's not necessarily as simple as that. >> Translating from a Unix- to a Mac-style file path is best done by >> using: >> >> POSIX file filepath >> >> For example: >> >> set foo to "/Users/tim/Desktop/image.jpg" >> POSIX file foo >> --> file "Macintosh HD:Users:tim:Desktop:image.jpg" >> >> HTH. >> >> -- >> Tim Mansour <[email protected]> >> Neologica Print & Promotions ABN 63 904 335 408 >> Certified FileMaker 10 Developer >> PO Box K1163 : Haymarket NSW 1240 >> Mobile 0405 500 846
