Hey Eric, This was a great tip. I was skeptical. I didn't even know Get Info had that feature (I've only used Mac forever. Shows how observant I am). It worked like a charm. I converted all jpegs, tiffs, and png files. Now they all open in Photoshop.
Deb Deborah Tinsley Visual Resources Kansas City Art Institute [email protected] 816.802.3395 On Wed, May 4, 2011 at 8:35 PM, Eric Wright <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 >
