Tami One possibility would be an iCal event every 15 minutes that triggered an "Open File" that opened an FMP db that ran a script upon opening then closed itself. Ideal for "robot" Macs. Less ideal for client-attended machines but could be done.
Stephen --- "If computers get too powerful, we can organize them into committees. That'll do them in." ~anon On May 13, 2011, at 10:18 PM, Tami Williams wrote: > I need to have a script run every 15 minutes in FileMaker 6. Any ideas on > how to do it? > > The databases are hosted on a Windows server and the users (that need the > script) are on Macs. Other users (that don't need the script) are on PCs. > > Ideally users would click a button in FileMaker 6 that does an action then > every 15 minutes afterwards they'd get a dialog message, until they clicked > another button then set a field value that would then stop the message. > > Thanks in advance. > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > "It's better to burn out than to fade away." > > Tami Williams > Creative Computing > Let us help you make frustrating, costly, and inefficient processes more > efficient, less costly and scalable. > Lasso, MySQL and FileMaker specialists. > > Tel: 770.457.3221 > Fax: 770.454.7419 > E-Mail: [email protected] > Web: http://www.asktami.com/ > LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/asktami > Twitter: http://twitter.com/asktami > iChat/AIM/Skype: tamiwilliamsusa > > FileMaker Solutions Alliance Associate | Lasso Professional Alliance Member | > Certified Lasso Developer > > ------ > > If you want to receive sporadic email from Creative Computing regarding news > at the company and announcements about upcoming Lasso webinars and online > classes, please opt-in at http://tinyurl.com/yj7eqlg > > > ############################################################# > This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to > the mailing list <[email protected]>. > To unsubscribe, E-mail to: <[email protected]> > To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to <[email protected]> > To switch to the INDEX mode, E-mail to <[email protected]> > Send administrative queries to <[email protected]>
