Tami, I'd use a stay-open AppleScript application with an "on idle" handler. It would initially be launched from a FileMaker script and would observe a FM global field to know when to quit.
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 On 14/05/2011, at 14:18, Tami Williams <[email protected]> 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]>
