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FILEMAKER PRO HELP 1166
script text or type in the name of the script (make sure it is one that will be recognized
by the target program).
• other displays the Specify event dialog box, where you can manually enter the Apple
event Event class and Event ID.
• Select Document or click Specify to select the document you want used with the target
application. For more information, see
Creating file paths.
• Select Calculation or click Specify to create a calculation that generates a value you want
to send with the event.
• Bring Target Application to foreground activates the target application and displays it on
the screen. Displaying the target application can slow down the performance of your script.
If Bring Target Application to foreground is not selected, the event is performed in the
background.
• Wait for event completion before continuing tells FileMaker Pro to wait until the event is
finished before continuing. If you don't want to wait until the event is completed, deselect
this option.
• Copy event result to the clipboard copies the resulting events data to the Clipboard, from
which it can later be retrieved. This option is disabled if Bring Target Application to
foreground is selected.
• Click Specify Application to display a dialog box where you can select the target
application.
Compatibility
Originated in
FileMaker Pro 6.0 or earlier
Description
Select the event you want to send in the “Send Event” Options dialog box.
• When FileMaker Pro sends an Apple event, it sends text (not compiled) data. You must
know what information the target application expects to receive with an event.
• Each Send Event script step sends one event. You can include more than one Send Event
in a script.
Example 1
Opens the TextEdit application.
Send Event ["TextEdit", "aevt", "oapp"]
Where the script step runs Supported
FileMaker Pro Yes
FileMaker Server scheduled script No
FileMaker Go No
Custom Web Publishing No
FileMaker WebDirect No
Runtime solution Yes