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4. In the Specify Apple Event dialog box, click Specify Application.
5. In the Open File dialog box, select the target application, and then
click Open.
6. In the Specify Apple Event dialog box, choose the event you want to
send from the pop-up menu.
See “Choosing an Apple event to send” on page 5-27.
7. Select options for the event, and then click OK.
8. In the Script Definition dialog box, finish defining or editing the
script, and then click OK.
Select To
Bring target application to
foreground
Display the target application when it performs the Apple
event. Deselect this option to run the target application in the
background or to perform scripts more quickly.
Wait for event completion
before continuing
Wait for the Apple event to finish before returning control to
ScriptMaker.
Wait for event completion
before continuing and
Copy event result to the
clipboard. Deselect Bring
target application to
foreground.
Copy the result of an event performed in the target application.
Use this option when sending events to an application that can
send an Apple event reply, like the HyperCard application. In
the next step, you can add ScriptMaker steps to paste the data
into a FileMaker Pro field.
Choose an Apple
event
Choose options
for the event