AppleScript your FileMaker Pro Advanced Menus
by Michael Gaslowitz
The Data Viewer and the Script Debugger are staples in every FileMaker developer’s toolkit, yet there is no built-in keyboard shortcut or script step for either one of them. With four lines of AppleScript, these menus are now within reach: tell application “FileMaker Pro Advanced” activate do menu menu item “Data Viewer” of menu “Tools” [...]
January 31, 2009 • AppleScript, FileMaker, Toolkit • 2 Comments
Video: Quicksilver for Large Type Functionality
by Michael Gaslowitz
This post demonstrates how to integrate Large Type functionality into your FileMaker Pro database using Quicksilver. For those who have never poked around in Apple’s Address Book, clicking on a phone number type (work, home, etc.) pulls up a list of options, one of which is Large Type. Think big numbers across the screen for [...]
July 30, 2008 • AppleScript, Custom Function, FileMaker, Podcast • Comments Off
Video: Growl Integration
by Michael Gaslowitz
This post demonstrates how to integrate the Growl notification system for Mac OS X with your FileMaker Pro Database. Growl notifications are called via an AppleScript that has been formatted into a custom function. FileMaker Pro Advanced is required to view the custom function. These notifications can be used whenever you want to alert a [...]
July 11, 2008 • AppleScript, Custom Function, FileMaker, Podcast, Scripting • 3 Comments
Configure AppleScript to Work with FileMaker
by Michael Gaslowitz
Before we get into all of the cool things you can do with FileMaker, we need to make sure it is configured to work properly with Apple’s scripting utility, AppleScript. Head into the Finder, navigate to Applications > AppleScript, and open up AppleScript Utility. Check the box Enable GUI Scripting. You are now ready for [...]
May 20, 2008 • AppleScript, FileMaker • Comments Off
