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Re: FM Pro 2 - Updating files from files

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From: Brian Hughes
Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 15:59
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dremsen@mbl.edu (David Remsen) writes:

>Is there any way to automate this process? I guess the bottom line
>request is if there is any way to modify one filemaker file from within
>another?

    Well, you should be able to do it using Apple Events and have a
script in one file that opens the other file and performs a function. I
don't know how extensive you can be with the commands you want it to
process, but I do know that you could do this with Hypercard talking to
FM Pro using Apple Events. Take a look at the HC example that comes with
FM Pro 2.0.

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-Brian V. Hughes 
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 the Bushes and the Clintons ends in tragedy when Millie ralphs up what
--
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 the Bushes and the Clintons ends in tragedy when Millie ralphs up what
 is later identified as Socks the cat." Dave Barry 1992 Year in Review
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