Applescript Newbie Filemaker 9 Question

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#1

Hi Folks,

I’m an applescript newbie and can use some help…

using Filemaker Pro 9

Currently I have a bunch of text files (3 formats - .txt .dox .pages) in a specific directory.

I have a Filemaker file with the doc titles already in the field called ‘TITLE’

I would like to write a FM script using applescript to:

1 - open the file on disk
2 - extract the modified date
3 - extract the creation date

I can handle the Filemaker script stuff but I’m having trouble with the perform applescript part…

Now I have this almost working an a AS ! outside (for now)! of FMP:



tell application "FileMaker Pro"
set visible of window "Titles" to true
    set mypath to "myDrive:myFolder:" & the contents of cell "Titles::title"
   
end tell

tell application "Finder"
    activate
    open file mypath as string
end tell

But I get the error - can’t make mypath into a string…

Q: How can I fix this? Also can someone tell me how to extract the modified & creation date? like:

set thecreation to xxx???
set themod to xxx???

#2

Try this.


tell application "Finder"
	open mypath
	set modDate to modification date of mypath
	set createDate to creation date of mypath
end tell
#3

Thanks Craig - that worked perfectly!