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Hi all,
I managed to program my Filemaker database that I can generate vcals of specific files which iCal can subscribe to. Now I would like to incorporate a link to a script that - when I press the link in iCal - will open the matching file in my Filemaker database.
When I add birthdays from the addressbook its similar like:
addressbook://9F6FF48C-9016-11DB-BAE9-000393A9E04A:ABPerson
But I think it doesn´t work as easy with Filemaker. I have to find a way to get the way to Filemaker/the database/ and then call a filmaker script to find the specific file.
Any ideas of how to do these first steps maybe with Applescript and how the link in iCal should look like that I can click on it?
Best regards - Christoph

I thought about it the following way:
I make an ID-field in Filemaker which has a number for every filemaker file in the database. This ID will be the first thing that gets transfered into the Note-field of the iCal ToDo.
Now I need a script that copies this first word (number) - can be either 7 or 3423 - out of the note field of iCal - goes to my filemaker database and make a search for this number in the ID field.
I have some rudimental scripting that goes to filemaker but have no idea about the searching and navigating and the copying of the number out of the note filed in iCal... any ideas?
tell application "FileMaker Pro Advanced"
activate
tell database "databasename"
tell table "layoutname"
tell window 1
set therequest to create new request
set data of field "ID" of therequest to ID-number
find
end tell
end tell
end tell
end tell
Any help would be greatly appreciated - I think it should work this way. I can call the script out of iCal by text
file:///Users/Christoph/Desktop/linkapp.app
which I can send out of filemaker when I make the todo at the end of the notefield. Then I only have to select it and right-click open URL.
Have a great 2007 - Christoph

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