Using Filemaker fields in Apple Script

Hello,
I need help for getting the textof a textfield and the phonnumber of a filemaker file into the following AS
tell application "BluePhoneElite 2"
-- send using any available (in-range) device
-- a device can also be specified by name or bluetooth address
send message theSMSText to theRecipient ¬
using the first device whose available is true
end tell
thanks
g.g.

I have a similar problem trying to get data from any field into an AppleScript variable.
Something like *set phoneNumber to cell "Phone Number" of current record* works fine if you are using the script from a layout that has this field on it.
But I have a lot of fields on different layouts and I want to have access to all fields in the table, no matter what layout they are on, or what layout is currently active.
And I want to do this without having to specify on what layout each field is located.
In the past (FileMaker 6) I used something like *set phoneNumber to (cell "Phone Number" of current record of database 1)* but this is no longer working in FileMaker 9.
So I was thinking to use something like *set phoneNumber to cell "Phone Number" of current record of table "Table Name"* but that doesn't seem to work.
The only thing that seems to work is *set phoneNumber to cell "Phone Number" of current record of layout "Layout Name"* but as I said, I don't want to specify the layout for each field.
Any ideas anyone?
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