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$fm->newPerformScriptCommand apply to current record only

Asked by: psychomac

I am very new to php and am desperately trying to get my filemaker send mail script to work on a php web page.  I use the above tags but it causes the mail to be sent from a random record.  I need to know the exact tags to use to get the script to work only on the current record.  I also need to know where to place the tags (on my addrecord page, my eidt page, or my confirmation page) and in which part of the head section.  Obviously, I don't know nearly enough but I just want to get this working.  Thanks.

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2009-11-04 at 20:43:42ID24873485
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$newPerformScript =& $fm->newPerformScriptCommand('all'

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'process order'); $result = $newPerformScript->execute();

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by: billmercerPosted on 2009-11-05 at 11:44:37ID: 25753126

What happens if you run the script within the FileMaker client? Does it return a single record, or a set of records?

 

by: psychomacPosted on 2009-11-05 at 13:39:38ID: 25754339

Within the client it works perfectly and only applies the script to the current record.  

 

by: billmercerPosted on 2009-11-06 at 06:19:33ID: 25759280

It sounds like you are finding a set of records, rather than just the specific record you need, and it is acting on whichever record from the set happens to be on top at that time.

Try having your Filemaker script narrow down to just the record you want. If Filemaker is currently on the desired record but there are other records in the set, a quick-and-dirty way to do this is to show all records, omit the current record, then show omitted only.

 

by: psychomacPosted on 2009-11-06 at 06:38:40ID: 25759433

Yes, I have set up such a workaround which is OK, but I would rather set up the PHP code to simply act on the current record only.

 

by: psychomacPosted on 2009-12-01 at 13:44:19ID: 31650359

I was really hoping for much better advice.

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