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APPLICATION INTEGRATION
Integrate Windows Scripting and FileMaker Pro
Beyond batch files: Get the most from Windows automation.
By Wim Decorte
About this Article:
At some point in your FileMaker development, you probably had to exchange data with other applications, or perhaps even control those other applications. Maybe you had to retrieve information from the operating system or manipulate its settings (e.g., send data to Excel to create a chart, or get the IP address from the guest machine). Have you ever wanted to change the default FileMaker printer? Or create a new Outlook contact based on FileMaker Pro data?
In this article, I'll show you how to do this and more, using free (and, in most cases, pre-installed) tools. I won't discuss C, C++, or Visual Basic. But I'll use command lines, Visual Basic for Applications, and VBscript.
Wim Decorte is president of Connecting Data, which specializes in database development for multi-user environments, including providing analysis and support for the rollout of networks. When not doing that, Wim is busy cranking out Visual Basic code to integrate FileMaker with other applications. http://www.connectingdata.com, wim@connectingdata.com. ARTICLE INFO
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