(FileMaker Pro.app terminology, generated from /Applications/Development/FileMaker Pro 6/FileMaker Pro.app)

URL Suite

Standard Suite for Uniform Resource Locators

Commands

• application.getURL(...) -- Open a /FileMaker Pro database using a URL specification
  

  • Text -- The URL specification for the /FileMaker Pro database in the form "FMP5://[host]/filename"
    Result: None

Subset of the Core, Table, and Database suites

Subset of Events supported by other Applications

Commands

• application.begin_transaction() -- Begin a transaction
  

  • Result: SInt32 -- The transaction ID

  application.class_info(...) -- Get information about an object class
  

  • [Type] -- The object class about which information is requested
    [in_=IntlWritingCode] -- The human language and script system in which to return information
    Result: ClassInfo -- A record containing the object’s properties and elements

  reference.close() -- Close an object
  

  • Result: None

  application.copy() -- Copy an object to the clipboard
  

  • Result: None

  reference.count(...) -- Return the number of elements of a particular class within an object
  

  • class_=Type -- The class of the elements to be counted
    Result: SInt32 -- The number of elements

  application.create(...) -- Create a new element
  

  • new=Type -- The class of the new element
    [at=InsertionLoc] -- The location at which to insert the element
    [with_data=Anything] -- The initial data for the element
    [with_properties=AERecord] -- The initial data for the properties of the element
    Result: ObjectSpecifier -- To the new object(s)

  application.cut() -- Cut an object to the clipboard
  

  • Result: None

  reference.data_size(...) -- Return the size in bytes of an object
  

  • [as=Type] -- The data type for which the size is calculated
    Result: SInt32 -- The size of the object in bytes

  reference.delete() -- Delete an element from an object
  

  • Result: None

  application.do_menu(...) -- Execute a menu command
  

  • Anything -- This denotes both the menu ID and the menu item
    [menu_named=