Hi ilsa, This may or may not be the issue but it is worth a try.
I noticed that your do statement is: do(“ask “ & d2) try do (“ask “ & d2) Sometimes spaces are crucial for having statements interpreted the correct way. Good luck! Rick > On Sep 25, 2015, at 3:29 PM, ilivecode <ilivec...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi: > > Forgot to say it's FMP13 Advanced. Just a local database and stack. Error > -1708 most of the time. I also tried this in 7.1 and now the error message > is "LiveCode Indy 7.1 got an error: Can't continue do.": > > tell application "LiveCode Indy 7.1" > activate > do("ask " & d2) > end tell > > d2 contains a short text string I set from an FM field prior in the > Applescript. > > It does activate, however... Thanks for any insights! > > > > > On Fri, Sep 25, 2015 at 8:36 AM, Rick Harrison <harri...@all-auctions.com> > wrote: >> >> Hi ilsa, >> >> What version of FileMaker are you using? >> >> Did you recently upgrade FileMaker? >> >> Were you using ODBC to access FileMaker? >> >> Thanks, >> >> Rick >> >>> On Sep 24, 2015, at 5:56 PM, ilivecode <ilivec...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>> Hi: >>> >>> Several LiveCode versions ago I created a stack and a Filemaker database >>> that could exchange data. LiveCode could set fields in Filemaker, and >>> Filemaker could set fields in Livecode, using Applescript. These > scripts do >>> not work now. Does anyone know what has changed and how to implement > this? >>> I'm using Mac OS 10.9.5 and LiveCode 7.0.6. Thanks, ilsa >>> _______________________________________________ >>> use-livecode mailing list >>> use-livecode@lists.runrev.com >>> Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your > subscription preferences: >>> http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> use-livecode mailing list >> use-livecode@lists.runrev.com >> Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your > subscription preferences: >> http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription > preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode