Importing from filemaker 9.0

[jonners]

Right, I realise that there are other topics about importing from filemaker on this forum but I am a complete newbie with macs and all their foibles so I need a dullards version.

My company uses filemakerpro 9 which runs from a server computer and is used by many other people in the company (5 local mac machines though). At the moment we have a long winded way involving copying the record we want from the mac being worked on putting it onto the server and then running maxbulk from the server. We are looking to streamline this so that the stage of getting the required information from our database in filemaker to maxbulk is as easy as selecting the recipients, pressing a button and then they appear in maxbulk.

From the beginning, how do I go about doing this.

 

[stanbusk]

Have you tried the FileMaker demo file that comes with MaxBulk Mailer?

 

[jonners]

I found that earlier and its got me a good way through. I am wondering how it will work with the server. If the db and maxbulk are both on the same machine but being checked from another machine do I need the ip in the apple script of the server machine.

 

[jonners]

so this is what is in the preview file:
Go to Record/Request/Page[First]
Send Event ["MaxBulk Mailer - X 4.3.2 (US)"; "DELE"; "AESC"]
Loop
Send Event ["MaxBulk Mailer - X 4.3.2 (US)"; "MaxB"; "DATA"; /*Add recipients from Filemaker:ATA*/]
Go to Record/Request/Page[Next; Exit after last]
End Loop
Send Event["MaxBulk Mailer - X 4.3.2 (US)"; "misc";"dosc"]

I guess what I am trying to do is get it to send the event to MaxBulk Mailer at the ip 192.168.0.4 How would I do this by editing the apple script?

 

[stanbusk]

I guess you have to set that info in FileMaker itself. Don't you have a a field to set the server address?