[FX.php List] About scripts

[Gjermund Gusland Thorsen]

The main problem with executing scripts through XML interface is in my
opinion; who is running the script? Which file:/ folder is accessible? when
script is executed from the XML interface? Or in other words what is the
current home directory?

On 9/26/06, Jonathan Schwartz <jonathan at eschwartz.com> wrote:
>
> Is there a list of best practices in using scripts in fx.php?
> Perhaps....don't use them? ;-)
>
> I'm spent *alot* of time trying to get a simple script to work, and
> the results a re just screwy.
>
> I'm doing an fx find for a single record and run a script at the same
> time.  The scripts is supposed to go to the related record set (1 or
> two records max) and then loop through the found set.  Instead of
> finding the desired related record set, the GoToRelated command finds
> all records. We won't talk about looping through the entire. Yes, I
> have the GTRR settings set correctly.  The script runs correctly in
> native FMP mode....just not when fx calls it.
>
> I'v heard recent advice not use scripts.  I'm not sure if it was
> because of performance slowdowns or performance flaws.
>
> In the meantime, I'm going to startng thinking about how to do the
> same functionality with calcs instead.
>
> J
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> Jonathan Schwartz
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