I have specified “delay 1” to ensure that the script has time to execute and trigger the notification. Default is usually the best idea here to ensure that every user gets a similar experience. You also have the option to generate a sound for the notification. “New Notification” is the title of your notification and “From FileMaker” is your subtitle. In this example “Hello world!” is your notification’s message.

The AppleScriptīelow is our base AppleScript to generate a notification in OS X Yosemite.ĭisplay notification “Hello world!” with title “New Notification” subtitle “From FileMaker” sound name “default” delay 1 The AppleScript to create the notification requires a Title and a message but the subtitle is optional. That being said, you can combine some simple AppleScript with the Perform AppleScript() script step in FileMaker Pro to create a notification to the user. A simple google search returns many tutorials from beginner to advanced level AppleScripting.

There are numerous resources to learn all about it from books to blogs. and built into Macintosh operating systems since OS 7. If you’re not familiar with it, AppleScript is a scripting language created by Apple Inc. This will allow you to AppleScript OS X notifications from FileMaker.

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