Development Guide
Table Of Contents
- Chapter 1 Setting up databases for FileMaker Go
- Chapter 2 Differences between FileMaker Go and FileMaker Pro
- Chapter 3 Designing databases for FileMaker Go
- Chapter 4 Protecting databases in FileMaker Go
Chapter 2 | Differences between FileMaker Go and FileMaker Pro 14
Unsupported script steps
FileMaker Go does not support some script steps.
Important Running scripts without handling unsupported script steps appropriately may lead to
unintended behavior or data corruption.
Returns error code 4
The following script steps return error code 4: Command is unknown. Use Get(LastError) to check
for this error code.
If Allow User Abort is on, FileMaker Go displays an alert informing you which script step is
unsupported and gives you the choice to continue or to abort the script.
If Allow User Abort is off, FileMaker Go displays an alert informing you which script step is
unsupported. You cannot abort scripts if Allow User Abort is off.
Alerts for unsupported script steps will not be displayed if Set Error Capture is on.
Category Script step
Editing script steps Perform Find/Replace
Fields script steps Insert from Index
Files script steps New File
Miscellaneous script steps
1 Execute SQL
1 Install Plug-In File
Navigation script steps Enter Preview Mode
Records script steps
1 Import Records (import between FileMaker files is supported)
1 Export Records (.csv, .dbf, .xlsx, .htm, .mer, .tab file formats are
supported)
1 Save Records as Excel