Script Steps Reference
Table Of Contents
- Contents
- About script steps
- Script steps reference (alphabetical list)
- Control script steps
- Navigation script steps
- Editing script steps
- Fields script steps
- Set Field
- Set Field By Name
- Set Next Serial Value
- Insert Text
- Insert Calculated Result
- Insert From Index
- Insert From Last Visited
- Insert Current Date
- Insert Current Time
- Insert Current User Name
- Insert Picture
- Insert QuickTime
- Insert Object (Windows)
- Insert File
- Update Link (Windows)
- Replace Field Contents
- Relookup Field Contents
- Export Field Contents
- Records script steps
- Found Sets script steps
- Windows script steps
- Files script steps
- Accounts script steps
- Spelling script steps
- Open Menu Item script steps
- Miscellaneous script steps
Open Menu Item script steps
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Open Menu Item script steps
Open Menu Item script steps open specific FileMaker Pro dialog boxes as if you had chosen the
command from a menu. You could use one of these script steps to open a dialog box for users if you
have restricted their access to FileMaker Pro menus with access privileges. With these script steps
you can:
• open the Preferences dialog box
• open the Edit Saved Finds dialog box
• open the File Options dialog box
• open the Manage Database dialog box
• open the Manage External Data Sources dialog box
• open the Manage Value Lists dialog box
• open the Find/Replace dialog box
• open Help
• open the Open Remote File dialog box
• open the Manage Scripts feature
• open the FileMaker Network Settings dialog box
Open Preferences
Purpose
Opens the Preferences dialog box to the General preferences area.
Format
Open Preferences
Options
None.
Compatibility
This script step is:
• not supported in web publishing
• not supported in a FileMaker Server scheduled script
Description
This script step is the same as choosing Edit menu > Preferences (Windows) or FileMaker Pro
menu
> Preferences (Mac OS).
Use this script step to open the Preferences dialog box for users if you have restricted their access
to FileMaker
Pro menus.