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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ILEMAKER SCRIPT STEPS REFERENCE 122
Notes
• The user’s account must be assigned the Full Access privilege set, or this script step
will not be performed. (Select Run script with full access privileges to enable the
script for all users.)
• See Sharing databases on a network for information about making schema changes to
shared databases.
Examples
The following script displays a message box that asks if the user wants to create or edit a value list,
and opens the Manage Value Lists dialog box if the response is Yes.
Show Custom Dialog ["Do you want to create or edit a value list?"]
If [Get (LastMessageChoice) = 1]
#1=Yes, 2=No
Open Manage Value Lists
End If
Open Find/Replace
Purpose
Opens the Find/Replace dialog box.
Format
Open Find/Replace
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 > Find/Replace > Find/Replace.
Use this script step to open the dialog box for users if you have restricted their access to
FileMaker
Pro menus.