Script Steps Reference

Miscellaneous script steps
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ILEMAKER SCRIPT STEPS REFERENCE 132
Examples
The following script checks a database to see if all records have phone numbers entered, audibly
notifies the user when it finds one missing, and waits so the user can enter one if desired.
Go to Record/Request/Page [First]
Loop
If [IsEmpty(Contacts::PhoneNumberField)]
Speak ["Phone number is missing"]
Pause/Resume Script [Indefinitely]
End If
Go to Record/Request/Page [Next; Exit after last]
End Loop
Dial Phone
Purpose
Dials a phone from within a script.
Format
Dial Phone [No dialog; <phone number>]
Options
• Perform without dialog prevents the Dial Phone dialog box from displaying when the script
step executes.
• Click Specify to display the “Dial Phone” Options dialog box where you can set the
following options.
• Phone Number lets you enter a phone number to dial.
• Specify lets you create a calculation to generate the phone number.
• Use Dialing Preferences (if NDISWAN TAPI is not installed) tells FileMaker Pro to use
the current phone dialing preferences, based on your location. These preferences
remove, insert, and append digits to phone numbers, as when a dialing prefix is
required in a business setting. This option can apply to phone numbers provided from a
field value or to a number that the user enters. (If TAPI is installed, modem and dialing
preferences are set in the Phone Dialer accessory application.)
Compatibility
This script step is:
• not supported in web publishing
• not supported in a FileMaker Server scheduled script