Script Steps Reference

Control script steps
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Examples
If [Get (AccountName) = "Jim Davis"]
Go to Layout [“File One”]
Perform Find [Restore]
End If
Else If
Purpose
Evaluates a Boolean calculation and performs a conditional action based on that evaluation, like the
If script step.
Format
Else If [<Boolean calculation>]
Options
Click Specify to define the Boolean calculation. In the Specify Calculation dialog box, type the
calculation you want evaluated, or use the field list (on the left) and the functions list (on the right)
with the mathematical and text operators to build the calculation.
Compatibility
This script step is also supported in web publishing and in a FileMaker Server scheduled script.
Description
Must follow an If step or another Else If step; it can’t follow an Else script step.
When an If script step calculation evaluates to True (not zero), FileMaker Pro performs the steps
that are indented under it. When an If script step evaluates to False (zero), script execution moves
to any following Else If steps as long as they evaluate to False. When an Else If statement evaluates
to True, the block of steps under the Else If is executed. An evaluation of True ends the Else If
process, and upon reaching the next Else If or Else statements, execution will skip ahead to End If.
Examples
If [Get (AccountName) = "Jim Davis"]
Go to Layout [“File One”]
Perform Find [Restore]
Else If [Get (AccountName) = "Julia Vargas"]
Go to Layout [“File Two”]
Perform Find [Restore]
Else If [Get (AccountName) = "Gerard LeFranc"]
Go to Layout [“File Three”]
Perform Find [Restore]
Else
Go to Layout [“File Four”]
Show All Records
End If