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
Navigation script steps
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ILEMAKER SCRIPT STEPS REFERENCE 32
Compatibility
This script step is also supported in web publishing and in a FileMaker Server scheduled script.
Description
This script step uses an object name to identify an object, so you must assign a unique object name
to each object on a layout that you want to go to.
Note If the object is a repeating field, you can also specify which repetition that you want to go to.
Examples
The following example navigates to a text field named "First name":
Go to Object [Object Name: "First Name"]
The following example navigates to a button named "Launch button":
Go to Object [Object Name: "Launch button"]
The following example navigates to the repetition (2) of a field named "Value":
Go to Object [Object Name: "Value"; Repetition: 2]
The following example navigates to an object whose name is the current day of the week:
Go to Object [Object Name: DayName (Get(CurrentDate))]
Go to Field
Purpose
Moves to the specified field on the current layout.
Format
Go to Field [Select/perform; <table::field>]
Options
• Select/perform tells FileMaker Pro to perform an action on the contents of a field. All text in
a field is selected with this option. The contents of the field (sound, movie, or OLE)
determine what action is performed. If the field contains a sound, then the sound is played.
If the field contains a movie, the movie is played. If the field holds an OLE object, FileMaker
Pro activates the application that created the object, and then performs the primary
command for that application. For example, if the primary command is Edit, Select/perform
opens the document in a state ready for editing.
• Select Go to target field or click Specify to specify the target field.
Compatibility
This script step is also supported in web publishing and in a FileMaker Server scheduled script.