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
Editing script steps
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Options
• Select entire contents deletes the contents of a field and saves it to the Clipboard. If you
do not use Select entire contents, only the selected portion of the field's data is cut.
• Select Go to target field or click Specify to select the field whose contents you want to cut.
Compatibility
This script step is also supported in web publishing and in a FileMaker Server scheduled script.
Description
This script step removes the contents of the field. To duplicate the field information, use the Copy
script step.
Note In a web-published database, use a Commit Record/Request script step after a Cut script
step to update the record in the browser window.
Examples
The following example takes notes from a "Recent Notes" field and pastes them at the end of a
"Previous Notes" field (creating a history of notes).
Enter Browse Mode [ ]
Cut [Select, Table1::Recent Notes]
Paste [Table1::Previous Notes]
Copy
Purpose
Copies the contents of the specified field in the current record and saves them to the Clipboard.
Format
Copy [Select; <table::field>]
Options
• Select entire contents copies the entire contents of a field to the Clipboard. If you do not
use Select entire contents, only the selected portion of the field's data is copied.
• Select Go to target field or click Specify to select the field whose contents you want to
copy. When no field is specified and nothing is selected, FileMaker Pro copies the values
from all fields of the current record.
Compatibility
This script step is also supported in web publishing and in a FileMaker Server scheduled script.
Description
This script step duplicates the contents of the field. To remove the field information, use the Cut
script step.