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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Examples
Go to Field [Table1::Performance Review]
Select All
Copy []
Go to Record/Request/Page [Next]
Go to Field [Performance Review]
Paste []
Perform Find/Replace
Purpose
Finds/replaces data according to the options in the Specify Find/Replace dialog box.
Format
Perform Find/Replace [No dialog; “<text to be found>”; ”<replacement
text>”; Find Next/Replace & Find/Replace/Replace All]
Options
• Perform without dialog prevents display of the Find/Replace Summary dialog box at the
end of the find/replace operation. This option also prevents display of the confirmation
dialog box when a Replace All operation is executed.
If you want the user to be able to enter find or replace criteria, use the Open Find/Replace script
step.
• Specify displays the Specify Find/Replace dialog box, where you can set search options
and the type of find/replace operation to be performed.
Compatibility
This script step is:
• not supported in web publishing
• not supported in a FileMaker Server scheduled script
Examples
Perform Find/Replace ["Houston"; "Dallas"; Replace & Find]