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
Fields script steps
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Notes
• You must specify a field, click in a field, or use the Go to Field script step before
performing this script step. If you have not specified a graphic to be imported, FileMaker
Pro displays a dialog box, where the user can select the graphic file to import.
• If there is no active container field on the layout where the script is being performed,
Insert Picture returns an error code that can be captured with the
Get(LastError)
function.
Examples
Go to Field [Table1::Photo]
Insert Picture ["My_Photo.tif"]
Insert QuickTime
Purpose
Imports a QuickTime movie or sound file into the current container field.
Format
Insert QuickTime [“<filename>”]
Options
Select Specify source file or click Specify to display the Open dialog box where you can specify
the name, file type, and location of the QuickTime file you intend to insert. For more information, see
Creating file paths.
Compatibility
This script step is:
• not supported in web publishing
• not supported in a FileMaker Server scheduled script
Description
You must specify a field, click in a field, or use the Go to Field script step before performing this
script step.
When Insert QuickTime is performed, unless a file is specified with the Specify source file option,
FileMaker Pro displays a dialog box where the user can select and preview the file to be imported.
Notes
• If there is no active container field on the layout where the script is being performed,
Insert QuickTime returns an error code that can be captured with the
Get(LastError)
function.
• This script step requires that QuickTime extension for Windows be installed.
• For a list of media types that QuickTime supports, see Working with data in container
fields.