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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ILEMAKER SCRIPT STEPS REFERENCE 55
Insert File
Purpose
Imports a file or a reference to a file into the current container field.
Format
Insert File [Reference; <table::field>; “<filename>”]
Options
• Store only a reference instructs FileMaker Pro to store only a link to a file in the container
field instead of the entire file. This option may reduce the size of your FileMaker Pro file, but
if you move or delete the file being referenced, FileMaker Pro won't be able to display it.
• Select Go to target field or click Specify to specify the container field to insert the file into.
• Select Specify source file or click Specify to specify the file to be inserted. For information
on creating file paths in FileMaker
Pro, 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 target field, click in a field, or use the Go to Field script step before performing
this script step. If you do not specify a file to insert, FileMaker Pro displays a dialog box where the
user can select a file.
Note If there is no active container field on the layout where the script is being performed, Insert
File returns an error code that can be captured with the
Get(LastError) function.
Examples
Go to Field [Last Correspondence]
Insert File ["My_Letter.doc"]
Update Link (Windows)
Purpose
Updates the OLE link (manual or automatic) in the current container field.
Format
Update Link [<table::field>]
Options
Select Go to target field or click Specify to specify the field to be updated.