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
Records script steps
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Description
Important You cannot undo a Delete Record/Request script step.
Examples
Perform Find [Restore]
Omit
Delete Record/Request [ ]
Delete Portal Row
Purpose
Deletes the selected portal row (which deletes data in a related record).
Format
Delete Portal Row [No dialog]
Options
Perform without dialog prevents a message box from displaying when the script step executes
that asks the user to confirm the deletion of the portal row.
Compatibility
This script step is also supported in web publishing and in a FileMaker Server scheduled script.
Description
Use the Go to Portal Row script step to control which row is selected. (If no portal row is selected,
nothing happens when this script step executes.)
Important You cannot undo a Delete Portal Row script step.
To delete Do this
A master record Make sure that the record you want to delete is active (use navigation script steps),
and then use Delete Record/Request. If the current layout contains a portal, use Exit
Record/Request to make sure that no related record is selected, then use Delete
Record/Request.
A related record Use the Delete Portal Row script step. If Delete Record/Request executes when a
related field in a portal is selected, the user sees a dialog box that asks whether the
master record or related record should be deleted. (Note that Allow deletion of
portal records must also be selected in the Portal Setup dialog box to enable
deletion of related records.)
A find request Make sure that the find request you want to delete is active (use navigation script
steps), and then use Delete Record/Request.