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
Windows script steps
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Windows script steps
Windows script steps affect screen elements and windows. You can:
• open or close a window
• select a window
• arrange windows
• move or resize a window
• update or freeze a window
• scroll a window
• show or hide a window, the status toolbar, or the text ruler
• set the title of a window
• set the zoom level
• view data as a list, table, or form
New Window
Purpose
Creates a new window based on the foreground window.
Format
New Window[Name: <name of window>; Height: n; Width: n; Top: n; Left: n]
Options
Click Specify to set options for the new window.
• Window Name is the name you specify for your new window. You can enter literal text or
click Specify to create a window name from a calculation.
• Height is the height of the new window in pixels. You can enter a number or click Specify to
generate a number from a calculation.
• Width is the width of the new window in pixels. You can enter a number or click Specify to
generate a number from a calculation.
• Distance from top is the new window’s distance in pixels from the top of the screen
(Mac
OS) or top of the FileMaker Pro window (Windows). You can enter a number or click
Specify to generate a number from a calculation.
• Distance from left is the new window’s distance in pixels from the left of the screen
(Mac
OS) or left of the FileMaker Pro window (Windows). You can enter a number or click
Specify to generate a number from a calculation.
Compatibility
This script step is also supported in web publishing and in a FileMaker Server scheduled script.