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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ILEMAKER SCRIPT STEPS REFERENCE 84
Description
The new window has the same layout, same table, same found set, and same current record as the
original window.
Notes
• Window names created with the New Window script step do not have to be unique.
• Window name selection is not case-sensitive.
• It is not necessary to enter values for each option. When no value is entered,
FileMaker
Pro uses the default value associated with the Window menu > New
Window command.
• Minimum height and minimum width depend on the operating system of the user
performing the script. If the height or width you specify are less than the minimum,
FileMaker
Pro uses the minimum values.
• If the window height or width values you specify exceed the user’s screen resolution,
FileMaker
Pro uses the maximum values possible.
• You can create a new window off-screen by supplying negative top and/or left values,
which can be useful for multiple monitor environments.
• If you select Show Compatibility, the string (VIRTUAL WINDOW ON WEB) is added to
the script step display to indicate to the user that a new virtual window is opened in the
same browser window.
Examples
Go to Layout [“Data Entry”]
New Window [Name: “Enter data here”; Height: 400; Width: 600;
Top: 16; Left: 16]
Select Window
Purpose
Specifies a window by name and makes it the foreground window.
Format
Select Window [Current window or Name:<name of window>; Current file]
Options
• Click Current Window to bring the active window of the file that contains the script to the
foreground.
• Click Specify to select which window you want FileMaker Pro to bring to the foreground.
You can enter literal text or click Specify to generate a name from a calculation.
• Select Current file only to restrict matches to the current file (not selecting this option
matches all available FileMaker Pro files).