Script Steps Reference
Table Of Contents
- Contents
- About script steps
- Script steps reference (alphabetical list)
- Control script steps
- Perform Script
- Pause/Resume Script
- Exit Script
- Halt Script
- If
- Else If
- Else
- End If
- Loop
- Exit Loop If
- End Loop
- Allow User Abort
- Set Error Capture
- Set Variable
- Install OnTimer Script
- Navigation script steps
- Go to Layout
- Go to Record/Request/Page
- Go to Related Record
- Go to Portal Row
- Go to Object
- Go to Field
- Go to Next Field
- Go to Previous Field
- Enter Browse Mode
- Enter Find Mode
- Enter Preview Mode
- 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
- New Record/Request
- Duplicate Record/Request
- Delete Record/Request
- Delete Portal Row
- Delete All Records
- Open Record/Request
- Revert Record/Request
- Commit Records/Requests
- Copy Record/Request
- Copy All Records/Requests
- Import Records
- Export Records
- Save Records As Excel
- Save Records As PDF
- Save Records As Snapshot Link
- Found Sets script steps
- Windows script steps
- Files script steps
- Accounts script steps
- Spelling script steps
- Open Menu Item script steps
- Miscellaneous script steps
FILEMAKER SCRIPT STEPS REFERENCE 34
Go to Object
Purpose
Moves to the specified object on the current layout.
Format
Go to Object [Object Name: "<object name>";
Repetition: <repetition number>]
Options
Click Specify to display the "Go to Object" Options dialog box, where you can set the following
options:
• Object Name is the named object to make active on the current layout. To assign an object
name, choose View menu > Inspector in Layout mode. Click Position, then enter a name
for the object.
• Repetition (optional) lets you choose a field's repetition to go to. Otherwise defaults to 1.
This option is ignored if the object is not a field.
Compatibility
This script step is also supported in web publishing and in a FileMaker Server scheduled script.
Originated in
FileMaker Pro 6.0 or earlier
Description
This script step uses an object name to identify an object, so you must assign a unique object name
to each object on a layout that you want to go to.
Note If the object is a repeating field, you can also specify which repetition that you want to go to.
Examples
The following example navigates to a text field named "First name":
Go to Object [Object Name: "First Name"]
The following example navigates to a button named "Launch button":
Go to Object [Object Name: "Launch button"]
The following example navigates to the repetition (2) of a field named "Value":
Go to Object [Object Name: "Value"; Repetition: 2]
The following example navigates to an object whose name is the current day of the week:
Go to Object [Object Name: DayName (Get(CurrentDate))]
Related topics
Script steps reference (alphabetical list)
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