Script Steps Reference

FILEMAKER SCRIPT STEPS REFERENCE 176
Options
• Perform without dialog prevents the Dial Phone dialog box from displaying when the script
step executes.
• Click Specify to display the “Dial Phone” Options dialog box where you can set the
following options.
• Phone Number lets you enter a phone number to dial.
• Specify lets you create a calculation to generate the phone number.
• Use Dialing Preferences (if NDISWAN TAPI is not installed) tells FileMaker Pro to use
the current phone dialing preferences, based on your location. These preferences
remove, insert, and append digits to phone numbers, as when a dialing prefix is
required in a business setting. This option can apply to phone numbers provided from a
field value or to a number that the user enters. (If TAPI is installed, modem and dialing
preferences are set in the Phone Dialer accessory application.)
Compatibility
Originated in
FileMaker Pro 6.0 or earlier
Description
You can enter a phone number or specify a calculation to create a phone number. You can also
choose whether to use the current phone preferences based on your current location. You can
specify number, text, calculation, or global fields, and letters within the phone number are translated
to numbers (except for
q and z).
Important The Dial Phone script step is not supported in Mac OS X.
Examples
The following script repeatedly dials the phone number in the PhoneNumber field, up to ten times.
Set Field [Contacts::gCount; 0]
Loop
Dial Phone [No dialog; Contacts::PhoneNumber]
Set Field [Contacts::gCount; Contacts::gCount + 1]
Exit Loop If [Contacts::gCount > 10]
End Loop
This script dials local directory assistance.
Where the script step runs Supported
FileMaker Pro Yes
FileMaker Server scheduled script No
FileMaker Go Yes
Custom Web Publishing No
Instant Web Publishing No
Runtime solution Yes