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 From URL
- Insert Current Date
- Insert Current Time
- Insert Current User Name
- Insert Picture
- Insert QuickTime
- Insert Audio/Video
- Insert PDF
- Insert File
- 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 181
data = *urlchar
parameter = attribute "=" value
More information about the “data URL scheme” can be found on the web.
• FileMaker Pro supports only UTF-16 character encoding. Character data encoded using
other methods will not display the target of the URL.
Examples
The following example resets the web viewer named “Web Viewer 1” to its originally specified web
address:
Set Web Viewer [Object Name: "Web Viewer 1"; Action: Reset]
The following example displays the FileMaker, Inc. homepage in the active web viewer, or displays
an error message if the active object is not a web viewer:
If [GetLayoutObjectAttribute( Get (ActiveLayoutObjectName);
"objectType") = "web viewer"]
Set Web Viewer [Object Name: Get (ActiveLayoutObjectName);
URL: "http://www.filemaker.com"]
Else
Show Custom Dialog ["This object is not a web viewer."]
End If
The following example uses the data URL scheme to display a small icon in a web viewer named
WV2:
Set Web Viewer [Object Name: "WV2"; Action: URL "data:image/
gif;base64,R0lGODlhFwAMAKEAAL+/v///
AAAAUwAAACH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAAXAAwAAAI7hBGHapHcXJKPumizpigI+QliSH0XIjokWJ6oB
4+qt0Zmaqpjesxz7st1YD8ZEbhJajAuDgfSYTx60wIAOw=="]
Related topics
Script steps reference (alphabetical list)
Contents
Open URL
Purpose
Allows the user to open a URL.
Format
Open URL [No dialog; <URL>]
Options
• Perform without dialog prevents the “Open URL” Options dialog box from displaying when
the script step executes.
• Click Specify to display the “Open URL” Options dialog box, where you can type the URL
directly in the text entry area or click Specify to create your URL from a calculation.