Script Steps Reference

FILEMAKER SCRIPT STEPS REFERENCE 190
Format
Send Event ["<Target Application>"; "<Event Class>"; "<Event ID>",
"<Document or Calculation or Script Text>"]
Options
Click Specify to display the “Send Event” Options dialog box, where you can set the following
options.
• Send the <value> event with lets you choose between the following:
• open application tells FileMaker Pro to open an application. Click Specify
Application to select the application.
• open document tells FileMaker Pro to open a document in the target application. You
can also specify a calculated value or script.
• do script tells FileMaker Pro to perform a script in the language of the target
application. Click Specify Application to select an application, and use Document to
select the document to use with the target application. Or, select Script text and enter
script text or type in the name of the script (make sure it is one that will be recognized
by the target program).
• other displays the Specify event dialog box, where you can manually enter the Apple
event Event class and Event ID.
• Select Document or click Specify to select the document you want used with the target
application. For more information, see Creating file paths.
• Select Calculation or click Specify to create a calculation that generates a value you want
to send with the event.
• Bring Target Application to foreground activates the target application and displays it on
the screen. Displaying the target application can slow down the performance of your script.
If Bring Target Application to foreground is not selected, the event is performed in the
background.
• Wait for event completion before continuing tells FileMaker Pro to wait until the event is
finished before continuing. If you don't want to wait until the event is completed, deselect
this option.
• Copy event result to the clipboard copies the resulting events data to the Clipboard, from
which it can later be retrieved. This option is disabled if Bring Target Application to
foreground is selected.
• Click Specify Application to display a dialog box where you can select the target
application.
Compatibility
Where the script step runs Supported
FileMaker Pro Yes
FileMaker Server scheduled script No
FileMaker Go No
Custom Web Publishing No
Instant Web Publishing No
Runtime solution Yes