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 192
Compatibility
Originated in
FileMaker Pro 6.0 or earlier
Description
For additional scripting capabilities, you can create a program in Basic or C and run that program
with this script step.
Note When specifying a document or application by calculation or text, the file type or application
name will appear as <unknown> in the script definition.
Examples
To launch the Notepad application, select the open document/application message, click File, and
specify notepad.exe. The following script step appears in the Script Definition dialog box:
Send Event ["aevt"; "odoc"; "NOTEPAD.EXE"]
To open a document created by another application, select the open document/application
message, click File, and specify the file (for example image.bmp). The following script step appears
in the Script Definition dialog box:
Send Event ["aevt"; "odoc"; "image.bmp"]
Related topics
Script steps reference (alphabetical list)
Contents
Comment
Purpose
Adds comments to the list of steps in the script.
Format
#<comment text>
Options
Click Specify to display a dialog box to enter the comment text.
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