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 34
• Next moves to the next record in the file or found set, displays the next find request, or
moves to the next page in a report. Exit after last tells FileMaker
Pro to exit the script or
control structure (like a loop) when it reaches the last record in the found set.
• By Calculation lets you create a calculation to determine the index number for the desired
record, find request, or page in Preview mode.
Note Exit after last will exit a loop but does not stop or exit a script.
Compatibility
Originated in
FileMaker Pro 6.0 or earlier
Examples
Go to Record/Request/Page [First]
Go to Record/Request/Page [Last]
Go to Record/Request/Page [Previous]
Go to Record/Request/Page [Next]
This command uses a calculation to determine the correct number:
Go to Record/Request/Page [MyDatabase::Number Field]
Related topics
Script steps reference (alphabetical list)
Contents
Go to Related Record
Purpose
Goes to the current related record(s) in a related table, except when this script step is used from an
active portal row.
Format
Go to Related Record [From table: “<table name>”; Using layout “<layout name>”]
Options
• Get related record from lets you select the source relationship from a list of tables in the
current database. If the table is not in the list or if you need to add or change a relationship,
Where the script step runs Supported
FileMaker Pro Yes
FileMaker Server scheduled script Partial
FileMaker Go Yes
Custom Web Publishing Partial
Instant Web Publishing Partial
Runtime solution Yes