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 57
Compatibility
Originated in
FileMaker Pro 6.0 or earlier
Description
Allows you to use the Manage Scripts feature to update the value. You can define this script step to
use any calculation expression to determine the next serial value of a field that has been defined as
an auto-entry serial number field. The calculation always evaluates to a text result.
For example, you might want to reset the next serial value after you do one of the following:
• import records into a FileMaker Pro database with an auto-entry serial number field
• delete multiple serialized numbers from a FileMaker Pro database
Notes
• This script step affects the definition of the field you specify instead of the actual contents of
the field that you specify.
• This script step can operate on multiple files. If you specify a field in another file, then
FileMaker
Pro attempts to update the serial number for the specified field in the other file. To
specify a field in another file, define a relationship to that file and use Specify target field to
select a field from that file.
Examples
The following example calculates the number of the next available invoice ID. If the invoice ID
contains non-numeric data, then the calculation would need to be more sophisticated to maintain the
numeric and non-numeric data.
Go to Record/Request/Page [Last]
Set Next Serial Value [Table1::Invoice ID; Table1::InvoiceID + 1]
Related topics
Script steps reference (alphabetical list)
Contents
Where the script step runs Supported
FileMaker Pro Yes
FileMaker Server scheduled script Yes
FileMaker Go Yes
Custom Web Publishing Yes
Instant Web Publishing Yes
Runtime solution Yes