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 58
Insert Text
Purpose
Pastes a text value into a field in the current record.
Format
Insert Text [Select; <table::field>; “<text>”]
Options
• Select entire contents replaces the contents of a field. If you do not select this option,
Insert Text inserts the specified value at the end of the field's data.
• Select Go to target field or click Specify to specify the field to receive the pasted
information. If no field is selected, the Insert Text command will place the specified text after
the insertion point. If no field is active at the time the command executes, it has no effect.
Also, if the selected field is not present on the current Layout, the Insert Text command has
no effect.
• Specify displays the Specify dialog box where you can enter the exact value you want to
paste.
Compatibility
Originated in
FileMaker Pro 6.0 or earlier
Description
This script step pastes text that is specified in the script, instead of text provided by the user.
Notes
• This script step is intended to paste text into text field types. To insert other types of data
into other types of fields, use either the
Insert Calculated Result script step or the Set Field
script step.
• If the specified field does not exist on the layout where the script is being performed, Insert
Text returns an error code which can be captured with the Get(LastError) function.
• In a web-published database, use a Commit Record/Request script step after an Insert Text
script step to update the record in the browser window.
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