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 63
Compatibility
Originated in
FileMaker Pro 12.0
Description
Insert From URL supports http, https, ftp, ftps, and file protocols. FileMaker Pro downloads the
resource that is specified by the URL to the target field.
Note Be aware that there are possible security issues with using https and ftps. FileMaker cannot
perform a certificate check to verify that the server that you specify is the server that replies.
Image files: In Windows, container fields can render GIF, JPG, PNG, BMP, and TIFF files. In the
Mac
OS, container fields can render GIF, JPG, JPG2, PNG, BMP, TIF, FPX, PSD, SGI, TGA, MAC,
and QIF files. Other image types display as thumbnails.
Instant Web Publishing: if Select entire contents is deselected, and you Insert From URL to a text
field, the contents from the URL are appended to the text field. Multiple fetches can result in
unpredictable results and slower performance.
Important For better performance in Instant Web Publishing, be sure that Select entire contents
is selected.
Examples
The following example accesses a website and inserts a PDF into a Report container field in a Sales
file. If the Report field is an interactive container, users can browse, copy, and paste from the PDF.
Insert From URL [No dialog; Sales::Report; “http://www.filemaker.com/
sales_report.pdf”]
Related topics
Script steps reference (alphabetical list)
Contents
Insert Current Date
Purpose
Pastes the current system date into the specified field.
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