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FILEMAKER PRO HELP 1013
Options
• Select Specify target field or click Specify to create a calculation to specify the field whose
contents you want to replace. In the Specify Calculation dialog box, use the field list (on the
left) and the functions list (on the right) with the mathematical and text
operators to build the
calculation.
• For Calculated result, click Specify to define the calculated value.
Compatibility
Originated in
FileMaker Pro 10.0
Description
The Set Field By Name script step lets you create a calculation to specify a field name, then change
the value of the field either literally or based on a second calculation.
Because the target field is calculated, a single Set Field By Name step can replace multiple Set
Field script steps between If conditions.
The calculated target field must return a text result.
If quotation marks are not included around the fully qualified field name, the target field name is
obtained from the named field.
If no field is specified and a field is selected in Browse mode or Find mode, that field is used.
Notes
• The specified field doesn’t have to be on the current layout.
• Set Field By Name ignores validation checking.
• When possible, the Set Field By Name script step makes the record active and leaves it
active until the record is exited or committed. Scripts that use a series of Set Field By Name
script steps should group these steps together if possible, so that subsequent Set Field By
Name script steps can act on the record without having to lock the record, download and
upload data, index the field, and so on, after each individual Set Field By Name script step.
These functions and record-level validation are performed after the record has been exited
or committed.
Example 1
Identifies the target field (National Statistics or World Statistics) based on geographical location,
then enters a calculated value (the sum of all Grand Totals) in the target field.
Where the script step runs Supported
FileMaker Pro Yes
FileMaker Server scheduled script Yes
FileMaker Go Yes
Custom Web Publishing Yes
FileMaker WebDirect Yes
Runtime solution Yes