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FILEMAKER PRO HELP 1051
Notes
• Contents that you cut or copy to the Clipboard are accessible to other applications.
• When using the Copy All Records/Requests step with repeating fields, FileMaker Pro
inserts the group separator character between each repetition. You can use a text editor to
replace these characters with another delimiter such as a tab or space.
• Any fields located in popovers are ignored when you copy records.
Example 1
Finds all records with the same Customer ID as the current record, sorts, copies the contents of all
the records in the found set, and displays a dialog.
Find Matching Records [Replace; Invoices::Customer ID]
Sort Records [Restore; No dialog]
Copy All Records/Requests
Show Custom Dialog ["You can now paste data from the current " & Get (
FoundCount ) & " invoices."]
Related topics
Script steps reference (alphabetical list)
Script steps reference (category list)
Import Records
Purpose
Imports records from another file or data source you specify.
Format
Import Records [No dialog; “<source or filename>”; Add/Update existing/
Update matching; <platform and character set>]
Options
• Perform without dialog prevents display of import-related dialog boxes when the script
step executes. However, if a data source file has not been specified, the Open File dialog
box will be displayed when a script is run from FileMaker
Pro.
• Specify data source lets you choose the file or source of the data to be imported.
Depending on the file or source you choose, a dialog box may appear for specifying the
following additional options:
When you
choose this file
or source
Do this
File In the Specify File dialog box, choose the file you want to import, or type file paths
directly into the list. Specify one path per line. FileMaker
Pro will use the first path
it locates as the file to import. See
Creating file paths.