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FILEMAKER PRO HELP 1075

• Select Specify sort order or click Specify to create a sort order and store it with the script

step. When Specify sort order is not selected, FileMaker

Pro uses the most recently

executed sort instructions.

• Select Keep records in sorted order to place a new or changed record that’s in sorted

order into the adjusted order after the record is committed. When this checkbox is

deselected, new or changed records stay in the same position in the sort order until a find

request is performed or the records are sorted by different criteria.

Compatibility

Originated in

FileMaker Pro 6.0 or earlier

Description

Find the records you want to sort (using Perform Find script step or Show All Records script step)

before using this script step. If you sort a repeating field, FileMaker Pro sorts on only the first entry in

that field. You don't need to use the Enter Browse Mode script step or Go to Record/Request/Page

script step after using Sort Records.

Each Sort Records script step can store a unique sort order; the sorting instructions are stored with

the step, not the script. You can use this step several times within the same script and store a

different sort order for each occurrence.

Note Items in the sort order that aren’t valid when the script step is performed are ignored. When

you specify a sort order in a database containing multiple

tables, FileMaker Pro stores the table

name for each sort field in the sort order. For example, a sort order using the Last Name field of the

Contacts table is stored in the sort order as Contacts::Last Name. If the Sort Records script step is

performed when a table other than Contacts is the active table, Contacts::Last Name cannot be

evaluated, and is ignored in the sort order.

Example 1

Goes to the Invoices layout, performs a find, sorts the records, then goes to the first record in the

found set.

Go to Layout ["Invoices"]

Perform Find [Restore]

Sort Records [Restore; No dialog]

Go to Record/Request/Page [First]