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FILEMAKER PRO HELP 1081
• Minimum height and minimum width depend on the operating system of the user performing
the script. If the height or width you specify are less than the minimum, FileMaker
Pro uses
the minimum values.
• If the window height or width values you specify exceed the user’s screen resolution,
FileMaker
Pro uses the maximum values possible.
• You can create a new window off-screen by supplying negative top and/or left values, which
can be useful for multiple monitor environments.
• There are some restrictions when you use script steps with dialog windows. For more
information, see
Specify Advanced Style Options dialog box.
• When a dialog window is open, subsequent New Window script steps create only dialog
windows.
Kiosk mode (FileMaker Pro Advanced)
• Any new document window created in Kiosk mode is a standard Kiosk-mode window and
the status toolbar is hidden.
• No Kiosk properties apply to dialog windows opened in Kiosk mode. For example, the status
toolbar shows.
• When multiple Kiosk and non-Kiosk files are open, if a non-kiosk file opens a new dialog
window, the user can’t switch to other windows (including a window created in Kiosk mode)
Example 1
Goes to the Customers layout in a new window and sorts by the Customer ID field.
New Window [Top: Get ( WindowTop ) + 25; Left: Get ( WindowLeft ) + 25;
Style: Document]
Go to Layout ["Customers"]
Sort Records by Field [Descending; Customers::Customer ID]
Example 2
Goes to the Print Invoices layout in a new floating window and enters Preview Mode.
New Window [Name: "Print Invoices"; Top: Get ( WindowTop ) + 25; Left: Get
( WindowLeft ) + 25; Style: Floating Document]
Go to Layout ["Print Invoices"]
Enter Preview Mode [ ]
Related topics
Go to Layout script step
Defining calculation fields
Script steps reference (alphabetical list)
Script steps reference (category list)
Select Window
Purpose
Specifies a window by name and makes it the foreground window.