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Script triggers reference
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The first of these steps to use the key stops the process. A script executed by the
OnObjectKeystroke or OnLayoutKeystroke script trigger can stop further processing of the
keystroke by returning False.
• Keyboard shortcuts such as cut and paste actions (Windows: Ctrl-X, Ctrl-V; OS X:
Command-X, Command-V) will not activate this script trigger.
• Using the arrow keys or mouse to navigate and select within pop-up lists, menus, and
calendars will not activate this trigger. Entering text into these fields will activate this trigger.
• The OnObjectKeystroke and OnLayoutKeystroke script triggers do not activate if the active
object is a
web viewer.
• The OnObjectEnter, OnObjectExit, and OnObjectKeystroke script triggers can be activated
when assigned to summary and calculation fields.
• See Changing object data without activating script triggers for a list of actions that do not
activate this trigger.
Related topics
Setting up script triggers
Setting script triggers for layouts
Setting script triggers for objects
OnObjectModify
Triggers a script to run when the value associated with an object changes as a result of the
following:
• a user types into an object
• a user clicks an object such as a checkbox and causes the value to change
• edit operations such as cut, paste, and clear
• script steps such as the Insert Text script step that change a field
When the script runs
After the event has been processed.
Modes in which the trigger can be used
Browse and Find modes.
Result
None.
Originated in
FileMaker Pro 10.0
Notes
• This script trigger activates if used in a panel control when the panels are switched.
• This script trigger will not activate a script when the following operations are performed:
• those described in Changing object data without activating script triggers
• a window is refreshed to update data from an external data source