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FileMaker Pro basics
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• Improvement to Show Custom Dialog script step – You can create a button label based
on a calculation. See
Show Custom Dialog script step.
• Execute SQL script step compatibility – The Execute SQL script step is compatible with
FileMaker
Server, FileMaker WebDirect, and Custom Web Publishing when performed
without a dialog box. See
Execute SQL script step.
New script steps
• Insert From Device – In FileMaker Go, enters content into a container field from the
following sources: music library, photo library, camera, video camera, microphone, and
signature. Also enters content into a container field or a text field from a bar code
source. See
Insert From Device script step.
• Open Manage Themes – Opens the Manage Themes dialog box, where you can
manage new or edit existing layout themes. See
Open Manage Themes script step.
• Perform Script On Server – Performs a script on the server that’s hosting the current
file. See
Perform Script On Server script step.
• Refresh Object – Updates the content, conditional formatting, and visibility state for the
specified object. See
Refresh Object script step.
• Set Script Animation – Enables or disables animations while a script is running. See Set
Script Animation script step.
• Upload To FileMaker Server – Opens the Upload to FileMaker Server dialog box. See
Upload To FileMaker Server script step.
Script triggers
New script triggers
• OnGestureTap – Triggers a script to run when a tap gesture is received on a layout in
FileMaker
Go. See OnGestureTap script step.
• OnLayoutSizeChange – Triggers a script to run after a layout or window has changed
size as a result of the following:
- In FileMaker Go: Rotating the iOS device, hiding or showing the status toolbar, or when a
window is first opened.
- In FileMaker Pro and FileMaker WebDirect: Changing the size of a layout or window by
user interaction, by script step, by hiding or showing the status toolbar or formatting bar via
menu command, shortcut, or script step, or when a window is first opened.
See OnLayoutSizeChange
.
Changed script triggers
• OnTabSwitch is now OnPanelSwitch. See OnPanelSwitch.
Functions
New functions
• Base64Decode – Returns container content from text encoded in Base64 format. See
Base64Decode function.
• Base64Encode – Returns the contents of the specified container field as text. See
Base64Encode function.
• Get(ConnectionAttributes) – Returns the name of the current file’s host and the name of
the certificate authority that issued the SSL certificate used to secure the connection.
See
Get(ConnectionAttributes) function.