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Creating scripts to automate tasks

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Copying and pasting scripts

You can copy entire scripts, script folders, or script steps from one file and paste them into the same

file or some other file.

1. Do one of the following:

2. Select the script, script folder, or script step you want to copy.

3. Copy the selection:

• Windows: Choose Edit menu > Copy in the Edit Script window.

• OS X: Choose Edit menu > Copy in the FileMaker Pro menu bar.

4. Open the dialog box in the file into which you want to paste the script, folder, or script step.

5. To paste the selection, select the script, folder, or script step after which you want the

selection to appear, then:

• Windows: Choose Edit menu > Paste in the Edit Script window.

• OS X: Choose Edit menu > Paste in the FileMaker Pro menu bar.

Notes

• Pasted objects do not retain privileges. You must redefine privilege sets in the destination

file.

• FileMaker Pro retains references to scripts, folders, and script steps if they are valid when

you paste. If you copy multiple scripts, folders, or script steps that reference each other,

copy them in one step to retain the references. If you copy them one at a time, the

references may be lost. Check all references after pasting to ensure they are valid.

• To copy and paste scripts and folders, you must have write access to the source script or

folder and privileges to create scripts and folders in the destination file.

• To copy and paste script steps, you must have write access to the source and destination

scripts.

• When you copy scripts with disabled script steps, the steps remain disabled when pasted in

the new location. See

Disabling script steps (FileMaker Pro Advanced).

• When you copy scripts, folders, or script steps, breakpoints are not copied. However, when

you duplicate scripts, folders, or script steps, breakpoints are retained.