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FILEMAKER PRO HELP 819
Examples
• The following example will only display a custom dialog box when lowercase “a” is
entered:
If [Get(TriggerKeystroke)=“a” and Get(TriggerModifierKeys)=0]
Show Custom Dialog [“You entered \”a\”.”]
End If
• The value 9 is returned when Shift-Option is pressed on a computer running OS X. If the
Option and Shift keys are pressed on a Mac when a script is triggered,
Get(TriggerModifierKeys) returns 9, regardless of which modifier keys have been pressed
between when the trigger was activated and when the script runs.
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Get(TriggerTargetPanel)
Purpose
Returns the index and the object name of the target tab panel or slide panel (the panel to be
switched to) when the OnPanelSwitch
script trigger is activated.
Format
Get(TriggerTargetPanel)
Parameters
None
Data type returned
text
Originated in
FileMaker Pro 12.0
Description
Use with the Get(TriggerCurrentPanel) function. Returns an index value, starting from 1, when
running a script triggered by the OnPanelSwitch script trigger, and the object name assigned to the
tab or slide panel. Returns 0 if the panel is invalid or if Get(TriggerTargetPanel) is not used with the
OnPanelSwitch script trigger.
You can use the GetValue
function to extract the value you want to use from the index value
returned by Get(TriggerTargetPanel).