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FILEMAKER PRO HELP 964
Pause/Resume Script
Purpose
Pauses a script indefinitely or for a specified length of time so the user can perform other tasks in
the current window.
Format
Pause/Resume Script [Indefinitely/Duration (seconds) <n>]
Options
Click Specify to display the Pause/Resume Options dialog box, where you can set the following
options.
• Select Indefinitely to pause the script until the user clicks Continue (a button created by
FileMaker
Pro in the status toolbar) or presses Enter.
• Select For duration and enter the number of seconds to pause the script.
• Select For duration and click Specify to create a calculation to determine the number of
seconds to pause the script.
Compatibility
Originated in
FileMaker Pro 6.0 or earlier
Description
This script step can, for example, wait for a user to enter data, and then guide the user from screen
to screen, prompting for data entry as needed. You can also use Pause/Resume Script to help
debug your scripts, for example, to see what value is in a field at a particular point in a script or to
evaluate the progress of a script.
The Pause/Resume Script script step operates on the foreground window of the file from which the
script is performed. If the script’s current window is hidden, Pause/Resume Script brings that
window to the front and shows it.
The For duration value must evaluate as a number, which is the duration of the pause in seconds.
If you use the Specify Calculation dialog box to determine the duration, the calculation result must
be a number or your script will not pause.
Where the script step runs Supported
FileMaker Pro Yes
FileMaker Server scheduled script Yes
FileMaker Go Yes
Custom Web Publishing Yes
FileMaker WebDirect Yes
Runtime solution Yes