Script Steps Reference
Table Of Contents
- Contents
- Script steps reference (alphabetical list)
- About script steps
- Control script steps
- Navigation script steps
- Editing script steps
- Fields script steps
- Set Field
- Set Field By Name
- Set Next Serial Value
- Insert Text
- Insert Calculated Result
- Insert From Device
- Insert From Index
- Insert From Last Visited
- Insert From URL
- Insert Current Date
- Insert Current Time
- Insert Current User Name
- Insert Picture
- Insert QuickTime
- Insert Audio/Video
- Insert PDF
- Insert File
- Replace Field Contents
- Relookup Field Contents
- Export Field Contents
- Records script steps
- New Record/Request
- Duplicate Record/Request
- Delete Record/Request
- Delete Portal Row
- Delete All Records
- Open Record/Request
- Revert Record/Request
- Commit Records/Requests
- Copy Record/Request
- Copy All Records/Requests
- Import Records
- Export Records
- Save Records As Excel
- Save Records As PDF
- Save Records As Snapshot Link
- Found Sets script steps
- Windows script steps
- Files script steps
- Accounts script steps
- Spelling script steps
- Open Menu Item script steps
- Miscellaneous script steps
- Glossary
Windows script steps
F
ILEMAKER PRO SCRIPT STEPS REFERENCE 162
Select Window
Purpose
Specifies a window by name and makes it the foreground window.
Format
Select Window [Current window or Name:<name of window>; Current file]
Options
• Click Current Window to bring the active window of the file that contains the script to the
foreground.
• Click Specify to select which window you want FileMaker Pro to bring to the foreground.
You can enter literal text or click Specify to generate a name from a calculation.
• Select Current file only to restrict matches to the current file (not selecting this option
matches all available FileMaker
Pro files).
Compatibility
Originated in
FileMaker Pro 6.0 or earlier
Description
Because FileMaker Pro script steps are always performed in the foreground table, it is sometimes
necessary to bring a specific window to the front. Use this script step when you are working with
scripts in multi-table files to make certain that a script step is performed in the intended table.
Notes
• In FileMaker WebDirect and Custom Web Publishing, this script step displays the specified
virtual window in the web browser window. The previous virtual window remains open when
it is not displayed.
• Window name selection is not case-sensitive. This script will select the first matching
window and bring it to the front.
• The Select Window script step does not open a window of a related file when the related file
is opened in a hidden state, such as when a file is opened because it is the source file of a
related field. To use the Select Window script step with this type of related file, open the
related file using the Open File script step.
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