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
Files script steps
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ILEMAKER PRO SCRIPT STEPS REFERENCE 185
Open File
Purpose
Opens the specified FileMaker file or allows the user to select a file to open.
Format
Open File [Open hidden; “<filename>”]
Options
• Open hidden causes FileMaker Pro to open and hide the specified database.
• Specify lets you select a FileMaker Pro database or ODBC data source to open. Choose
Add FileMaker Data Source or Add ODBC Data Source to locate and select a file. After
you select a file, it is added to the Specify Table list. Choose Manage Data Sources to
modify or delete a data source you’ve already added to the list.
Compatibility
Originated in
FileMaker Pro 6.0 or earlier
Description
For ODBC data sources, this script step re-establishes a link to the ODBC data source.
Script steps after Open execute in the FileMaker file that contains the script, not the file opened by
the script.
If you don't specify a file, FileMaker Pro displays the Open File dialog box when the Open File script
step executes so that the user can specify a file. The Open File dialog box will also be displayed if
the file used in the script has been moved, deleted, or renamed.
Notes
• If new database creation has been disabled in your installation of FileMaker Pro, it will not
be possible to convert file types such as Microsoft Excel or tab delimited files into
FileMaker
Pro databases. However, you can still import the data from other file types into
FileMaker
Pro (if you open the database with a password that allows you to import). If you
need more information, contact your system administrator.
• In runtime solutions, the Open File script step returns an error if an external file is not bound
to the solution.
Where the script step runs Supported
FileMaker Pro Yes
FileMaker Server scheduled script No
FileMaker Go Yes
Custom Web Publishing No
FileMaker WebDirect No
Runtime solution Partial