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
Miscellaneous script steps
F
ILEMAKER PRO SCRIPT STEPS REFERENCE 254
Example 2
Opens Windows Notepad and opens the file My_File.txt on the root level of the user's hard disk.
Open URL [No dialog; "file://c:/My_File.txt"]
Example 3
Launches the default email application, opens a new email message, and uses the value in the
Email field to address the message.
Open URL [No dialog; "mailto:" & Customers::Email]
Example 4
Opens a shared FileMaker Pro file running on another system.
Open URL [No dialog; "fmp://account:password@host/database"]
#where "account" is the FileMaker Pro account name, "password" is the
account password, "host" is a DNS entry, IPv4 address, or IPv6 address for
the machine where the file resides, and "database" is the FileMaker Pro
filename.
Important Account name and password information entered in an Open URL script step is visible
to users with script editing access privileges, and is therefore not secure.