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
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Custom function
A function that is not one of the default FileMaker Pro functions. In FileMaker Pro Advanced,
you can create custom functions that can be reused anywhere in the database.
Custom menu
A menu that is not one of the default FileMaker Pro menus. In FileMaker Pro Advanced, you can
create custom menus, menu items, and menu sets.
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Data Entry Only privilege set
One of the three predefined privilege sets that appear in every file. The Data Entry Only
privilege set allows read/write access to the records in a file, but not design access (for
example, the ability to create layouts and value lists).
Data point
In a chart, the value of data plotted on the x or y axis displayed as a column, bar, point, bubble,
or slice.
Data series
Data points that are plotted in a chart. When multiple data series are charted, each data series
is displayed in a unique color and is defined in the chart’s legend, if included.
Data source
A named reference that provides access to another FileMaker database file or to an ODBC
database. ODBC data sources are also referred to as external SQL sources (ESS).
In charting, the origin of the data to be charted (current found set, current record (delimited
data), or related records).
Data source name (DSN)
A data structure that contains the information about a specific database that an ODBC driver
needs in order to connect to it.
Data Viewer
A FileMaker Pro Advanced feature that lets you monitor expressions such as field values, local
and global variables, and calculations. You can monitor expressions while running scripts or
while testing them in the Script Debugger. You can also monitor field values and variables in the
database file.
Database Design Report
A FileMaker Pro Advanced tool that creates a report of your database schema.
Database Encryption
A form of encryption that protects “data at rest.” For FileMaker, data at rest is a FileMaker Pro
database file, and its temporary files, while it is being stored on disk (and not open). An
encrypted database is protected from unauthorized access with an encryption password.
FileMaker
Pro Advanced is required to encrypt database files. Encrypted database files can be
decrypted and re-encrypted as needed.
Database file
A collection of information in a file containing one or more tables pertaining to a subject, such as
customers or invoices. (A large database can also comprise many database files.)
Database Management System (DBMS)
An application that allows users to store, process, and retrieve information in a database.