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
Fields script steps
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ILEMAKER PRO SCRIPT STEPS REFERENCE 75
Set Field By Name
Purpose
Replaces the entire contents of a calculated target field in the current record with the result of the
calculated value.
Format
Set Field By Name[<calculated target field>; <calculated value>]
Options
• Select Specify target field or click Specify to create a calculation to specify the field whose
contents you want to replace. In the Specify Calculation dialog box, use the field list (on the
left) and the functions list (on the right) with the mathematical and text
operators to build the
calculation.
• For Calculated result, click Specify to define the calculated value.
Compatibility
Originated in
FileMaker Pro 10.0
Description
The Set Field By Name script step lets you create a calculation to specify a field name, then change
the value of the field either literally or based on a second calculation.
Because the target field is calculated, a single Set Field By Name step can replace multiple Set
Field script steps between If conditions.
The calculated target field must return a text result.
If quotation marks are not included around the fully qualified field name, the target field name is
obtained from the named field.
If no field is specified and a field is selected in Browse mode or Find mode, that field is used.
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