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 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
- Get Directory
- Show Custom Dialog
- Allow Formatting Bar
- Refresh Object
- Beep
- Speak (OS X)
- Dial Phone
- Install Plug-In File
- Install Menu Set
- Set Web Viewer
- Open URL
- Send Mail
- AVPlayer Play
- AVPlayer Set Playback State
- AVPlayer Set Options
- Refresh Portal
- Send DDE Execute (Windows)
- Perform AppleScript (OS X)
- Execute SQL
- Send Event
- Comment
- Flush Cache to Disk
- Exit Application
- Enable Touch Keyboard
- Glossary
Files script steps
F
ILEMAKER SCRIPT STEPS REFERENCE 186
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.
• Add FileMaker Data Source specifies a FileMaker Pro database to open.
• Add ODBC Data Source specifies an ODBC data source to open.
• Manage Data Sources allows you to modify or remove external data sources you have
added. See Editing external FileMaker data sources and Editing ODBC data sources.
Compatibility
Originated in
FileMaker Pro 6.0 or earlier
Description
For ODBC data sources, this script step reestablishes a link to the ODBC data source.
Script steps after Open File 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.
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