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
Open Menu Item script steps
F
ILEMAKER SCRIPT STEPS REFERENCE 221
Open Menu Item script steps
Open Menu Item script steps open specific FileMaker Pro dialog boxes as if you had chosen the
command from a menu. You could use one of these script steps to open a dialog box for users if you
have restricted their access to FileMaker
Pro menus with access privileges. With these script steps
you can:
• open the Edit Saved Finds dialog box
• open the Preferences dialog box
• open the File Options dialog box
• open the Manage Database dialog box
• open the Manage External Data Sources dialog box
• open the Manage Layouts dialog box
• open the Script Workspace window
• open the Manage Themes dialog box
• open the Manage Value Lists dialog box
• open the Find/Replace dialog box
• open Help
• open the Open Remote File dialog box
• open the FileMaker Network Settings dialog box
• open the Upload to FileMaker Server dialog box