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
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ILEMAKER SCRIPT STEPS REFERENCE 286
Encryption password
The password required to open an encrypted file. For FileMaker Pro, the encryption password is
required for the FileMaker
Pro user who opens the file, but not for the client who opens a file
hosted by FileMaker
Pro. FileMaker Pro Advanced is required to enable, disable, or change an
encryption password.
Envelope layout
A predefined layout with fields arranged for printing on standard business envelopes.
Ethernet
A type of fast local area network used for connecting computers and peripherals within the
same building or campus.
Export
To save data from one file so that it can be used in another file or in another application.
Expression
A value or any computation that produces a value. Expressions can contain functions, field
values, and constants and can be combined to produce other expressions.
Extended privilege
Data sharing permissions that determine if a privilege set allows users to open a shared file
using FileMaker
Pro or FileMaker Server (fmapp); view a file as an ODBC or JDBC data source
(fmxdbc); view a file using a web browser via FileMaker
WebDirect (fmwebdirect), XML web
publishing (fmxml), or PHP web publishing (fmphp); or access a file in FileMaker
Pro or
FileMaker
Go without having to re-login (fmreauthenticate10). Plug-ins from third-party
developers may provide additional extended privileges.
External function
A function written in C or C++ as part of a third-party plug-in that extends the feature set of
FileMaker
Pro or FileMaker Pro Advanced.
External script
A script used by a file, but defined in a different file. Use the Perform Script script step to select
a defined script from a related file, or to select a file reference to a file on your hard drive or
network.
F
Field
The basic unit of data in a record. You define a field to hold a specific, discrete category of data,
such as Last Name, Employee Photo, or to display the result of a calculation. You can define
text, number, date, time, timestamp, container, calculation, and summary fields. Field can also
refer to the object on a layout that displays the data, such as an edit box, checkbox set, or pop-
up menu.
Field boundary
In Layout mode, an outline that shows the size of a field. To see field boundaries, choose View
menu
> Show > Field Boundaries. These boundaries only appear in Layout mode. However,
you can use the Appearance tab of the Inspector to format objects to have borders that do
appear in Browse mode and when you print the layout.