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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SQL
A structured programming query language that controls and interacts with a DBMS.
Stacking order
The order in which objects overlap on a layout. In Layout mode, you can change this order by
cutting and pasting objects or by clicking Bring to front, Bring forward, Send to back, or
Send backward in the Arrange & Align area of the Inspector.
If you don’t see the Inspector, choose View menu > Inspector.
Standard form layout
The default layout, with all fields arranged on separate lines in the order they were defined. The
body part is only as tall as it needs to be to include all the fields in the file. This layout includes
header and footer parts. (In previous versions of FileMaker
Pro, a Standard Form layout was a
predefined layout type.)
Starter Solution
A pre-designed and formatted FileMaker Pro file or web page that you can copy and change for
your own use.
Startup script
A script that automatically runs when a file is opened. You can script such things as setting
system formats to the user's formats or setting a file to be shared in a startup script.
You specify a startup script in the File Options dialog box.
Status toolbar
The area across the top of the document window that displays navigation controls, customizable
buttons, and a layout bar for working with layouts. In Layout mode, it includes layout tools.
If you don't see the status toolbar, click the status toolbar control button at the bottom of
the document window.
Structure
In FileMaker Pro, the organization of file elements such as scripts, layouts, value lists,
privileges, and so on. You interact with a file’s schema through its structure.
Style
A collection of attributes, such as font, color, line style, text alignment, and so on, that determine
the appearance of a layout.
Submenu
A menu that extends from another menu item.
Status toolbar in Browse mode
Status toolbar in Layout mode