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
Navigation script steps
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Go to Layout
Purpose
Switches to the specified layout.
Format
Go to Layout [“<layout name or layout number>”]
Options
• original layout is the active layout when the script is initiated.
• Layout specifies a layout by name from the list of layouts you’ve defined in your file.
• Layout Name by calculation specifies a formula whose result is a valid layout name.
• Layout Number by calculation specifies a formula whose result is a valid layout number.
(Layout numbers correspond to the order of the layouts in the file.)
Compatibility
Originated in
FileMaker Pro 6.0 or earlier
Description
This script step is useful when you begin a script to make sure the user starts with the correct layout
displayed.
Notes
• The Go to Layout script step can only take you to layouts defined in the same file as the
script itself. To go to layouts in an external file, define a script in that file using the Go to
Layout script step, and call that script from the first file using the
Perform Script script step.
• Layout Name by calculation recognizes layouts with the same names in the order in which
they were created. If you have multiple layouts with the same name, either select the
specific layout you want from the layout list or use Layout Number by calculation.
• Define an unstored calculation field with the function Get(LayoutNumber) function and place
it on your layouts to verify the layout numbers of your layouts.
• When a file has two or more tables, FileMaker Pro appends the name of the source table to
the layout name for clarity. For example,
Go to Layout [“Layout #2” (TableB)].
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