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
Fields script steps
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Set Field
Purpose
Replaces the entire contents of the specified field in the current record with a calculation result.
Format
Set Field [<table::field>; <value or formula>]
Options
• Specify target field specifies the field whose contents you want to replace. If no field is
specified and a field is selected in Browse mode or Find mode, that field is used.
• <value or formula> is the calculation whose results will be inserted by this script step.
Compatibility
Originated in
FileMaker Pro 6.0 or earlier
Description
• The result of the calculation must match the field type. For example, you can't assign a date
calculation to a container field.
• The specified field doesn’t have to be on the current layout.
• If the result of the calculation doesn’t match the target field type, and the validate option for
the field is set to Always, the field will not be set and an error code is returned (which can
be captured with the Get(LastError) function).
• When possible, the Set Field script step makes the record active and leaves it active until
the record is exited or committed. Scripts that use a series of Set Field script steps should
group these steps together if possible, so that subsequent Set Field script steps can act on
the record without having to lock the record, download and upload data, index the field, and
so on, after each individual Set Field script step. These functions and record level validation
are performed after the record has been exited or committed.
• If the target field is a repeating field, you can specify a repetition number or generate a
repetition number from a calculated expression.
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