Script Steps Reference

Records script steps
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Notes
• When using the Import Records script step or Export Records script step in a server-side
script, keep the following in mind:
• Any specified file must be in the FileMaker Server Documents folder, the temporary
folder, or a child folder of either the FileMaker
Server Documents folder or the
temporary folder. For example, the following are all valid paths for file.csv:
<Documents>/file.csv
<Temporary Path>/file.csv
<Documents>/Folder1/file.csv
<Temporary Path>/Folder1/Folder2/Folder3/Folder4/file.csv
• Any path specified that isn’t a complete path to the file (for example, anything other than
/Macintosh HD/Library/FileMaker Server/Data/Documents/<0 or more directories>/
<filename> ) is evaluated as being relative to the temporary path.
• Any paths that include “..” are considered invalid.
• For FileMaker Pro, if an absolute path is not specified in a script that will be executed from
FileMaker
Pro, the path is assumed to be relative to the location of the database file from
which the script was run. For example, if a script containing the Export Records script step
is run with the pathname
file:/export.tab, and the file running the script is /MyFiles/
Library/Books.fmp12, the exported file will be created as /MyFiles/Library/export.tab.
• Support for importing photos from a digital camera or device has been removed from
FileMaker
Pro.
• If a script created in an earlier version of FileMaker Pro contains an Import Records
[Digital Camera] script step, the step is commented as obsolete. You can remove the
step, but you can’t edit it.
• If a button references an Import Records [Digital Camera] script step, the button is
disabled and the Import Records script step is commented as obsolete in the Button
Setup dialog box.
• FileMaker Go only supports importing from one FileMaker Pro file to another FileMaker Pro
file.
• FileMaker Go does not support importing to a new table.
• When using this script step in FileMaker WebDirect, keep the following in mind:
• FileMaker WebDirect does not support this script step in mobile browsers.
• FileMaker WebDirect does not support the With dialog or Specify data source
options.
• FileMaker WebDirect only supports importing from Comma-Separated Text, Tab-
Separated Text, DBF, Merge, and Excel file formats.
Example 1
Imports information from New Product Catalog.xlsx as new records without prompting the user.
Go to Layout ["Products"]
Import Records [With dialog: Off; Source: "New Product Catalog.xlsx";
Worksheet: "Stock"; Add; Mac Roman]