Script Steps Reference
Table Of 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
- Truncate Table
- Found Sets script steps
- Windows script steps
- Files script steps
- Accounts script steps
- Spelling script steps
- Open Menu Item script steps
- Miscellaneous script steps
- 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
- Get Directory
- Enable Touch Keyboard
- Glossary
Found Sets script steps
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ILEMAKER PRO SCRIPT STEPS REFERENCE 159
Find Matching Records
Purpose
Finds records based on the context of a specified field.
Format
Find Matching Records[Replace/Constrain/Extend; <table::field>]
Options
• Specify target field specifies the field you want to search by.
• Replace searches the entire database and replaces the current found set with records that
match the contents of the active field.
• Constrain searches the found set and displays matching records based on the contents of
the active field (a logical AND search).
• Extend broadens your found set to include additional records that match criteria in the
specified field (a logical OR search).
Compatibility
Originated in
FileMaker Pro 12.0
Description
Finds records based on the context of a specified field, letting you create scripts that behave
similarly to using the shortcut menu in Table View.
If you do not specify a field, FileMaker Pro searches based on the contents of the field that is active
when the script runs. If data is selected in the active field, FileMaker
Pro searches for the selected
data. If data is not selected, FileMaker
Pro searches for the entire contents of the active field. If you
do not specify a field and there is no active field when the script runs, FileMaker
Pro displays an
invalid command alert.
Find Matching Records runs in Browse or Preview modes. If the database is in another mode when
the script runs, FileMaker
Pro switches to Browse mode before running the script.
Find Matching Records can be copied and pasted or imported into other FileMaker Pro files.
Note If you manually select field data before you run this script step in FileMaker WebDirect, the
script step performs as if you did not make a selection. To select field data before you run this script
step in FileMaker
WebDirect, use the Set Selection script step.
Where the script step runs Supported
FileMaker Pro Yes
FileMaker Server Yes
FileMaker Go Yes
Custom Web Publishing Yes
FileMaker WebDirect Yes
Runtime solution Yes