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
Windows script steps
F
ILEMAKER PRO SCRIPT STEPS REFERENCE 166
Close Window
Purpose
Closes the currently active window or any other window by name.
Format
Close Window [Current Window/Name: <name of window>; Current file]
Options
• Current Window closes the active window.
• Window Name specifies which window you want FileMaker Pro to close.
• Current file only restricts matches to the current file (not selecting this option matches all
available FileMaker
Pro files).
Compatibility
Originated in
FileMaker Pro 6.0 or earlier
Description
Closing the last window of a file closes the file and halts execution of the current script. In
FileMaker
WebDirect, closing the last window logs out the current web session.
Example 1
Goes to a related record in the Invoices table using the Print Invoices layout, prints, and closes the
window.
Go to Related Record [Show only related records; From table: "Invoices";
Using layout: “Print Invoices”; New Window]
Print [Restore: Printer; With dialog: Off]
Close Window [Current Window]
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