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
Open Menu Item script steps
F
ILEMAKER PRO SCRIPT STEPS REFERENCE 229
Open Manage Data Sources
Purpose
Opens the Manage External Data Sources dialog box.
Format
Open Manage Data Sources
Options
None.
Compatibility
Originated in
FileMaker Pro 6.0 or earlier
Description
This script step opens the Manage External Data Sources dialog box, where the user can create,
edit, or delete external FileMaker or ODBC data sources. This script step is the same as choosing
File menu
> Manage > External Data Sources.
Notes
• You must be assigned the Full Access privilege set to perform this script step. To enable
users with less than full access privileges to perform this script step, right-click the current
script in the scripts pane and choose Grant Full Access Privileges.
• See Sharing files on a network for information about making schema changes to shared
databases.
Example 1
Displays a custom dialog box that asks if the user wants to manage the database's data sources,
and opens the Manage External Data Sources dialog box.
Show Custom Dialog ["Do you want to manage the database's external data
sources?"]
If [Get ( LastMessageChoice ) = 1]
Open Manage Data Sources
End If
Where the script step runs Supported
FileMaker Pro Yes
FileMaker Server No
FileMaker Go No
Custom Web Publishing No
FileMaker WebDirect No
Runtime solution No