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
Miscellaneous script steps
F
ILEMAKER PRO SCRIPT STEPS REFERENCE 268
Perform AppleScript (OS X)
Purpose
Sends AppleScript commands to another application.
Format
Perform AppleScript [“<applescript text>”]
Options
• Calculated AppleScript specifies a calculation to use as the AppleScript text.
• Native AppleScript is the text of an AppleScript (up to 30000 characters). Indenting of
repeat loops and conditional statements is not supported.
Compatibility
Originated in
FileMaker Pro 6.0 or earlier
Description
You can create a calculation to generate the AppleScript commands to be sent, or you can type the
commands directly into the Native AppleScript text area.
For calculated scripts and scripts stored in FileMaker Pro fields, the AppleScript commands are
compiled each time the script is performed. If you type the script into the Native AppleScript text
area, then FileMaker
Pro compiles the script and detects any scripting or system errors. (The script
is recompiled whenever it's edited.)
Note Because AppleScript is an OS X feature, if you run a script containing a Perform AppleScript
script step on a Windows computer, the script step is ignored. (An error code is generated, which
can be captured with the Get(LastError) function.)
Where the script step runs Supported
FileMaker Pro Yes
FileMaker Server No
FileMaker Go No
Custom Web Publishing No
FileMaker WebDirect No
Runtime solution Yes