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
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ILEMAKER PRO SCRIPT STEPS REFERENCE 305
URL (Uniform Resource Locator)
A web address, which consists of a protocol, a host name, and optionally a port, a directory, and
a filename. For example, http://www.filemaker.com/ , ftp://12.34.56.78:80/myfiles/, or fmp://
mywebsite.com/sample.fmp12.
V
Value list
To save time and ensure accuracy during data entry, define frequently used text, number, date,
or time values as a value list. When you enter data, you can choose from the list of defined
values.
You can format value lists to display in a drop-down list or pop-up menu, or as checkboxes or
option (radio) buttons. The values in a value list can be user-defined or based on the values in a
field in the same file or in a different file. You can also define relationships for use with value
lists, to access and display particular related values. Another option is to use a value list from
another file.
Variable
In a calculation, a symbol or name that represents a value. Use the Set Variable script step to
specify the name, value, and repetition of the variable. Names prefixed by $ are local variables
available only within the current script. Prefix the name with $$ to make the variable available
throughout the current file (global). Local and global variables can have the same name but they
are treated as different variables.
View
An arrangement of your data primarily useful for onscreen manipulation. In Browse mode, Find
mode, or Preview mode, Form View displays individual records, List View displays records in a
list, and Table View displays records in a spreadsheet-like table format.
W, X, Y, Z
Web address
The calculated expression that you enter in the Web Viewer Setup dialog box. A web address is
not equivalent to a URL that a web user could enter in a web browser.
Web browser
An application that you can use to view webpages or websites on the World Wide Web or an
intranet. Browsers download the webpages to the viewer's computer.
Webpage
An HTML document displayed on the Internet or on an intranet.
Web server
A computer that is connected to the Internet or an intranet and has a web server application
installed on it. Web server applications deliver webpages and associated files to web browsers.
Website
One or more webpages connected by links and displayed on the Internet or an intranet.
Web user
Someone using a web browser to access a FileMaker Pro file published on the World Wide Web
or an intranet.