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
Control script steps
F
ILEMAKER PRO SCRIPT STEPS REFERENCE 32
Allow User Abort
Purpose
Allows or prevents users from stopping a running script.
Format
Allow User Abort [<On/Off>]
Options
• On allows users to stop a script by pressing Esc or Command-.(period) (OS X).
• Off prevents users from stopping a script by pressing Esc or Command-.(period) (OS X).
Compatibility
Originated in
FileMaker Pro 6.0 or earlier
Description
The Allow User Abort script step affects the script that it is executed in and all sub-scripts.
By default, users can stop a script by pressing Esc or Command-.(period) (OS X). To prevent users
from stopping a script, use the Allow User Abort script step and set it to Off.
By default, unknown (obsolete or unrecognized) script steps will stop a script. To change this
behavior, set the Allow User Abort script step to one of the following. In either case, unknown script
steps return FileMaker
Pro error 4 (“Command is unknown”).
• On (default) allows unknown script steps to stop the script
• Off skips unknown script steps and allows the script to continue to run
Notes
• Clients can’t abort server-side scripts or scripts performed via Custom Web Publishing. In
these cases, this script step determines only whether unknown script steps are skipped.
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