Script Steps Reference

Fields script steps
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ILEMAKER PRO SCRIPT STEPS REFERENCE 81
Insert Text
Purpose
Pastes a text value into a field in the current record.
Format
Insert Text [Select; <table::field>; “<text>”]
Options
• Select entire contents replaces the contents of a field. If you do not select this option,
Insert Text inserts the specified value at the end of the field's data.
• Go to target field specifies the field to receive the pasted information. If no field is selected,
the Insert Text command will place the specified text after the insertion point. If no field is
active at the time the command executes, it has no effect. Also, if the selected field is not
present on the current Layout, the Insert Text command has no effect.
• <text> is the exact value you want to paste.
Compatibility
Originated in
FileMaker Pro 6.0 or earlier
Description
This script step pastes text that is specified in the script, instead of text provided by the user.
Notes
• This script step is intended to paste text into text field types. To insert other types of data
into other types of fields, use either the Insert Calculated Result script step or the Set Field
script step.
• If the specified field does not exist on the layout where the script is being performed, Insert
Text returns an error code which can be captured with the Get(LastError) function.
• If you manually select field data before you run this script step in FileMaker WebDirect, the
script step performs as if you did not make a selection. To select field data before you run
this script step in FileMaker
WebDirect, use the Set Selection script step.
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