Script Steps Reference

Fields script steps
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ILEMAKER PRO SCRIPT STEPS REFERENCE 92
Important For better performance in FileMaker WebDirect, be sure that Select entire contents is
selected.
Notes
• Insert From URL supports UTF-8 only.
• In FileMaker WebDirect:
• If the With dialog option is On, this script step runs as if Automatically encode URL is
selected.
• If Select entire contents is deselected, and Insert From URL inserts content into a text
field, the contents from the URL are appended to the text field. Multiple fetches can
result in unpredictable results and slower performance.
• httppost and httpspost are custom schemes defined by FileMaker Pro that enable you to
send HTTP POST data. See About importing data using an HTTP request.
• If the specified field doesn’t exist on the layout where the script is being performed, Insert
From URL returns an error code, which can be captured with the Get(LastError) function.
Example 1
Accesses a website and inserts a PDF into the Sales Report container field.
Insert from URL [With dialog: Off; Customers::Sales Report; “http://
www.filemaker.com/sales_report.pdf”]
Example 2
Inserts a map showing the customer's address in the Address Map container field.
Insert from URL [With dialog: Off; Customers::Address Map; "http://
maps.google.com/maps/api/staticmap?center=" & Customers::Address &
"&zoom=14&markers=" & Customers::Address & "&size=256x256&sensor=false"]
Example 3
Inserts the HTML code for http://www.apple.com.
Insert from URL [With dialog: Off; Customers::HTML Website Code; "http://
www.apple.com"]