U.M. (Mac OS)

Using ScriptMaker and buttons 5-11
Miscellaneous steps
Planning scripts
Consider these points before defining a script:
1 What do you want to accomplish? Can you separate the job into
smaller tasks? If so, define a subscript for each small task, and then
define a script that performs the subscripts. It’s usually easier to
design and test several small subscripts than one complex script.
1 Is all the data you need in one file, or will the script operate on more
than one file? If you’re using multiple files, which ones should the
script open? Where should you define the script?
1 How will users perform the script? (See “Performing, resuming, or
stopping scripts” on page 5-19.)
1 Will the script contain steps for page setup, printing, importing,
finding, sorting, or exporting? If so, what settings should you store
before defining the script? (See “Storing settings for a script” on page
5-15.)
Use this step To
Show Message Display an alert message
Beep Play the system beep sound
Speak Produce speech from text
Dial Phone Dial phone numbers
Open URL Open a URL
Send Mail Send email with the To, Cc, Subject, and Message fields as
specified in script step options
Send Apple Event Send an Apple event to another application
Perform AppleScript Perform AppleScript commands
Comment Add notes to a script to describe a step
Flush Cache to Disk Save the FileMaker Pro internal cache to disk
Quit Application Close all files and quit FileMaker Pro
Choose FileMaker Help Index from the or Help menu, and then type:
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