U.M. (Windows)

5-4 FileMaker Pro User’s Guide
1 You can use status functions in steps to monitor the state of your
database. For example, a script can check whether a file is sorted. Or
it can display a customized message that tells users what to do when
a found set is empty.
For a list of status functions, see “Status functions” on page C-16. For
examples using status functions, see “Displaying customized
layouts” on page 5-25 and FileMaker Pro Help.
1 For information about using script steps with OLE objects, see
“Understanding Object Linking and Embedding” on page D-1.
1 For information about using script steps with related fields, see
“Working with related fields” on page 10-30.
Control steps
Choose FileMaker Help Index from the Help menu, and then type:
E script steps
E status functions
Use this step To
Perform Script Perform another script
Pause/Resume Script Pause a script, or resume a paused script
Exit Script Exit the current script
Halt Script Stop performing all scripts
If Perform steps if a calculation is True (not zero)
Else Perform another set of steps if a calculation is False (zero)
End If Mark the end of an If statement
Loop Repeatedly perform a set of steps
Exit Loop If Exit a loop if a calculation is True (not zero)
End Loop Mark the end of a loop
Allow User Abort Allow or prevent users from stopping a script
Set Error Capture Allow or prevent error messages from displaying. Use this step to
change the way FileMaker Pro handles error messages.
Choose FileMaker Help Index from the Help menu, and then type:
E control script steps
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