Script Steps Reference
Table Of Contents
- Chapter 1 Introduction
- Chapter 2 Control script steps
- Chapter 3 Navigation script steps
- Chapter 4 Editing script steps
- Chapter 5 Fields script steps
- Set Field
- Set Next Serial Value
- Insert Text
- Insert Calculated Result
- Insert From Index
- Insert From Last Visited
- Insert Current Date
- Insert Current Time
- Insert Current User Name
- Insert Picture
- Insert QuickTime
- Insert Object (Windows)
- Insert File
- Update Link (Windows)
- Replace Field Contents
- Relookup Field Contents
- Export Field Contents
- Chapter 6 Records script steps
- Chapter 7 Found Sets script steps
- Chapter 8 Windows script steps
- Chapter 9 Files script steps
- Chapter 10 Accounts script steps
- Chapter 11 Spelling script steps
- Chapter 12 Open Menu Item script steps
- Chapter 13 Miscellaneous script steps
- Appendix A Glossary
136 FileMaker Script Steps Reference
Show Custom Dialog
Format
Show Custom Dialog [<title>; <message text>; Table1::input field
1;...]
Options
Click Specify to display the “Show Custom Dialog” Options dialog box, where you can set
the dialog box title, message text, and buttons, and specify up to three fields to use for
input or display.
General options
• Title lets you specify the title of the custom dialog box. You can enter literal text or
click Specify to create the dialog box title from a calculation.
• Message lets you specify the message of the dialog box.You can enter literal text or
click Specify to create the message text from a calculation.
• Button Labels let you specify how many buttons (up to three) to display in the
custom dialog box and labels for these buttons. If you leave a button label blank, the
button does not appear in the custom dialog box. If you leave all button titles blank,
an OK button displays in the lower-right corner of the custom dialog box.
Input Field options
• Select Show input field <n> to activate an input field.
• Select Specify to choose the field for input. Each input area maps to one field.
• Select Use password character (*) to mask text as it is entered, or as it is displayed
from the database. This option obscures data being input into the custom dialog box
or being displayed, but does not alter the actual data as it is stored in the database.
• Use Label to specify a field label (the text that will identify this input to the user.) You
can enter literal text or create the label from a calculation.
Web compatibility
This script step is not web-compatible.
Description
Displays a custom message dialog box, with custom text and labels. The custom dialog
box can take user input for up to three fields in the database, and display data from up to
three fields in the database. The script pauses as long as the custom dialog box stays on
the screen. Fields used for input can be of type text, number, date, time, timestamp, or
container. Your custom dialog box can also have up to three buttons, with custom button
titles.