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
146 FileMaker Script Steps Reference
• Internet system preferences configured for use with one of the supported mail
applications.
• If you use Eudora 5, start the Eudora application before performing this script
step.
• If you select Multiple emails and For each message, collect addresses across
found set, FileMaker Pro generates an email for every record in the found set. Each
email is addressed to everyone specified in the TO, CC and BCC boxes for every
record in the found set.
• You can create an Adobe PDF or a Microsoft Excel file from your data to send as an
attachment. For more information, see Save Records As PDF script step on page 79
and Save Records As Excel script step on page 78.
Example
Perform Find [Restore]
Send Mail [To: script examples::Field1; Subject: "This is
a test email"; Message: "Hello world." ]
Send DDE Execute (Windows)
Format
Send DDE Execute [<topic text or filename>; <service name>]
Options
Click Specify to display the “Send DDE Execute” Options dialog box, where you can set
the following options:
• Service name is the name of the application that executes the commands. Refer to
the documentation of the application you specify for the valid service name. You can
enter the service name directly as text or click Specify to create the service name
from a calculation.
• Topic is a filename or text string that describes the topic that the application executes
the commands on. Refer to the documentation of the application specified in the
Service Name for valid topics. You can enter the topic name directly as text or click
Specify to create the topic name from a calculation. For more information, see
FileMaker Pro Help.
• Commands are a calculated value or text string that specifies what the application
does. Refer to the documentation of the application specified in the Service Name for
valid commands and formats. You can enter the commands directly as text or click
Specify to create the commands from a calculation.
Web compatibility
This script step is not web-compatible.