Script Steps Reference

Appendix A
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Glossary 157
Button
Any layout object (a 3-D rectangle with a text label if created by the Button tool) that
performs a specified script in Browse or Find modes.
C
Cache
The amount of memory assigned to FileMaker Pro. A larger cache size increases
performance. A smaller cache size saves data to the hard disk more frequently, offering
greater protection in case of a system crash.
Calculation field
A field that returns the result of a calculation of values. You can create a formula for the
calculation using functions, constants, operators, and information from other fields in the
same record.
Cascading style sheets
A system of codes or tags that define how a web browser displays information in a web
page. Cascading style sheets provide more control over the layout and appearance of
web pages than HTML. Cascading style sheets work like templates for web pages. If a
web page contains cascading style sheets, users must view it in a browser that supports
cascading style sheets.
CGI (Common Gateway Interface)
The specification for communication between an HTTP server and server gateway
programs, which is supported by most servers.
Character encoding
The character set or code page of a file. If necessary, you can specify a character set to
be used when importing, exporting, indexing, sorting, and spell-checking files. FileMaker
supports ASCII, Windows ANSI, Macintosh, Japanese (Shift-JIS), Unicode UTF-8,
Unicode UTF-16, and Unicode UTF-16 Windows.
Client
A user that opens a database file that is shared on a network, published in a browser, or
shared via ODBC/JDBC. FileMaker Network settings and privileges determine how clients
interact with databases hosted through FileMaker Pro, FileMaker Server, and FileMaker
Server Advanced.
Client application
The application that requests data (using SQL) from a data source (using ODBC or
JDBC). Also, FileMaker Pro is a client application when it accesses a database hosted by
FileMaker Server.