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
92 FileMaker Script Steps Reference
New Window
Format
New Window[Name: <name of window>; Height: n; Width: n; Top: n;
Left: n]
Options
Click Specify to set options for the new window.
• Window Name is the name you specify for your new window. You can enter literal
text or click Specify to create a window name from a calculation.
• Height is the height of the new window in pixels. You can enter a number or click
Specify to generate a number from a calculation.
• Width is the width of the new window in pixels. You can enter a number or click
Specify to generate a number from a calculation.
• Distance from top is the new window’s distance in pixels from the top of the screen
(Mac OS) or top of the FileMaker Pro window (Windows). You can enter a number or
click Specify to generate a number from a calculation.
• Distance from left is the new window’s distance in pixels from the left of the screen
(Mac OS) or left of the FileMaker Pro window (Windows). You can enter a number or
click Specify to generate a number from a calculation.
Web compatibility
This script step is web-compatible.
Description
Creates a new window based on the foreground window. The new window has the same
layout, same table, same found set
, and same current record as the original window.
Notes
• Window names created with the New Window script step do not have to be unique.
• Window name selection is not case-sensitive.
• It is not necessary to enter values for each option. When no value is entered,
FileMaker Pro uses the default value associated with the Window menu > New
Window command.
• Minimum height and minimum width depend on the operating system of the user
performing the script. If the height or width you specify are less than the minimum,
FileMaker Pro uses the minimum values.
• If the window height or width values you specify exceed the user’s screen resolution,
FileMaker Pro uses the maximum values possible.
• You can create a new window off-screen by supplying negative top and/or left values,
which can be useful for multiple monitor environments.