Script Steps Reference

126 FileMaker Script Steps Reference
Example
The following script checks a database to see if all records have phone numbers entered,
audibly notifies the user when it finds one missing, and waits so the user can enter one if
desired.
Go to Record/Request/Page [First]
Loop
If [IsEmpty(Contacts::PhoneNumberField)]
Speak ["Phone number is missing"]
Pause/Resume Script [Indefinitely]
End If
Go to Record/Request/Page [Next; Exit after last]
End Loop
Dial Phone
Format
Dial Phone [No dialog; <phone number>]
Options
• Perform without dialog prevents the Dial Phone dialog box from displaying when
the script step executes.
•Click Specify to display the “Dial Phone” Options dialog box where you can set the
following options.
• Phone Number lets you enter a phone number to dial.
• Specify lets you create a calculation to generate the phone number.
• Use Dialing Preferences (if NDISWAN TAPI is not installed) tells FileMaker Pro
to use the current phone dialing preferences, based on your location. These
preferences remove, insert, and append digits to phone numbers, as when a
dialing prefix is required in a business setting. This option can apply to phone
numbers provided from a field value or to a number that the user enters. (If TAPI is
installed, modem and dialing preferences are set in the Phone Dialer accessory
application.)
Web compatibility
This script step is not web-compatible.
Description
Dials a phone from within a script. You can enter a phone number or specify a calculation to
create a phone number. You can also choose whether to use the current phone preferences
based on your current location. You can specify number, text, calculation, or global fields, and
letters within the phone number are translated to numbers (except for q and z).
Important The Dial Phone script step is not supported in Mac OS X.