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
Appendix A
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Glossary 147
Container data type
Pictures, sounds, QuickTime movies, OLE objects (Windows), and files of any type can
be inserted in a container field.
Context
The starting point or perspective from which calculations and scripts are begun, and from
which a relationship is evaluated in the relationships graph.
Convert
Opening a data file from another application, which creates a new FileMaker Pro file
containing the data.
Also refers to opening a file created with a previous version of FileMaker Pro.
Custom function
A function that is not one of the default FileMaker Pro functions. In FileMaker Pro
Advanced, you can create custom functions that can be reused anywhere in the database.
Custom menu
A menu that is not one of the default FileMaker Pro menus. In FileMaker Pro Advanced,
you can create custom menus, menu items, and menu sets.
D
Data Entry Only privilege set
One of the three pre-defined privilege sets that appear in every file. The Data Entry Only
privilege set allows read/write access to the records in a file, but not design access (for
example, the ability to create layouts and value lists).
Data source
A named reference that provides access to another FileMaker database file or to an
ODBC database.
Data source name (DSN)
A data structure that contains the information about a specific database that an ODBC
driver needs in order to connect to it.
Data Viewer
A FileMaker Pro Advanced feature that lets you monitor expressions such as field values,
local and global variables, and calculations. You can monitor expressions while running
scripts or while testing them in the Script Debugger. You can also monitor field values and
variables in the database file.
Database Design Report
A FileMaker Pro Advanced tool that creates a report of your database schema.