Script Steps Reference

Chapter 2
Control script steps
Control script steps control the progression of the script by letting you tell FileMaker Pro
exactly what to do when and if specific conditions occur.
Use these script steps to:
• call scripts and sub-scripts
• pause and resume a script, based on defined conditions
• conditionally perform script steps using if/then/else logic
• stop a script before it's finished, if a specific condition is met
• create loops that repetitively carry out a sequence of steps in a script, until a condition
is met
Perform Script
Format
Perform Script [“<script name>”; Parameter: <parameter>]
Options
To select a script, click Specify and choose the script from the list.
For Optional script parameter, type the text you want to use or click Edit and use the
Specify Calculation dialog box to build a more complex parameter.
Note If you are using FileMaker Pro Advanced to define a custom menu item that performs
a script, select the script and optional script parameters. For more information, see
FileMaker Pro Help.
Web compatibility
This script step is web-compatible.
Description
Performs a script that is defined in the current file or in another FileMaker Pro file. There
is no need to open an external file when using a script in it— FileMaker Pro opens it for
you.
You can use separate scripts to break complex tasks into smaller segments, which are
often easier to troubleshoot. You can also save time by putting common tasks like printing
or exporting records into separate scripts, which can then be accessed by more than one
script. For example, you might want to use the same page setup and printing options in
several scripts. By defining those steps once and saving them in separate scripts, you
make it easy to access those steps many times.