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 167
Tool panel
In the status area in Layout mode, the collection of tools that includes the selection tool
(pointer), text tool, line tool, rectangle tool, rounded rectangle tool, oval tool, field/control
tool, portal tool, tab control tool, web viewer tool, and button tool.
If you don't see the status area, click the status area control at the bottom of the document
window.
Toolbar
Use items in the toolbar to access many FileMaker Pro commands. Different toolbar items
are available in each mode. FileMaker Pro includes several toolbars: Standard, Text
Formatting, Arrange, Align, and Tools toolbar.
Tooltip
A small box that displays text when a user moves the cursor over a layout object. Tooltips
display in Browse and Find modes.
U
Unicode
A worldwide standard that, in one code page, provides a unique number for every
character in human languages, no matter what the platform, software program, or
operating system.
Unit of measure
In Browse and Layout modes, you can set the unit of measure to pixels, inches, or
centimeters.
Unstored calculation
A calculation field with a result that is only calculated when the value is needed, for
example, to browse or print. In most cases, FileMaker Pro makes a field stored when you
define it, but you can change the storage type to unstored.
URL (Uniform Resource Locator)
A web address, which consists of a protocol, a host name, and optionally a port, a
directory, and a filename. For example, http://www.filemaker.com/ , ftp://12.34.56.78:80/
myfiles/, or fmp7://mywebsite.com/sample.fp7.