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
22 FileMaker Script Steps Reference
Example
If [Get (AccountName) = "Jim Davis"]
Go to Layout [“File One”]
Perform Find [Restore]
Else If [Get (AccountName) = "Julia Vargas"]
Go to Layout [“File Two”]
Perform Find [Restore]
Else If [Get (AccountName) = "Gerard LeFranc"]
Go to Layout [“File Three”]
Perform Find [Restore]
Else
Go to Layout [“File Four”]
Show All Records
End If
Note In this example, Get(AccountName) only returns usable values if database users log
in using assigned account names. If no accounts are created or required, Get
(AccountName) returns the default value ‘Admin’.
Else
Format
Else
Options
None.
Web compatibility
This script step is web-compatible.
Description
Use with the If script step. Performs one set of steps if a calculation is True (not zero), and
another set of steps if the calculation is False (zero).
Example
If [Table1::State = "CA"]
Perform Script ["Compute CA Tax and Total"]
Else
Perform Script ["Compute Total"]
End If