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
44 FileMaker Script Steps Reference
Example
Go to Field [Table1::Performance Review]
Select All
Copy []
Go to Record/Request/Page [Next]
Go to Field [Performance Review]
Paste []
Perform Find/Replace
Format
Perform Find/Replace [No dialog; “<text to be found>”;
”<replacement text>”; Find Next/Replace & Find/Replace/Replace
All]
Options
• Perform without dialog prevents display of the Find/Replace Summary dialog box
at the end of the find/replace operation. This option also prevents display of the
confirmation dialog box when a Replace All operation is executed.
If you want the user to be able to enter find or replace criteria, use the Open Find/
Replace script step on page 117.
• Specify displays the Specify Find/Replace dialog box, where you can set search
options and the type of find/replace operation to be performed.
Web compatibility
This script step is not web-compatible.
Description
Finds/replaces data according to the options in the Specify Find/Replace dialog box.
Example
Perform Find/Replace ["Houston"; "Dallas"; Replace & Find]