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
90 FileMaker Script Steps Reference
View As
Format
View As [View as Form/View as List/View as Table/Cycle]
Options
• View as Form tells FileMaker Pro to display records page by page in the format
determined by the database designer.
• View as List tells FileMaker Pro to display records as records in a list, so they can be
browsed without clicking the pages of the book.
• View as Table tells FileMaker Pro to display the records on screen in a grid, so that
many fields and records may be viewed at one time in a format similar to a
spreadsheet.
• Cycle switches from the current view to the next view.
Web compatibility
This script step is web-compatible.
Description
Displays data in the specified format. You can choose View as Form, View as List, View
as Table, or you can choose Cycle to switch from the current format to the next format.
Example
Perform Find [Restore]
View As [View as Form]
Pause/Resume Script [Indefinitely]
View As [View as List]
Pause/Resume Script [Indefinitely]
View As [View as Table]
Pause/Resume Script [Indefinitely]
View As [Cycle]