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
94 FileMaker Script Steps Reference
• Perform without dialog prevents certain dialog boxes from displaying when the
script step is run.
• When converting FileMaker files, the dialog boxes used to rename the old file and
name the converted file are not displayed.
• When converting other file types, the dialog boxes that are used to specify the
way a file and its data are converted are not displayed.
In these two cases, the default settings for those dialog boxes are used instead.
Web compatibility
This script step is not web-compatible.
Description
Converts a supported file type into a FileMaker Pro file. See FileMaker Pro Help for more
information.
Note You cannot use this command to convert the contents of a folder. Each file in a folder
must be converted separately.
Example
Convert File [“mydata.fp5”]
When you
choose this file
or source
Do this
File In the Specify File dialog box, choose the file you want to import. See FileMaker Pro
Help.
XML Data In the Specify XML and XSL Options dialog box, choose the source of the XML data
that you want to import, and choose an XSLT style sheet if you want to apply one
prior to import. The XML and XSLT source may be a file or the result of an HTTP
request, or a field that contains a file path or an HTTP request. For more information,
see Importing XML data.
ODBC Data Specify the data source name and location, the user ID and password (if any), and
the SQL query to be executed. For more information, see FileMaker Pro Help.