Script Steps Reference
Table Of Contents
- Contents
- About script steps
- Script steps reference (alphabetical list)
- Control script steps
- Perform Script
- Pause/Resume Script
- Exit Script
- Halt Script
- If
- Else If
- Else
- End If
- Loop
- Exit Loop If
- End Loop
- Allow User Abort
- Set Error Capture
- Set Variable
- Install OnTimer Script
- Navigation script steps
- Go to Layout
- Go to Record/Request/Page
- Go to Related Record
- Go to Portal Row
- Go to Object
- Go to Field
- Go to Next Field
- Go to Previous Field
- Enter Browse Mode
- Enter Find Mode
- Enter Preview Mode
- Editing script steps
- Fields script steps
- Set Field
- Set Field By Name
- 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
- Records script steps
- New Record/Request
- Duplicate Record/Request
- Delete Record/Request
- Delete Portal Row
- Delete All Records
- Open Record/Request
- Revert Record/Request
- Commit Records/Requests
- Copy Record/Request
- Copy All Records/Requests
- Import Records
- Export Records
- Save Records As Excel
- Save Records As PDF
- Save Records As Snapshot Link
- Found Sets script steps
- Windows script steps
- Files script steps
- Accounts script steps
- Spelling script steps
- Open Menu Item script steps
- Miscellaneous script steps
FILEMAKER SCRIPT STEPS REFERENCE 114
Originated in
FileMaker Pro 6.0 or earlier
Description
A shared, or multi-user, database is a file available to users on a network.
Examples
This script could be a startup script to guarantee that a database is hosted upon launch.
Show Custom Dialog ["Make this file available on the network?"]
If [Get (LastMessageChoice) = 1]
Set Multi-User [On]
End If
Tip The Get(MultiUserState) function could be used to verify the resulting multi-user setting.
Get(MultiUserState) is set to 0 for a single-user file and 1 for a multi-user file.
Related topics
Script steps reference (alphabetical list)
Contents
Set Use System Formats
Purpose
Allows the user to choose between the formats stored with the file or the user's current system
formats.
Format
Set Use System Formats [On/Off]
Options
• On instructs FileMaker Pro to use the current system formats.
• Off instructs FileMaker Pro to use the formats saved with the file.
Compatibility
This script step is:
• not supported in web publishing
• not supported in a FileMaker Server scheduled script
Originated in
FileMaker Pro 6.0 or earlier