Script Steps Reference

FILEMAKER SCRIPT STEPS REFERENCE 115
Description
Each FileMaker Pro database file stores the date, time, and number formatting of the computer on
which the database was created. These regional settings may be different from the system formats
currently set on your computer.
When you use the current system formats, you don't change the formats saved with the file – you
simply enter and view data in a format that's familiar to you. For example, if a database was created
in Australia, where dates are usually written day-month-year, and you open it in the United States,
where dates are usually written month-day-year, FileMaker Pro alerts you that the system formats
are different.
A startup script that uses the Set Use System Formats script step can be used to control how
FileMaker
Pro handles date, time, and number formats for a file that has system formats that are
different from the current system formats.
Examples
This script could be a startup script that checks the system language before using system formats.
If [Get (SystemLanguage) = “Japanese”]
Set Use System Formats [On]
End If
Related topics
Script steps reference (alphabetical list)
Contents
Save a Copy as
Purpose
Saves a copy of the current database file.
Format
Save a Copy as [“<filename>”; copy/compacted/clone]
Options
Specify output file displays the Specify Output File dialog box, where you can specify the name
and location of the resulting copy. If you do not specify a file, FileMaker Pro saves a copy of the
current file and displays the Save As dialog box so the user can specify copying options. You can
choose to Automatically open file or Create email with file as attachment after saving.
Use Specify to choose a save format: copy of current file, compacted copy (smaller), or clone
(no records).
Compatibility
This script step is:
• not supported in web publishing
• not supported in a FileMaker Server scheduled script