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 124
Examples
The following, used as a startup script with a password-protected database, presents the user with
the Change Password dialog box every other time the database is opened (to encourage the user to
change his or her password frequently). The gOpenCount field is a global number field that records
how many times the database has been opened.
Allow User Abort[Off]
Set Field [Table1::gOpenCount; Table1::gOpenCount + 1]
If [Int(Table1::gOpenCount/2)*2 < > Table1::gOpenCount]
Change Password []
End If
Related topics
Script steps reference (alphabetical list)
Contents
Enable Account
Purpose
Enables or disables a specific account.
Format
Enable Account [Account Name: <account name>; Activate/Deactivate]
Options
Click Specify to display the “Enable Account” Options dialog box, where you can set the following
options.
• Account Name is the name of the account to be activated or deactivated. You can enter
literal text or click Specify to generate the account name from a calculation.
• Activate account enables the specified account.
• Deactivate account disables the specified account.
Compatibility
This script step is also supported in web publishing and in a FileMaker Server scheduled script.
Originated in
FileMaker Pro 6.0 or earlier
Description
• You must specify an existing account.
• You must be assigned the Full Access privilege set to perform this script step. Select Run
script with full access privileges to enable users with less than full access privileges to
perform this script step.
• You cannot use this script step to deactivate an account with full access privileges.