Script Steps Reference

FILEMAKER SCRIPT STEPS REFERENCE 19
Options
Click Specify to define the Boolean calculation. In the Specify Calculation dialog box, type the
calculation you want evaluated, or use the field list (on the left) and the functions list (on the right)
with the mathematical and text operators to build the calculation.
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
Must follow an If step or another Else If step; it can’t follow an Else script step.
When an If script step calculation evaluates to True (not zero), FileMaker Pro performs the steps
that are indented under it. When an If script step evaluates to False (zero), script execution moves
to any following Else If steps as long as they evaluate to False. When an Else If statement evaluates
to True, the block of steps under the Else If is executed. An evaluation of True ends the Else If
process, and upon reaching the next Else If or Else statements, execution will skip ahead to End If.
Examples
If [Get (AccountName) = "Jim Davis"]
Go to Layout [“File One”]
Perform Find [Restore]
Else If [Get (AccountName) = "Julia Vargas"]
Go to Layout [“File Two”]
Perform Find [Restore]
Else If [Get (AccountName) = "Gerard LeFranc"]
Go to Layout [“File Three”]
Perform Find [Restore]
Else
Go to Layout [“File Four”]
Show All Records
End If
Note In this example, Get(AccountName) only returns usable values if database users log in using
assigned account names. If no accounts are created or required, Get (AccountName) returns the
default value ‘Admin’.
Related topics
Script steps reference (alphabetical list)
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