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 28
Compatibility
This script step is:
• not supported in web publishing
• not supported in a FileMaker Server scheduled script
Originated in
FileMaker Pro 10.0
Description
This step repeats until the window in which it is running closes or its options change. You can also
halt the step by specifying another Install OnTimer Script script step for the window with no script
specified.
The default interval is blank; you must specify a script and an interval. Specifying blank for interval
cancels any OnTimer scripts that are running for the selected window.
Examples
The following example runs the script MyScript every 10 minutes.
Install OnTimer Script [“MyScript”; Interval: 600]
Related topics
Script steps reference (alphabetical list)
Contents
Navigation script steps
Navigation script steps move to different areas of a database. Use Navigation script steps to:
• go to a specific record or find request
• switch to a specific layout
• move among fields and other objects on a layout
• emulate pressing Enter or Tab
• switch to Browse mode to work with contents of a file
• switch to Find mode to fill out find requests
• switch to Preview mode to see how records, forms, or reports will look when they're printed
Go to Layout
Purpose
Switches to the specified layout.
Format
Go to Layout [“<layout name or layout number>”]