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 35
Go to Field
Purpose
Moves to the specified field on the current layout.
Format
Go to Field [Select/perform; <table::field>]
Options
• Select/perform tells FileMaker Pro to perform an action on the contents of a field. All text in
a field is selected with this option. The contents of the field (sound, movie, or OLE)
determine what action is performed. If the field contains a sound, then the sound is played.
If the field contains a movie, the movie is played. If the field holds an OLE object, FileMaker
Pro activates the application that created the object, and then performs the primary
command for that application. For example, if the primary command is Edit, Select/perform
opens the document in a state ready for editing.
• Select Go to target field or click Specify to specify the target field.
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
This script step can also perform an action on an object in that field. For instance, in a container
field, it can play a sound or a movie, or activate an OLE object (Windows).
To play a sound or movie, or perform the primary command for an OLE object (Windows), use the
Select/perform option.
Note If this script step specifies a field in a tab panel that is not in front, the specified field is
selected and the tab panel it is in moves to the front of the tab control. If, however, the same field
appears elsewhere on the layout and the script finds that field first, the tab panel with that same field
will not come forward. Instead, assign an object name to the field and use the
Go to Object script
step to move to that instance of the field.
Examples
Enter Browse Mode []
Go to Layout ["Contacts"]
New Record/Request
Go to Field [Table1::First Name]
Related topics
Script steps reference (alphabetical list)
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