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 42
Examples
Find All
Copy [Select; Table1::RandomTimesNumber]
Paste [Select; Table1::SortNumber]
Replace Contents [No dialog; Table1::SortNumber]
Sort Records[Restore, No dialog]
Commit Records/Requests []
Related topics
Script steps reference (alphabetical list)
Contents
Paste
Purpose
Pastes the contents of the Clipboard into the specified field in the current record.
Format
Paste [Select; No style; <table::field>]
Options
• Select entire contents replaces the contents of a field with the contents of the Clipboard. If
you do not use Select entire contents, Paste copies the contents of the Clipboard to the
currently selected portion of the field.
• Paste without style tells FileMaker Pro to ignore all text style and formatting associated
with the Clipboard contents.
• Select Go to target field or click Specify to specify the field to paste into.
• Link if Available (Windows) tells FileMaker Pro to choose a link over other formats on the
clipboard. If both a link and an embedded object are present on the clipboard, the link is
selected. If a link is available, it is selected over other formats.
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
If you try to paste data that doesn't match the field type of the target field, FileMaker Pro pastes the
data but displays a validation alert when you attempt to exit the field. If the field is not on the current
layout, FileMaker Pro returns an error code which can be captured with the Get(LastError) function.
If the item being pasted is an OLE object, you can choose a link over other possible formats in the
Clipboard. The Link if Available option has no effect when executed on a Mac OS system.
Note In a web-published database, use a Commit Record/Request script step after a Paste script
step to update the record in the browser window.