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 46
Perform Find/Replace
Purpose
Finds/replaces data according to the options in the Specify Find/Replace dialog box.
Format
Perform Find/Replace [No dialog; “<text to be found>”; ”<replacement
text>”; Find Next/Replace & Find/Replace/Replace All]
Options
• Perform without dialog prevents display of the Find/Replace Summary dialog box at the
end of the find/replace operation. This option also prevents display of the confirmation
dialog box when a Replace All operation is executed.
If you want the user to be able to enter find or replace criteria, use the Open Find/Replace script
step.
• Specify displays the Specify Find/Replace dialog box, where you can set search options
and the type of find/replace operation to be performed.
Compatibility
This script step is:
• not supported in web publishing
• not supported in a FileMaker Server scheduled script
Originated in
FileMaker Pro 6.0 or earlier
Examples
Perform Find/Replace ["Houston"; "Dallas"; Replace & Find]
Related topics
Script steps reference (alphabetical list)
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