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 56
Originated in
FileMaker Pro 6.0 or earlier
Examples
Go to Record/Request/Page [First]
Enter Find Mode []
Insert Current Date [Select; Invoices::Invoice Date]
Related topics
Script steps reference (alphabetical list)
Contents
Insert Current Time
Purpose
Pastes the current system time into the specified field.
Format
Insert Current Time [Select; <table::field>]
Options
• Select entire contents replaces the contents of a field with the current time. If you do not
select this option, Insert Current Time adds the value of the current time to the end of the
field's existing data.
• Select Go to target field or click Specify to specify the field to paste into.
Note If the specified field does not exist on the layout where the script is being performed, Insert
Current Time returns an error code which can be captured with the Get(LastError) function.
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
Examples
Go to Layout [Call Log::Data Entry]
Insert Current Time [Select; Call Log::Call Time]
Related topics
Script steps reference (alphabetical list)
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