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 57
Insert Current User Name
Purpose
Pastes the current user name into the specified field in the current record.
Format
Insert Current User Name [Select; <table::field>]
Options
• Select entire contents replaces the contents of a field with the current user name. If you do
not select this option, Insert Current User Name adds the value of the current user name to
the end of the field's existing data.
• Select Go to target field or click Specify to specify the field to paste into.
Compatibility
This script step is:
• supported in web publishing
• supported in a FileMaker Server scheduled script
Notes
• If the specified field does not exist on the layout where the script is being performed,
Insert Current User Name returns an error code which can be captured with the
Get(LastError) function.
• User name is the FileMaker Pro user, an editable field displayed on the General tab of
the Preferences dialog box. To track user access to a database with more security, use
the Get(AccountName) function to return the current user’s account name.
Originated in
FileMaker Pro 6.0 or earlier
Examples
Go to Layout [“Sales”]
Insert Current User Name [Select; Sales::Sales Person]
Related topics
Script steps reference (alphabetical list)
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