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 62
Update Link (Windows)
Purpose
Updates the OLE link (manual or automatic) in the current container field.
Format
Update Link [<table::field>]
Options
Select Go to target field or click Specify to specify the field to be updated.
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
Description
If the field does not contain an OLE link, then this script step does not return an error code.
Note In addition to using the Update Link script step to update both automatic and manual links in
your database, automatic links are updated when an OLE object is activated with a
Go to Field script
step with Select/perform on, or when the print option Update all Links before printing is used.
Examples
Enter Browse Mode []
Update Link [Table1::Spreadsheet]
Related topics
Script steps reference (alphabetical list)
Contents
Replace Field Contents
Purpose
Uses the value in a specified field in the current record or uses a calculation to replace the value in
that field in every record in the current found set.
Format
Replace Field Contents [No Dialog; <table::field>;
Current contents/Serial numbers/Calculation results]