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 74
Copy All Records/Requests
Purpose
In Browse mode, copies the values of all records to the Clipboard. In Find mode, copies all find
requests.
Format
Copy All Records/Requests
Options
None.
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
Text fields are copied in tab-delimited format, without styles, in the order they appear in the record
layout. Text in container fields is also copied. (This script step is equivalent to choosing Copy from
the Edit menu while holding down the Shift key (Windows) or Option key (Mac OS) when there is no
active field.)
Note When using the Copy All Records/Requests step with repeating fields, FileMaker Pro inserts
the group separator character between each repetition. You can use a text editor to replace these
characters with another delimiter such as a tab or space.
Examples
This script finds and sorts a set of records, switches to the Data Entry layout, copies the contents of
the found set to the Clipboard, switches layouts and tables, creates a new record, and pastes the
contents of the Clipboard to the History field.
Perform Find [Restore]
Sort Records [Restore; No dialog]
Go to Layout ["Data entry"]
Copy All Records/Requests
Go to Layout ["History table"]
New Record/Request
Paste [Select; History table::History]
Commit Records/Requests[]
Related topics
Script steps reference (alphabetical list)
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