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 95
Windows script steps
Windows script steps affect screen elements and windows. You can:
• open or close a window
• select a window
• arrange windows
• move or resize a window
• update or freeze a window
• freeze a window
• scroll a window
• show or hide a window, the status toolbar, or the text ruler
• set the title of a window
• set the zoom level
• view data as a list, table, or form
New Window
Purpose
Creates a new window based on the foreground window.
Format
New Window[Name: <name of window>; Height: n; Width: n; Top: n; Left: n]
Options
Click Specify to set options for the new window.
• Window Name is the name you specify for your new window. You can enter literal text or
click Specify to create a window name from a calculation.
• Height is the height of the new window in pixels. You can enter a number or click Specify to
generate a number from a calculation.
• Width is the width of the new window in pixels. You can enter a number or click Specify to
generate a number from a calculation.
• Distance from top is the new window’s distance in pixels from the top of the screen
(Mac
OS) or top of the FileMaker Pro window (Windows). You can enter a number or click
Specify to generate a number from a calculation.
• Distance from left is the new window’s distance in pixels from the left of the screen
(Mac
OS) or left of the FileMaker Pro window (Windows). You can enter a number or click
Specify to generate a number from a calculation.