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Copy

Purpose 

Copies the contents of the specified field in the current record and saves them to the Clipboard.

Format 

Copy [Select; <table::field>]

Options 

•	Select entire contents copies the entire contents of a field to the Clipboard. If you do not use Select entire contents, only the selected portion of the field's data is copied.

•	Select Go to target field or click Specify to select the field whose contents you want to copy. When no field is specified and nothing is selected, FileMaker Pro copies the values from all fields of the current record.

Compatibility 

 

Where the script step runs	Supported
FileMaker Pro	Yes
FileMaker Server scheduled script	Yes
FileMaker Go	Yes
Custom Web Publishing	Yes
Instant Web Publishing	Yes
Runtime solution	Yes

Originated in 

FileMaker Pro 6.0 or earlier

Description 

This script step duplicates the contents of the field. To remove the field information, use the Cut script step.

Note  With Instant Web Publishing, the Copy script step does not place data onto the Clipboard.

Examples 

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Copy [Select; Table1::RandomTimesNumber]
Paste [Select; Table1::SortNumber]
Replace Contents [No dialog; Table1::SortNumber]
Sort Records[Restore, No dialog]
Commit Records/Requests []

Related topics 

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