Perform FindEnters Find mode and finds records that match one or more find requests that you set up, that are stored with the script step.Select Specify find requests or click Specify to create and manage find requests. The requests you create are stored with the script step. For more information, see Specify Find Requests and Edit Find Request dialog boxes.
• New opens the Edit Find Request dialog box, where you define criteria for a find request.
• Edit opens a selected find request from the list.
• Duplicate duplicates one or more selected find requests from the list.
• Delete deletes one or more selected find requests from the list.
• For Action, select Find Records or Omit Records to specify whether this find request will find or omit records. Finding records adds them to your found set. Omitting records excludes them. An individual request can find or omit records; use multiple requests if you need to find and omit records during the same Perform Find script step.
• Find records when (or Omit records when) shows a list of the fields in your current table. To construct a find request, begin by selecting a field from this list.
• To select a field from a related table, click the name of the current table at the top of the list and select the related table you want. Select a related field from this new list.
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• Click Add to add your criteria to the find request.
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You can use a Perform Find script following an Enter Find Mode script step, to pause the script and allow the user to enter find criteria before performing a find.