Miscellaneous script steps
Miscellaneous script steps allow you to script miscellaneous actions.
Tip Use the Comment script step to annotate your scripts so your colleagues can understand them.
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Adds comments to the list of steps in the script. |
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Enables or disables display of the formatting bar. |
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Plays audio, video, or images from a container field, layout object, or URL. |
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Changes the settings for a media file that is playing or is paused. |
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Pauses, resumes, or stops playing a media file that is playing or is paused. |
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Plays a system beep sound. |
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Dials a phone from within a script. |
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Enables or disables the touch keyboard. |
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Executes a FileMaker Data API request. |
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Executes any SQL statement on an ODBC data source. |
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Closes all open files; and in FileMaker Pro, exits the application. |
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Immediately flushes the internal file cache to the computer's hard disk. |
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Immediately flushes all web viewer cookies used in the FileMaker client. |
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Sets a variable to the fully qualified path of a specified folder. |
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Changes the menu set based on conditions established in the script. |
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Installs or updates a plug-in file from a container field onto your computer. |
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Allows the user to open a URL. |
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Sends AppleScript commands to another application. |
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Performs a JavaScript function in a web viewer. |
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Updates the contents, conditional formatting, and visibility state of the specified object. |
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Refreshes the relationship and contents of the named object. |
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Creates an add-on package from a FileMaker Pro file. |
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Sends a DDE command to another application to execute commands in that application. |
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In Windows, performs an action in another application; in macOS, sends an Apple event to another application. |
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Sends an email message through an email application or via SMTP. |
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Sets an identifier for the user's current session. |
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Controls the specified web viewer. |
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Displays a custom message dialog box, with custom text and labels. |
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Produces speech from text. |