From the course: FileMaker Pro Essential Training (2019)
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Creating multiline scripts - FileMaker Pro Tutorial
From the course: FileMaker Pro Essential Training (2019)
Creating multiline scripts
- [Instructor] You'll find that most scripts that you create will end up having multiple lines of steps, because it's much more useful to store a series of actions in a script, than just one step. Now, it still does make sense to create some scripts that just have a single-line script, you know for example, you'll attach a list of like script triggers and stuff like that, but I'm going to show you kind of a technique on how I approach creating multi-line scripts. Now, first of all, like anything else it involves starting with some planning, first. So, what I like to do is figure out what it is that I want to actually do. Now, in this application, you see I've got this Print Letter button in the upper right-hand corner, and so what do I want to have happen when users click on that? Well, often I'll find myself taking some notes. So, what I like to do is write out all the steps ahead of time, kind of like I'm planning my script. So, in this specific case, with the customer welcome…
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What are scripts and script steps?3m 41s
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Assigning script steps to buttons5m 3s
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Touring the Script Workspace2m 35s
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Creating multiline scripts2m 2s
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Creating multiline scripts: Printing in scripts3m 9s
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Creating multiline scripts: Custom dialogs3m 29s
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Adding find criteria to a script: Static finds4m 41s
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Adding find criteria to a script: User specified finds3m 43s
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Using the New Window script step5m 53s
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Understanding the If script step1m 47s
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Adding the If script step to a script5m 55s
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