Database Reference
In-Depth Information
1.
Choose Scripts
→
Manage Scripts, or choose File
→
Manage
→
Scripts. When the
Manage Scripts window appears, click New
.
The Edit Script window appears (
Figure 11-4
). Make sure to click New, and not the
pop-up menu. You'll learn how and when to use the pop-up menu later.
Figure 11-2. This script tells FileMaker to switch to the “Invoices with Balance Due” lay-
out, go to Find mode, put a find criteria in the Balance Due field, perform the find, and sort
the found records. It may not use exactly the words you'd expect, but it's easy to tell what
this script does just by reading the “code.”
2.
In the Script Name box, type
Find Unpaid Invoices
.
Your script's name is important. It's how you'll identify it when you want to run it
later. As usual, a short, descriptive name is the best policy.
3.
Scroll the list of available script steps on the left, so you can see the Navigation
headline and then choose the
Go to Layout
step to select it. Click Move
.
The Move button doesn't become available until you've clicked a script step. When
you click Move, FileMaker adds a
Go to Layout
step to the list of current steps. This
step is already selected, so you can quickly make changes to its settings.
