Database Reference
In-Depth Information
Upload to FileMaker Server
Users can upload files to the server by clicking on a prominent button on the Status toolbar
(
Adding a New Button to the Toolbar
)
. This might provide a little too much convenience for
your liking, so you can disable the button using custom menus (
Custom Menus
). Then you
can write a script that lets only specific users to upload files, or lets everyone upload, but
only after certain conditions are met. To do that, you'll need to use the
Upload to
FileMaker Server
script step. This script step opens the same dialog box the toolbar button
or menu command (File→Sharing→Upload to FileMaker Server) provides.
The script step itself has no options, but you can choose the settings you need in the dialog
box it shows. This step is only supported for FileMaker Pro. It doesn't work on iOS or in a
browser and can't be run on the server itself.
Set Script Animation
Animations are visual effects that let you know something's happening, like the swiping ef-
fect you see as you move from panel to panel on a slide control. They're pleasing and useful
for users, but scripts that deal with animated objects can take longer to run if they have to
wait for animations to finish before they can go on to the next step. Animations can also be
distracting to users, so unless your script contains user interaction and its animation is critical
to their understanding of what's happening onscreen, set animation to Off. This disables all
animations that would normally show while the script runs.
Refresh Object
This script step lets you refresh a single object instead of an entire window's contents. This
step can be faster and more effective than
Refresh Window
, especially for FileMaker Go or
in a browser, because you're sending less information over the network. You must specify a
named object that's on the current layout. You can also specify a specific repetition number
of a repeating field, but that is optional. The step will update an object's contents, conditional
formatting, and visibility state.
Open URL
When FileMaker runs this step, it asks your computer's operating system to open the URL
you specify. Most often the URL is a web address (http or https), but it can be any URL type
your computer supports, including ftp, mailto, ldap, and even fmp (to open a file on a net-
work server). As usual, you can specify the URL or let someone else do it, and you can use a
calculation if needed.
