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open. Since all files and scripts share the same Watch list, it can quickly get long and hard to
monitor. Select items you aren't using and then click the Trash can icon to delete them.
Finally, if you need to see how certain calculations behave for people who don't have full ac-
cess, log in as the person in question. In the Data Viewer, select the Current tab and then
click the Authenticate icon to unlock its powers. You can now monitor values and edit ex-
pressions even though you don't have full access.
Disable Script Steps
The Set Next Step button in the Script Debugger lets you manually skip script steps while
debugging, but it's not much help unless
you
remember to click it at the right time. Some-
times you have a script step (or several) that you always want FileMaker to skip. You could
just delete them, but maybe you're not quite ready to. Perhaps it's code that isn't working
yet, and you intend to come back later to fix it. Or perhaps you're moving the code some-
where else, and until you're sure you've got it moved and working, you don't want to delete
the original. Whatever the reason, you may want to temporarily turn off a group of steps.
To turn off a script step (see
Figure 13-10
) open the script and then select the step you want
to turn off. In the Edit Script dialog box, click the Disable button. FileMaker puts two slashes
in front of the script steps you turned off so you can identify them. To turn a step back on
again, first select it. The Disable button changes to say Enable; click it, and the step is back
in business. As always, you can select
multiple
script steps at once and turn them on or off all
in one shot.
