Filemaker Pro 10 TU692LL/A Benutzerhandbuch

Lesson 8

  

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  Automating tasks with buttons and scripts     55

6. From the list on the left, scroll down and select the Enter Preview Mode script step, and move it over to 

your script.

7. Close the Edit Script dialog box, click Save, then close the Manage Scripts dialog box.
8. To run the script you have just created: In Browse mode, choose Scripts menu > Preview Labels Layout. 

FileMaker Pro displays the Labels layout and switches to Preview mode. 

While buttons are generally more convenient for users, scripts are a more powerful feature, allowing you to 
combine many menu commands into a single executable action. Using a button to run a script gives you the 
best of both features.

To assign the script you just created to the button you created earlier:

1. Choose Data Entry from the Layout pop-up menu in the layout bar.
2. Click Exit Preview, then Edit Layout in the layout bar.
3. Double-click the button you created earlier in this lesson.
4. In the Button Setup dialog box, select the Perform Script script step near the top of the list on the left.

5. In the Options area, for Current Script click Specify. Select Preview Labels Layout from the list of 

available scripts, and click OK. 

6. Leave the rest of the default button settings as they are and click OK.

1. Select the Text tool   in the status toolbar.

The finished 
script

Select 

Perform 

Script