Filemaker Pro 8.5 Educational Maintenance T2 TJ085LL/A User Manual
Product codes
TJ085LL/A
110 FileMaker Functions Reference
Data type returned
text
Description
currently running (or paused).
Note
See FileMaker Pro help for information about running scripts in client/server and
peer-to-peer environments.
Examples
Returns
Print Report
when the Print Report script is running.
Returns
Update Customer
when the Update Customer script is running.
Get(ScriptParameter)
Format
Get(ScriptParameter)
Parameter
None
Data type returned
text
Description
When this function is part of a calculation evaluated within a
, returns the script
parameter passed into the script.
Note
See FileMaker Pro help for information about running scripts in client/server and
peer-to-peer environments.
Examples
Returns
Print
when “Print” was the value of the parameter passed into the current script.
The following example shows how to pass named parameters using the Evaluate, Let,
and Get(ScriptParameter) functions, allowing access only to variable 'a' (the
example returns
6
):
ScriptParameter = "a = 5; b = 10"
Evaluate("Let ( [" & Get(ScriptParameter) & "]; a + 1 )" )
The following example shows how to pass named parameters, allowing access to both
variable 'a' and 'b'. The simplified first parameter makes the second parameter more
Evaluate("Let ( [" & Get(ScriptParameter) & "]; a + 1 )" )
The following example shows how to pass named parameters, allowing access to both
variable 'a' and 'b'. The simplified first parameter makes the second parameter more
complex (the example returns
6,
12
):
ScriptParameter = "a = 5; b = 10"