Creating scripts to automate tasks

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Creating scripts to automate tasks

Planning a script

Creating and editing scripts using ScriptMaker

Managing groups of scripts

Saving a script

Deleting a script

Copying and pasting scripts

Importing scripts from other FileMaker files

Scripting for OLE (Windows)

Scripting with ActiveX Automation (Windows)

Using FileMaker Pro ActiveX Automation (Windows)

ActiveX Automation objects, methods, and properties (Windows)

ActiveX Automation example (Windows)

Scripting with Apple events (Mac OS)

Apple events troubleshooting (Mac OS)

Apple events error: "Apple event timed out" (-1712)

Apple events error: "Expected expression but found unknown token"

Apple events error: "Invalid object containment" (-1723)

Apple events error: "Object not found" (-1728)

Apple events error: "Data is being accessed by another user, script, or transaction" (-10011)

Apple events error: "Set Data failed. Invalid data was supplied" (-17005)

Apple events error: "Event failed. User canceled the event processing" (-17006)

Apple events error: "Create failed. Invalid data was supplied" (-17007)

Working with the Scripts menu

Using buttons with scripts

Defining a button

Copying a button

Changing a button definition

Deleting a button

ScriptMaker examples

If structure example

Loop structure example

Data entry example

A startup script example

Perform Script and script parameter example

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