Cut script step

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Cut script step

Format


Cut [Select; <table::field>]

Options

Select entire contents deletes the contents of a field and saves it to the Clipboard. If you do not use Select entire contents, only the selected portion of the field's data is cut.

Select Go to target field or click Specify to select the field whose contents you want to cut.

Web compatibility

This script step is web-compatible.

Description

Deletes the contents of the specified field in the current record and saves the contents to the Clipboard. Cut removes the contents of the field. To duplicate the field information, use the Copy script step.

Note In a web-published database, use a Commit Record/Request script step after a Cut script step to update the record in the browser window.

Example

The following example takes notes from a "Recent Notes" field and pastes them at the end of a "Previous Notes" field (creating a history of notes).


Enter Browse Mode [ ]
Cut [Select, Table1::Recent Notes]
Paste [Table1::Previous Notes]

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