Export Records script step

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Export Records script step

Format


Export records [No dialog; "<output filename>"; Automatically open; Create email; <platform and character set>]

Options

Perform without dialog prevents dialog boxes from displaying when the script step executes that let the user set new export criteria.

Select Specify output file or click Specify to display a dialog box where you can specify the file and file type to export. Choose the folder you want to export to, or type the folder path directly into the list. Specify one path per line. FileMaker Pro will use the first path it locates. See Creating file paths. The file type you use depends on the import requirements of the program using the exported data. You can also specify options to Automatically open the file and Create email with the file as attachment after saving.

Note You can export records as a Microsoft Excel worksheet by choosing Excel from the File Type list. For more information on saving FileMaker Pro files as Excel files, see Saving and sending records as an Excel file.

If you specify XML as the export file type, the Specify XML and XSL Options dialog box appears, where you can specify an XML grammar and choose an XSLT style sheet if you want to transform the XML. The XSLT source may be a file, the result of an HTTP request, or a calculation that generates a file path or an HTTP request.

Note Do not export fields whose name is entirely numeric (such as "2") or whose name is a single-byte kana character (Japanese version) using the FMPDSORESULT grammar.

Select Specify export order or click Specify to use the export order that was in effect when you added the script step. The last export order used in the file appears as the default and can be edited or deleted. If necessary, choose an output file character set from the drop-down list. Select Apply current layout's data formatting to exported data, or the formatting of the last exported data will be used.

Web compatibility

This script step is not web-compatible.

Description

Exports records to a specified file. You can set the export order before adding this script step, or perform the step with a dialog box so a user can set new criteria. Export Records exports all the records currently being browsed. If you want to limit the set of records you're exporting, use a find request before using Export Records.

Example


Go to Layout ["Layout #4"]
Export Records [No dialog, "Contacts"]

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Import Records script step

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