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Importing scripts from other files - FileMaker Pro Tutorial
From the course: Learning FileMaker 16
Importing scripts from other files
- [Narrator] File Maker Pro allows you to import scripts from other files. Now it's not too often that the scripts you create will work from file to file, but sometimes if you have one in another file that you think might save you a couple steps by importing into the file you're working on at this time you can use this import function. So the way that this works is by going into the scripts workspace. And by the way, you may or may not have noticed that when you're in the script workspace that your menu options change. It's almost like it's its own application. One of the options is the script menu which of course changes because there's a scripts menu when you're not in the scripts workspace that allows you to get to the script workspace. But when you're inside the workspace you can see that you can either create a new script, folder, or separator. Which will happen on the left hand side allowing you to organize them better, or the function that we're looking for here which is…
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What are scripts and script steps?2m 43s
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Assigning script steps to buttons4m 2s
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Touring the Script workspace4m 11s
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Creating multiline scripts6m 58s
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Adding find criteria to a script7m 27s
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Using new window script step8m
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Understanding the "If" script step5m 41s
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Using script parameters, set field, and error capture5m 10s
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Sending emails in your scripts6m 4s
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Importing scripts from other files3m 7s
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