From the course: Advanced FileMaker Pro 12
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Working with script variables - FileMaker Pro Tutorial
From the course: Advanced FileMaker Pro 12
Working with script variables
Script variables in FileMaker, which are created using the set variable script step, provide a temporary location for storing data and then that data can then be accessed from any context within the file. Now this concept probably isn't too foreign to you, because you're probably already familiar with it from within any application, where you can click inside a field let's say and go to Copy and then what that does is save it to a temporary location and then anywhere else in that file you can go in and paste it as well. So that is very similar to the concept of a variable, except what's nice about a variable in FileMaker is that it provides you the extra advantage that instead of having only one location where you can copy and paste something and then pull it back later on when you're in the file. It allows you to save it to a specific location that you can name and then you can call out that specific location to retrieve that stored information later. What's nice about being able to…
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