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Lesson 8 | Automating tasks with buttons and scripts 52

8. In the Specify Layout dialog box, choose Customer Type List and click OK.

9. Click OK to close the dialog box.

The insertion point is in the center of the button.

10. Type Go to Customer Type List in your button to identify it.

11. Click outside the button.

You might need to select and resize the button to display the text, move objects in the header,

or drag the right edge of the layout to the right to widen the layout, so everything fits within the

page boundary.

12. To test your button, click Save Layout, then Exit Layout to switch to Browse mode, and click

the button.

The button displays the Customer Type List layout.

Tip You can choose View menu > Show Buttons in Layout mode to display a button badge

on button objects in Layout mode.

Perform a series of tasks using a script

As you have just seen, you can use a button to perform a single command. To make FileMaker Pro

perform a sequence of commands, use a script.

About scripts

A script lets you construct a series of instructions for FileMaker Pro to perform. Like buttons, scripts

allow you to automate most of the FileMaker Pro menu commands, as well as activate some

commands not found in the FileMaker Pro menus. Simple scripts can perform a single task, while

complex scripts might combine elements (such as user feedback and control) with programming

techniques (such as branching and looping) to make powerful, dynamic instruction sets.

Create a script to preview the Labels layout

1. Choose Scripts menu > Manage Scripts.

2. Click New to create a new script.

3. In the Script Name text box, type Preview Labels Layout.

The name of the specified

layout appears in the

Button Setup dialog box

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