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Lesson 8 | Automating tasks with buttons and scripts 53

From the list on the left, scroll down and under

Navigation, select the Go to Layout script step

and click the Move button. (You can also select and move script steps by double-clicking them.)

5. In the Script Step Options area, for Specify, choose Layout, then choose the Labels layout,

and click OK.

6. Select the Enter Preview Mode script step from the list on the left, and move it to your script.

7. Close the Edit Script dialog box, click Save, then close the Manage Scripts dialog box.

8. To run the script you have just created: Choose Scripts menu > Preview Labels Layout.

FileMaker Pro displays the Labels layout and switches to Preview mode.

Assign a script to a button

While buttons are generally more convenient for users, scripts are a more powerful feature,

allowing you to combine many menu commands into a single executable action. Using a button to

run a script gives you the best of both features.

To assign the script you just created to the button you created earlier:

1. Choose Data Entry from the Layout pop-up menu in the layout bar.

2. Click Exit Preview, then Edit Layout in the layout bar.

3. Click the Go to Customer Type List button you created earlier in this lesson and choose

Format menu

> Button Setup.

4. In the Button Setup dialog box, select the Perform Script script step near the top of the list on

the left.

The finished

script

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