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Lesson 8 | Automating tasks with buttons and scripts 54

5. In the Options area, for Current Script click Specify. Select Preview Labels Layout from the

list of available scripts, and click OK.

6. Leave the rest of the default button settings as they are and click OK.

Rename the button

1. Select the Text tool in the status toolbar.

2. Click the button once. The text insertion point appears in the button.

3. Select the button text and type Preview Labels Layout to rename this 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.

Test the button

1. Click Save Layout, then Exit Layout to switch to Browse mode, then test the button by clicking it.

Clicking this button performs the script, which displays the Labels layout and switches to

Preview mode.

2. When you are finished with this lesson, close the file by choosing File menu > Close.

For more information

In this lesson, you have created buttons and scripts, and used these two features together. For

more information, see FileMaker

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