Determine Find Request parameters in a Script?

March 7, 200520 yr

We currently run FileMaker Server 5.5 on Mac OS X Server 10.3.8 and FileMaker Pro 6.0 on Mac OS X 10.3.8. I run Developer 6 edition. I came into this company a few months ago w/ limited FM experience. Here is one of my biggest issues. Determining what the Find Request(s) are in a script's Enter Find Mode and Perform Find step. I have to admit, I'm a little confused by the "Restore Find Request" option. If I am correct, if Restore Find Request is checked, the Find is based on the Find Requests that were in place at time of Script creation. If this is the case, how do I know what those Find Request(s) were? In Access for example, I would go to design of Query, and see which fields are being queried and what they're being queried for. In FileMaker 6, I don't know how to determine what a script's Enter Find Mode and Perform Find step's are based on. In the sub-script I'm troubleshooting, it has both steps and both have Restore Find Request unchecked. The parent script has Restore Find Request checked. Any assistance and information would be greatly appreciated. Thanx in advance.

March 7, 200520 yr

In FM5/6, the best way to see the stored find requests is to print (or preview) the script. You can do this by selecting the script in ScriptMaker, and hitting the Print button on the right sidebar.

This is annoying limitation that has been addressed in FM7, where you can edit requests directly in the script step.

You can respecify the find requests for an existing script by performing the find that you want, then going into the script in ScriptMaker and exiting the script. It will ask if you want to replace the find requests, hit Replace to use the new find requests.

Some developers like to get around this confusion by not using the restore option at all. Instead using Set Field script steps to set the find requests explicitly in Find Mode before performing the find.

March 7, 200520 yr

In FM5/6, the best way to see the stored find requests is to print (or preview) the script. You can do this by selecting the script in ScriptMaker, and hitting the Print button on the right sidebar.

This is annoying limitation that has been addressed in FM7, where you can edit requests directly in the script step.

You can respecify the find requests for an existing script by performing the find that you want, then going into the script in ScriptMaker and exiting the script. It will ask if you want to replace the find requests, hit Replace to use the new find requests.

Some developers like to get around this confusion by not using the restore option at all. Instead using Set Field script steps to set the find requests explicitly in Find Mode before performing the find.

March 7, 200520 yr

In FM5/6, the best way to see the stored find requests is to print (or preview) the script. You can do this by selecting the script in ScriptMaker, and hitting the Print button on the right sidebar.

This is annoying limitation that has been addressed in FM7, where you can edit requests directly in the script step.

You can respecify the find requests for an existing script by performing the find that you want, then going into the script in ScriptMaker and exiting the script. It will ask if you want to replace the find requests, hit Replace to use the new find requests.

Some developers like to get around this confusion by not using the restore option at all. Instead using Set Field script steps to set the find requests explicitly in Find Mode before performing the find.