if this doesn't exist

[Curtis_B]

I come from a php programming background. I'm trying to do something in filemaker where the script would check if something exists, and if it does not, then carry out certain procedures. In php, it's a simple if statement like this:

if(!$variable){

then do this;

}

Let me know if you can tell me how to do this, I appreciate it. Curt

[BrentHedden]

It's really not any different in FileMaker - use the isempty command to find if something is empty -

IF isempty ($variable)

then do this

ELSE

do this instead

END IF

Alternately, you can use NOT ISEMPTY to see if something is in there.