Need simple listing of scripts, tables

[K1200]

Does anyone know of a way to get simple printouts of defined tables and scripts?

By simple, I mean a line-by-line listings, not the interpreted versions you get when you select the ScriptMaker Print option, for example. I've used FileMaker for over a year now and this has been a major point of frustration.

If there is no direct way, are scripts stored anywhere that they can be externally referenced? Or if the script Print output is vectored into a text file, is there a utility to parse the file and reconstruct the original lines?

So far, I've used two simplistic methods: 1. pasting screen copies together, which, needless to say, is a tedious process and 2. disabling all steps in the script, printing it, and then reenabling them. Neither gives the result I'm seeking.

Thanks for any suggestions.

[Genx]

... So what's wrong with the scriptMaker printing?... It's not really an interpretation, it's just the script.

[K1200]

Regarding scripts, what I'm seeking is a simple one-to-one correspondence with what's displayed on the screen. ScriptMaker Print, for example, takes something like:

Go to Record/Request/Page [First]

and turns it into:

Go to Record/Request/Page

[First]

... two lines, where there's one on the screen. I'm simply seeking a classic WYSIWYG listing of exactly what I typed in.

Printing database tables, of course, always results in two lines per field; I'm looking for a one-line-per-field format with about 60 lines on a page. Given how things print normally, you might call what I'm seeking a condensed format.

[Genx]

Print In Landscape?

[Genx]

What's the use of printing a condensed format? It's not like you can double click on the paper to see what the rest of the script step says...

[K1200]

Below is a prime example of what I'm trying to find a way around ... a 9-line script squeezed into 14 lines by FileMaker.

Even knowing why they chose such a format wouldn't change me away from wanting a simple listing of what I typed. FileMaker is the only application I've ever used where I can't get that as a standard result.

[LaRetta]

Have you tried printing to a text-only printer driver? I believe the format is a little better. If you could capture it all in one text field, ie then import that text into FM, you might also be able to parse it. I haven't tried this however ... :wink2:

[K1200]

Actually, I did try that this very afternoon -- with poor results. My several-page database resulted in an 84-page file, 90% of which was carriage returns (or line feeds). Worse, there were 84 sets of header, date and page info lines interleaved with the content.

As a last resort, it looks like I'll be printing as a PDF, then cutting what I want from that file and pasting into a document file -- where I'll be able to get just the formatting I want. I did a test with one table and it's not too terrible of a task. It just feels like such a waste of time to have to work at such a low level with such a "high-tech" package.

But thanks for making the suggestion.