Is it possible to select some script steps from a script and copy them
to another script?
Duplicating doesn't help because I already have 2 different scripts, I
just need to copy some steps from one to the other one and then modify
them.

Adrian

<aditsu (AT) gmail (DOT) com> wrote:

Neither will importing in this case.

If the first sript isn't too big, I'd dublicate it, delete the steps I
don't need, and then call this script from script 2.

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http://clk.ch

I also need to modify the steps, they are not exactly the same.
Is it really not possible to copy steps between scripts?

Adrian

<aditsu (AT) gmail (DOT) com> wrote:

You're asking too much. Until version 4, it was not even possible to
import scripts.

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http://clk.ch

That's really subjective. I'm coming from a programming background,
where I edit everything as text (and I can copy-paste whatever I want),
without being constrained to a list of scripts, each consisting of a
list of "steps" taken from a fixed list, and that can be only edited
visually.
But if that's how FileMaker wants to be.. then I guess I'll have to
find a way around it... again

Adrian

You could submit your concern at
http://www.filemaker.com/company/pro...e_request.html.

You're certainly not the first person who has expressed how much simpler
life would be if chunks of script could be copied and pasted. And, FYI,
far be it from me to disagree. I'm sure there are more than a few people
at FMInc who wish it was so. But, I'm not part of the development team, so
I have no idea what the rationale might be for not doing it.

If you do find a way around it please let us know about it.

Matt

On 6/21/2005, aditsu (AT) gmail (DOT) com wrote:

aditsu (AT) gmail (DOT) com wrote:
I've been bitching about this to FM (and on this group) since 2000. I'm
sure others bitched long before I did. I have no idea what the problem
is with implementing this, but I'm looking forward to being
disappointed with version 8 in the same way.

Well, yeah, I certainly didn't expect to be the first one, and that's
why I expected it to be already solved.
About the way around it, I'm studying multi-line script parameters now
(with MiddleValues and stuff) ... what a horrendous way of implementing
function-scripts!

Adrian

Can you believe this?!

"" & GetAsNumber( MiddleValues ( Get ( ScriptParameter ); 9; 1))
works, but
GetAsNumber( MiddleValues ( Get ( ScriptParameter ); 9; 1))
doesn't work

(I need to set a numeric field)

Adrian