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Re: Problem in Setting Up a Script Sort

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From	Helpful Harry <HelpfulHarry@BusyWorking.com>
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Subject	Re: Problem in Setting Up a Script Sort
Date	Thu, 19 Mar 2015 16:08:05 +1200
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In article <190320151326581452%HelpfulHarry@BusyWorking.com>, Helpful
Harry <HelpfulHarry@BusyWorking.com> wrote:
> 
> In ye olde days of FileMaker, these saved options were the only way to
> perform some tasks - you could not change which fields were used for
> sorting, etc. from within the Scriptmaker command itself. Instead you
> had to Sort the records manually, go into Scriptmaker to edit a Script,
> then when closing the Script tell FileMaker to replace the stored
> options with the new ones.

I should have said, in old versions of FileMaker (like mine) not only
can you not change things like the Sort Order or Page Setup settings
within the Script command, but you can't even see what they are within
Scriptmaker ... you had to either print out the Script or use an extra
developer tool.

Helpful Harry   :o)

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Problem in Setting Up a Script Sort csampson@inetworld.net (Charles H. Sampson) - 2015-03-17 18:51 -0700
  Re: Problem in Setting Up a Script Sort Helpful Harry <HelpfulHarry@BusyWorking.com> - 2015-03-18 18:26 +1200
    Re: Problem in Setting Up a Script Sort csampson@inetworld.net (Charles H. Sampson) - 2015-03-18 13:56 -0700
      Re: Problem in Setting Up a Script Sort Helpful Harry <HelpfulHarry@BusyWorking.com> - 2015-03-19 13:26 +1200
        Re: Problem in Setting Up a Script Sort Helpful Harry <HelpfulHarry@BusyWorking.com> - 2015-03-19 16:08 +1200
        Re: Problem in Setting Up a Script Sort csampson@inetworld.net (Charles H. Sampson) - 2015-03-20 00:00 -0700
          Re: Problem in Setting Up a Script Sort Helpful Harry <HelpfulHarry@BusyWorking.com> - 2015-03-21 09:51 +1200
  Re: Problem in Setting Up a Script Sort Howard Schlossberg <howard@nospam.fmprosolutions.com> - 2015-03-18 10:39 -0700
    Re: Problem in Setting Up a Script Sort csampson@inetworld.net (Charles H. Sampson) - 2015-03-20 00:00 -0700

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