FILEMAKER: EXAMPLE: Allow User Abort

From Dwayne Wright - www.dwaynewright.com

abort.FP5
This example uses a scripted Find operation to show you the reason you may want to include the Allow User Abort [off] step in your scripts. The script goes to a different layout and puts the user into find mode. Then the user enters in their find criteria and clicks the perform find button. There are a number of things missing from this operation but I want to focus on the Allow User Abort script step. You will notice the script without user abort will show a cancel button on failed searches. This can strand a user on the find layout and may not allow a way back to the entry layout.


An example file can be downloaded at ...

http://www.dwaynewright.com/blogfiles/abort.zip
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