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Else Purpose Performs an alternate set of script steps when an If or Else If script step evaluates to false. See also Creating scripts to automate tasks Format Else Options None. Compatibility Where the script step runs Supported FileMaker Pro Yes FileMaker Server scheduled script Yes FileMaker Go Yes Custom Web Publishing Yes FileMaker WebDirect Yes Runtime solution Yes Originated in FileMaker Pro 6.0 or earlier Description Else must follow an If script step or Else If script step. Else cannot follow another Else script step. When all If script steps and Else If script steps evaluate to false, script execution moves to the Else script step. The script steps under Else are executed, and script execution moves to the End If script step. Example 1 Performs a find. If no records are found, displays a custom dialog. If records are found, sorts the found set. Perform Find [Restore]If [Get ( FoundCount ) = 0] Show Custom Dialog ["Find Records"; "No records were found."]Else Sort Records [Restore; No dialog]End If Related topics Else If If structure examples Script steps reference (alphabetical list) Script steps reference (category list)