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Paste

Pastes the contents of the Clipboard into the specified field in the current record.

See also 

Options 

Select entire contents replaces the contents of a field with the contents of the Clipboard. If you do not use Select entire contents, Paste copies the contents of the Clipboard to the currently selected portion of the field.

Paste without style tells FileMaker Pro Advanced to ignore all text style and formatting associated with the Clipboard contents.

Go to target field specifies the field to paste into.

Compatibility 

 

Product 

Supported 

FileMaker Pro Advanced 

Yes 

FileMaker Go 

Yes 

FileMaker WebDirect 

Partial 

FileMaker Server 

Yes 

FileMaker Cloud products 

Yes 

FileMaker Data API 

Yes 

Custom Web Publishing 

Yes 

Runtime solution 

Yes 

Originated in 

FileMaker Pro 6.0 or earlier

Description 

If you try to paste data that doesn't match the field type of the target field, FileMaker Pro Advanced pastes the data but displays a validation alert when you attempt to exit the field. If the field is not on the current layout, FileMaker Pro Advanced returns an error code which can be captured with the Get(LastError) function.

Notes 

If you manually select field data before you run this script step in FileMaker WebDirect, the script step performs as if you did not make a selection. To select field data before you run this script step in FileMaker WebDirect, use the Set Selection script step.

Example 1 

Pastes the Clipboard contents into the active field.

Show Custom Dialog ["Do you want to paste the Clipboard contents?"]
If [Get ( LastMessageChoice ) = 1]
Paste [Select]
End If

Related topics 

Cut script step

Copy script step

Clear script step

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