New Record and Delete Record script steps

Beginner

Creating and deleting records programmatically are fundamental scripting tasks. Learn how to use New Record/Request and Delete Record/Request correctly, and how to confirm deletion with the user.

What you'll learn

How to create a new record and immediately populate fields
How to safely delete a record with user confirmation
How to handle errors from both steps

New Record/Request creates a blank record on the current layout's table, while Delete Record/Request permanently removes the current record — both require careful error handling and, for deletion, user confirmation.

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Create a new record and populate it

New Record/Request creates a blank record and makes it the current record. Follow it immediately with Set Field steps to populate the required fields.

FileMaker Script

Set Error Capture [ On ]

Go to Layout [ "Invoices" (Invoices) ]
New Record/Request
Set Variable [ $error ; Value: Get ( LastError ) ]

If [ $error ≠ 0 ]
  Exit Script [ Result: $error ]
End If

Set Field [ Invoices::customerId ; $customerId ]
Set Field [ Invoices::date       ; Get ( CurrentDate ) ]
Set Field [ Invoices::status     ; "Draft" ]

Commit Records/Requests [ No dialog ]
Set Variable [ $newId ; Value: Invoices::id ]