A temporary scripting stage possible?

[sonny01]

I am working on a long script, with many of the lines not yet refined, and out of order. But I want to stop for a while. Because the script is not perfect, FM won't allow me to Save. In other words, it has to be perfect, or remove lines before I can quit.

 

Is there some way to turn of the remainder of the lines other than deleting all of them? And then having to bring them over from scratch the next day? Pause, Halt, Exit don't work.

 

Is there some temporary stage to return to later?

 

Thanks,

 

Sonny

[AHunter3]

If you shell out for FileMaker Advanced, yes: you can disable script lines which makes FileMaker ignore them but not delete them; then come back later & re-enable them as you see fit.

 

But in plain-vanilla FileMaker Pro, not so much. You can cheat to an extent with stuff like If [1=2] // do lotsa commands not ready for prime time // End If; but the structural syntax both overall (e.g., each IF has to be bookended with a corresponding End IF) and individually (e.g., Case () statements have to be syntactically correct), need to be in working order or it won't let you save your work-in-progress.

[Ender]

The only reasons I can think that ScriptMaker would give you trouble closing a script is if there are mismatched If-End If or Loop-End Loop statements. If those are balanced, it should allow you to close ScriptMaker, even if the script has other errors.