

However, if you click out of a field, the OnObjectExit trigger will activate before FileMaker exits the field, since it is a pre-event trigger. This is referred to as a post-event trigger. For example, if you click into a field, FileMaker will enter the field, and then the OnObjectEnter trigger will activate. Some script triggers are processed before the triggering event is processed, and others are processed after it. Fast forward to FileMaker 14, and now there are 26:īe sure to read the whole post: Kov describes how script triggers work (in detail): Just two script triggers, but they made life easier at the time.

Mislav Kov, of Soliant Computing, put together a very detailed post on FileMaker 14 Script Triggers, and included a bonus: a journey back to the first script triggers in FileMaker 7:
