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“Arrange By” setting in Import Records script step not retained on Copy; use Duplicate instead

I was just engaged in a lengthy operation of copying/duplicating a number of Import Records script steps (so they could be edited) in FileMaker Pro Advanced v11 and realized that the “Arrange By” setting was not being retained when the Import Records script step is copied and pasted but IS retained when the script step is duplicated. An odd inconsistency. In my case “Arrange By” was set to “matching records” but after copy/paste the script step setting was changed to “last order”. To ensure all settings are retained, it appears the safest practice is to always duplicate a script step vs copy/paste. The one downside is that with copy/paste you can paste the steps at a specific location whereas duplicate simply inserts the step right below the duped step. I haven’t tested to notice whether this behaviour occurs with other script steps.

Posted in Insights, Issues, v11.


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