@getScriptID

Returns the permanent "under the hood" ID of the Script that it is called from. (more in Long Description)

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Tony White Designs, Inc.
http://www.twdesigns.com/

Sample input:

None

Sample output:

The ID of the current Script or ID & " check for script_name_duplicates".

Function definition: (Copy & paste into FileMaker's Edit Custom Function window)

// twdesigns.com 2024-06-27_v1
// @getScriptID
// called from within a Script
// scriptID is useful to pass into a HelpRequest system that tracks errors that occur within a Script

Let (
[
~the_ScriptNames.not.hyphen = Substitute ( ScriptNames ( "" ) ; [ "¶-" ; "" ] ; [ "-¶" ; "" ] ) ;   // remove script seperators
~no_script_name_duplicates = ValueCount ( ~the_ScriptNames.not.hyphen ) = ValueCount ( UniqueValues ( ~the_ScriptNames.not.hyphen ) ) ;
~the_ScriptNames.padded = ¶ & ScriptNames ( "" ) & ¶ ;
~a_ScriptName.padded	= ¶ & Get ( ScriptName ) & ¶ ;
~the_position = Position ( ~the_ScriptNames.padded ; ~a_ScriptName.padded ; 1 ; 1 ) ;
~value_number = ValueCount ( Left ( ~the_ScriptNames.padded ; ~the_position ) ) ;
~the_ScriptIDs = ScriptIDs ( "" ) ;
~scriptID = GetValue ( ~the_ScriptIDs ; ~value_number ) ;
~result = Case (
~no_script_name_duplicates ; ~scriptID ;
~scriptID & " check for script_name_duplicates"
)
] ;
~result
)

Called from within a Script. Useful to pass into a HelpRequest system that tracks errors that might occur within a Script.

Returns either the ID of the current Script, or if the is more than one script with the same name, an ID & " check for script_name_duplicates".

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@getScriptID

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