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TriggersReset

Sets global variables to indicate that script triggers should be allowed to run, regardless of any persisting instructions to the contrary from any script.

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Jeremy Bante https://github.com/jbante/

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/** * ===================================== * TriggersReset * https://github.com/jbante/FileMaker-Techniques/blob/master/CustomFunctions/Triggers/TriggersReset.fmfn * * PURPOSE: * TriggersReset sets global variables to indicate that script triggers * should be allowed to run, regardless of any persisting instructions to * the contrary from any script. This may be useful to recover from a * situation where a script forgot to call TriggersEnable at the end of * operation. In order to be suppressed, a script called via trigger should * use the TriggersAreActive function to decide whether or not to run. * * RETURNS: "" (null) * * PARAMETERS: none * * REFERENCED VARIABLES: * $$~TRIGGERS_DISABLE * $$~TRIGGERS_SCRIPTS * $~triggers_disableKey * * DEPENDENCIES: none * * HISTORY: * MODIFIED on 2013-03-25 by Jeremy Bante <http://scr.im/jbante> to be more * robust to certain programming errors. * MODIFIED on 2011-02-09 by Jeremy Bante to use differently-named * variables. * MODIFIED on 2010-12-13 by Jeremy Bante to use names suggested at * filemakerstandards.org. * CREATED on 2010-12-12 by Jeremy Bante <http://scr.im/jbante>. * * REFERENCES: * Supressible Triggered Scripts Best Practice: http://filemakerstandards.org/display/bp/Suppressible+Triggered+Scripts * ===================================== */ Let ( [ $$~TRIGGERS_SCRIPTS = "" ; $$~TRIGGERS_DISABLE = "" ; $~triggers_disableKey = "" ] ; "" ) Click to copy

TriggersReset sets global variables to indicate that script triggers hould be allowed to run, regardless of any persisting instructions to the contrary from any script. This may be useful to recover from a situation where a script forgot to call TriggersEnable at the end of operation. In order to be suppressed, a script called via trigger should use the TriggersAreActive function to decide whether or not to run.

 

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