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Warning Message

The Show Message script step can be used for many other tasks. For instance, maybe you want to warn inexperienced users about what a button is about to do, but allow savvy users to bypass the warning message. Here is a script that warns a user that they are about to delete a record, but allows savvy users to hold down the Shift key to bypass the warning.

Delete Record script in MESSAGE.fp5

NOTE: You could just allow savvy users to hold down the Option or CTRL key to bypass the dialog, but this script gives you the ability to provide a custom warning message. In addition, you can use the basic concept behind this script to provide warnings for any button you desire.

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