Filemaker Pro 8.5 Educational Maintenance T3 TJ083LL/A User Manual

Product codes
TJ083LL/A
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  Get functions     115
Get(SystemNICAddress)
Format
Get(SystemNICAddress)
Parameter
None
Data type returned
text
Description
Returns the hardware address of all the Network Interface Controller cards connected to 
the machine. The address consists of 6 bytes displayed in hexadecimal separated by 
colons. In Windows, find this address by typing the command “ipconfig /All” in a 
DOS window. In the Mac OS, find this address under 
Network Overview
 in the 
System 
Profile
 tab under Applications/Utilities/Apple System Profiler.
Note  
See FileMaker Pro help for information about running 
 in client/server and 
peer-to-peer environments.
Example
Returns 
00:07:34:4e:c2:0d
, for example.
Get(SystemPlatform)
Format
Get(SystemPlatform)
Parameter
None
Data type returned
number
Description
Returns a number indicating the current platform:
-1
 if the current platform is Mac OS X
-2
 if the platform is Windows 2000 or Windows XP
Note  
See FileMaker Pro help for information about running 
 in client/server and 
peer-to-peer environments.