Filemaker Pro 8.5 Educational Maintenance T3 TJ083LL/A User Manual

Returns 

 if data has a value of 0 or is empty, all other values return 

.

GetAsBoolean(“”) returns 

.

GetAsBoolean(“Some text here.”) returns 

.

GetAsBoolean(Container Field) returns 

 when the field named Container Field 

contains data, or returns 

 when Container Field is empty.

GetField(fieldName)

fieldName - any 

 that refers to a field’s name

See chapter 4, “Design functions” for information about literal text parameters.

text, number, date, time, timestamp, container

Returns the contents of fieldName. Use this function to get fieldName’s contents, or 

in any function that uses a field, such as NPV, GetSummary, GetRepetition, or the 

aggregate functions.

Assume you have the following fields: Arrow and Target. Arrow contains the text string 

, and Target contains the text string 

.

•

GetField(“Arrow”) returns 

. Notice the use of quotation marks around 

Arrow to indicate the literal string is the fieldName parameter.

•

GetField(Arrow) returns 

. Notice the absence of quotation marks to 

indicate the value stored in the Arrow field is the fieldName parameter.

Assume you have the following two fields: FirstName and LastName. FirstName contains 
the text string 

, and LastName contains the text string 

.

•

GetField(“FirstName”)&” “&GetField(“LastName”) returns the text string 

.

GetSummary(GetField(“Field1”), GetField(“Field” & “2”)) performs a 

summary on the 

 Field1, using a break field of Field2.