Filemaker Pro 8.5 Educational Maintenance T3 TJ083LL/A User Manual

Product codes
TJ083LL/A
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54     FileMaker Functions Reference
Example
TableIDs(“University Database”) returns
1065089
1065090
for the University Database database file if two tables have been defined for the file.
TableNames
Format
TableNames(fileName)
Parameter
fileName - the name of an open
 (local or remote).
Important  
See “Design functions” on page 41 for information about literal text parameters.
Data type returned
text
Description
Returns a list of all table occurrences in the 
 for fileName, separated 
by carriage returns.
Example
TableNames(“University Database”) returns table occurrences
Teachers
Coaches
for the University Database database file if a Teachers table and a Coaches table have 
been defined for the file.
ValueListIDs
Format
ValueListIDs(fileName)
Parameter
fileName - the name of an open
 (local or remote).
Important  
See “Design functions” on page 41 for information about literal text parameters.