Filemaker Pro 8.5 Advanced Maintenance TG761Z/A User Manual

fileName - the name of an open 

 (local or remote).

layoutName - the name of a 

 in the specified database file.

See “Design functions” on page 41 for information about literal text parameters.

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Returns a list of the names of all 

 on layoutName, in fileName file, separated by 

carriage returns. Related fields are displayed in tablename::fieldname format.
If layoutName isn’t specified, then the field names of the first table created (the “default 

table”) will be returned.

If FieldNames returns a question mark (?) or the name of only one field, go to the 

Specify Calculation dialog box and make sure the 

 text. Also, you 

can increase the size of the field on the layout to show more field names.

FieldNames(“Customers”;””) returns a list of all the fields in the default table of the 

Customers database file.

FieldNames(“Customers”;“Data Entry”) returns a list of all the fields, including 

related fields, in the Customers database file that appear on the Data Entry layout.

FieldRepetitions(fileName;layoutName;fieldName)

fileName - the name of an open 

 (local or remote).

layoutName - the name of a 

fieldName - the name of a 

 on the specified layout.

See “Design functions” on page 41 for information about literal text parameters.

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