Functions Reference

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FILEMAKER FUNCTIONS REFERENCE 131
Get(SystemNICAddress)
Purpose
Returns a list of the hardware addresses of all NIC (Network Interface Controller) cards connected
to the computer.
Format
Get(SystemNICAddress)
Parameters
None
Data type returned
text
Originated in
FileMaker Pro 7.0
Description
Values in the list returned by this function are separated by carriage returns. 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 For information on how functions evaluate differently on the host versus the client, search the
FileMaker Knowledge Base available at
www.filemaker.com/kb.
Examples
Returns 00:07:34:4e:c2:0d, for example.
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Get(SystemPlatform)
Purpose
Returns a number indicating the current platform.
Format
Get(SystemPlatform)
Parameters
None