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FILEMAKER FUNCTIONS REFERENCE 134
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
In Windows, returns:
/%HomeDrive%/Documents and Settings/{user id}/Local Settings/Temp/S<n> or
/%UserProfile%/AppData/Local/Temp/S<n> or
/%HomeDrive%/WINDOWS/Temp/S<n> (Windows XP)
where %HomeDrive% is an environment variable that returns the name of your home drive on
your hard disk.
%UserProfile% is an environment variable that points to the directory where the profile of the
current user is located.
S<n> is the name of the folder in which the temporary files are placed (for example, S1); <n> is
a number representing the database engine session during which the operation took place.
In Mac OS X, returns:
/<DriveName>/private/var/folders/<2 characters>/<20 characters>++++TI/Cleanup at
Startup/S<n>/
where DriveName is the name of your hard disk.
S<n> is the name of the folder in which the temporary files are placed (for example, S1); <n> is
a number representing the database engine session during which the operation took place.
The location may vary due to different variables on the OS, but should follow a similar pattern.
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Functions reference (alphabetical list)
Get(TextRulerVisible)
Purpose
Returns a Boolean value representing whether or not the text ruler is visible.
Format
Get(TextRulerVisible)
Parameters
None
Data type returned
number
Originated in
FileMaker Pro 8.0