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FILEMAKER FUNCTIONS REFERENCE 73

Parameters

None

Data type returned

text

Originated in

FileMaker Pro 7.0

Description

Use this function for FileMaker authentication. If a user is using the default Admin account,

Get(AccountName) returns Admin. If a user is using the FileMaker Pro guest account then

[Guest] will be returned.

For external server authentication, Get(AccountName) returns the name of the authenticated

account being used by the current user of the database file, not the group the user belongs to (the

group name appears in the Account list when you define accounts and privileges in FileMaker

Pro).

If an individual belongs to more than one group (account), the first group name listed when you

choose View By Authentication Order while defining accounts and privileges determines access

for the user.

Notes

• If you specify the context for the current calculation, this function will be evaluated

based on that context; otherwise, it will be evaluated based on the context of the current

window.

• 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 Marketing when Marketing is the name of the account that was used to log in to the

database file.