Functions Reference

FILEMAKER FUNCTIONS REFERENCE 171
Suppose you have the fields FirstName and LastName. FirstName contains the text string Jane,
and LastName contains the text string Public.
• GetField(“FirstName”)&“ ”&GetField(“LastName”) returns the text string Jane
Public.
GetSummary(GetField(“Field1”), GetField(“Field” & “2”)) performs a summary on
the summary field Field1, using a break field of Field2.
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GetFieldName
Purpose
Returns the fully qualified name of a field reference.
Format
GetFieldName(fieldName)
Parameters
fieldName - any field object or evaluation of a text expression that refers to a field’s name
Data type returned
text
Originated in
FileMaker Pro 10.0
Description
Use this function to get the fully qualified name of fieldName (tableName::fieldName).
Note 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.
Examples
GetFieldName(x) returns the name of a field reference passed into a custom function as
parameter
x.
GetFieldName(Evaluate(<fieldName>)) returns the name of a field based on the data stored
in
<fieldName>.
GetFieldName(Evaluate(Get(ActiveFieldName))) returns the fully qualified name of the
field that has the focus when executed.
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