Functions Reference

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Table Of Contents

Contents
About functions
- Working with formulas and functions
- Using this functions reference
- Learning about functions
Functions reference (alphabetical list)
Aggregate functions
- Average
- Count
- List
- Max
- Min
- StDev
- StDevP
- Sum
- Variance
- VarianceP
Container functions
- GetHeight
- GetThumbnail
- GetWidth
- VerifyContainer
Date functions
- Date
- Day
- DayName
- DayNameJ
- DayOfWeek
- DayOfYear
- Month
- MonthName
- MonthNameJ
- WeekOfYear
- WeekOfYearFiscal
- Year
- YearName
Design functions
- DatabaseNames
- FieldBounds
- FieldComment
- FieldIDs
- FieldNames
- FieldRepetitions
- FieldStyle
- FieldType
- GetNextSerialValue
- LayoutIDs
- LayoutNames
- LayoutObjectNames
- RelationInfo
- ScriptIDs
- ScriptNames
- TableIDs
- TableNames
- ValueListIDs
- ValueListItems
- ValueListNames
- WindowNames
External functions
- External
Financial functions
- FV
- NPV
- PMT
- PV
Get functions
- Get(AccountExtendedPrivileges)
- Get(AccountName)
- Get(AccountPrivilegeSetName)
- Get(ActiveFieldContents)
- Get(ActiveFieldName)
- Get(ActiveFieldTableName)
- Get(ActiveLayoutObjectName)
- Get(ActiveModifierKeys)
- Get(ActivePortalRowNumber)
- Get(ActiveRepetitionNumber)
- Get(ActiveSelectionSize)
- Get(ActiveSelectionStart)
- Get(AllowAbortState)
- Get(AllowFormattingBarState)
- Get(ApplicationLanguage)
- Get(ApplicationVersion)
- Get(CalculationRepetitionNumber)
- Get(ConnectionState)
- Get(CurrentDate)
- Get(CurrentExtendedPrivileges)
- Get(CurrentHostTimestamp)
- Get(CurrentPrivilegeSetName)
- Get(CurrentTime)
- Get(CurrentTimestamp)
- Get(CustomMenuSetName)
- Get(DesktopPath)
- Get(DocumentsPath)
- Get(DocumentsPathListing)
- Get(ErrorCaptureState)
- Get(FileMakerPath)
- Get(FileName)
- Get(FilePath)
- Get(FileSize)
- Get(FoundCount)
- Get(HighContrastColor)
- Get(HighContrastState)
- Get(HostApplicationVersion)
- Get(HostIPAddress)
- Get(HostName)
- Get(InstalledFMPlugins)
- Get(LastError)
- Get(LastMessageChoice)
- Get(LastODBCError)
- Get(LayoutAccess)
- Get(LayoutCount)
- Get(LayoutName)
- Get(LayoutNumber)
- Get(LayoutTableName)
- Get(LayoutViewState)
- Get(MultiUserState)
- Get(NetworkProtocol)
- Get(PageNumber)
- Get(PersistentID)
- Get(PreferencesPath)
- Get(PrinterName)
- Get(QuickFindText)
- Get(RecordAccess)
- Get(RecordID)
- Get(RecordModificationCount)
- Get(RecordNumber)
- Get(RecordOpenCount)
- Get(RecordOpenState)
- Get(RequestCount)
- Get(RequestOmitState)
- Get(ScreenDepth)
- Get(ScreenHeight)
- Get(ScreenWidth)
- Get(ScriptName)
- Get(ScriptParameter)
- Get(ScriptResult)
- Get(SortState)
- Get(StatusAreaState)
- Get(SystemDrive)
- Get(SystemIPAddress)
- Get(SystemLanguage)
- Get(SystemNICAddress)
- Get(SystemPlatform)
- Get(SystemVersion)
- Get(TemporaryPath)
- Get(TextRulerVisible)
- Get(TotalRecordCount)
- Get(TriggerCurrentTabPanel)
- Get(TriggerKeystroke)
- Get(TriggerModifierKeys)
- Get(TriggerTargetTabPanel)
- Get(UserCount)
- Get(UserName)
- Get(UseSystemFormatsState)
- Get(UUID)
- Get(WindowContentHeight)
- Get(WindowContentWidth)
- Get(WindowDesktopHeight)
- Get(WindowDesktopWidth)
- Get(WindowHeight)
- Get(WindowLeft)
- Get(WindowMode)
- Get(WindowName)
- Get(WindowStyle)
- Get(WindowTop)
- Get(WindowVisible)
- Get(WindowWidth)
- Get(WindowZoomLevel)
Logical functions
- Case
- Choose
- Evaluate
- EvaluationError
- ExecuteSQL
- GetAsBoolean
- GetField
- GetFieldName
- GetLayoutObjectAttribute
- GetNthRecord
- If
- IsEmpty
- IsValid
- IsValidExpression
- Let
- Lookup
- LookupNext
- Self
Mobile functions
- Location
- LocationValues
Number functions
- Abs
- Ceiling
- Combination
- Div
- Exp
- Factorial
- Floor
- Int
- Lg
- Ln
- Log
- Mod
- Random
- Round
- SetPrecision
- Sign
- Sqrt
- Truncate
Repeating functions
- Extend
- GetRepetition
- Last
Summary functions
- GetSummary
Text functions
- Char
- Code
- Exact
- Filter
- FilterValues
- GetAsCSS
- GetAsDate
- GetAsNumber
- GetAsSVG
- GetAsText
- GetAsTime
- GetAsTimestamp
- GetAsURLEncoded
- GetValue
- Hiragana
- KanaHankaku
- KanaZenkaku
- KanjiNumeral
- Katakana
- Left
- LeftValues
- LeftWords
- Length
- Lower
- Middle
- MiddleValues
- MiddleWords
- NumToJText
- PatternCount
- Position
- Proper
- Quote
- Replace
- Right
- RightValues
- RightWords
- RomanHankaku
- RomanZenkaku
- SerialIncrement
- Substitute
- Trim
- TrimAll
- Upper
- ValueCount
- WordCount
Text formatting functions
- RGB
- TextColor
- TextColorRemove
- TextFont
- TextFontRemove
- TextFormatRemove
- TextSize
- TextSizeRemove
- TextStyleAdd
- TextStyleRemove
Time functions
- Hour
- Minute
- Seconds
- Time
Timestamp functions
- Timestamp
Trigonometric functions
- Acos
- Asin
- Atan
- Cos
- Degrees
- Pi
- Radians
- Sin
- Tan

FILEMAKER FUNCTIONS REFERENCE 85

Get(ActiveModifierKeys)

Purpose

Returns a number representing the keyboard modifier keys (for example, Control+Shift) that are

being pressed.

Format

Get(ActiveModifierKeys)

Parameters

None

Data type returned

number

Originated in

FileMaker Pro 6.0 or earlier

Description

The number returned is calculated by summing numbers representing each modifier key being

pressed. The values assigned to the keys are:

• Shift = 1

• Caps Lock = 2

• Ctrl (Windows) and Control (Mac OS) = 4

• Alt (Windows) and Option (Mac OS) = 8

• Command (Mac OS) = 16

Note For information on how functions evaluate differently on the host versus the client, search the

FileMaker Knowledge Base available at

http://help.filemaker.com.

Examples

Returns the number 9 when Shift+Alt is pressed on a computer running Windows.

You could use this function in a script that includes a custom dialog box script step (with an OK and

Cancel button) to perform some special action if the user presses the Alt (or Option) key while

clicking OK.