Functions Reference

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ILEMAKER FUNCTIONS REFERENCE 352
(FileMaker Server can also authenticate an account via External Server — an external
authentication system such as Apple Open Directory, or a Windows Domain.)
Authorization
Allowing a file to access a protected file’s schema (including its tables, layouts, scripts, and
value lists). Such a file is an authorized file.
Auxiliary files
In a FileMaker Pro Advanced runtime solution, files that are bundled with a primary file.
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Badge
An icon indicating that conditional formatting, script triggers, or tooltips have been applied to a
field, object, or layout; that find is available for a field; or that an object is a button or a popover
button.
Base directory
For container fields that store an external reference, the directory in which the referenced data is
stored. You can also specify a file system path or a calculation for each open storage container
field.
Binding key
In FileMaker Pro Advanced, a case-sensitive key between 1 and 24 characters long that links
the components of a runtime solution.
Blank layout
A layout that contains empty body, header, and footer parts. (In previous versions of
FileMaker
Pro, a Blank layout was a predefined layout type.)
Body part
A layout part that contains individual records from a database file.
Book
In the status toolbar, the navigation control for moving from one record to another in Browse
mode, from one layout to another in Layout mode, from one request to another in Find mode,
and from one page to another in Preview mode.
If you don't see the status toolbar, click the status toolbar control button at the bottom of the
document window.
Boolean value
A Boolean value is either True or False. A field containing any number except zero evaluates as
True. A field containing zero, no data, or content that does not resolve into a number evaluates
as False. For example, a field containing “ABC,” “ABC0,” or an empty field is False. A field
containing “1” or “ABC2” is True.
Break field
In a subsummary part, records are grouped (sorted) by values in another field, called the break
field. Whenever the value of the break field changes, the report “breaks” and FileMaker
Pro
inserts the subsummary part.
Browse mode
The FileMaker mode in which you enter and edit information in fields. Groups of fields make up
the records of your database. You can view one record at a time (click Form View in the layout