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Adding and viewing data

ILEMAKER PRO HELP 74

To export the contents of a field:

1. Click the field.

2. Choose Edit menu > Export Field Contents.

Tip You can also right-click the field and choose Export Field Contents from the shortcut

menu.

3. In the Export Field to File dialog box, choose a location and type a filename.

FileMaker Pro saves the field’s content to a new file in the specified location.

4. For After saving, choose one or both of the following options if you wish:

5. Click Save.

Related topics

Selecting a field in Browse mode or Find mode

Working with data in date fields

When entering data in date fields, type dates as follows:

• Enter the date in the system format used when the file was created.

• Type one date on one line in each field.

• Type the day, month, and year as numbers separated by a backslash or other separator

character. (Use the same character for each separator; for example, 2/3/2014. You can use

any character as a separator except a letter, a colon (:), or a “+” sign.)

• If enabled, use the drop-down calendar to select a date. Use the month and year controls to

locate the desired date and then select it to close the calendar. The date is inserted using

the current date format. For more information, see

Setting up a field to display a drop-down

calendar.

• FileMaker Pro supports dates ranging from 1/1/0001 to 12/31/4000.

Note If you don't type a year in a date field and you haven't typed a separator character for a year,

FileMaker

Pro enters the current year. If you enter dates with two-digit years, such as 5/12/14,

FileMaker

Pro converts them to four-digit years, as described in Conversion of dates with two-digit

years.