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FILEMAKER PRO HELP 765
Examples
Returns Contacts when Contacts is the active file.
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Get(FilePath)
Purpose
Returns the full path indicating the location of the currently active database file.
Format
Get(FilePath)
Parameters
None
Data type returned
text
Originated in
FileMaker Pro 6.0 or earlier
Description
In Windows, the full path is file:/drive:/folder/filename for local files. For remote files, the full path is
file://volume/folder/filename.
In OS X, the full path is file:/volume/folder/filename for local and remote files.
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.
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 file:/driveletter:/databaseName for local files in Windows.
Returns file://volumename/myfoldername/databaseName for remote files in Windows.
Returns file:/path/databaseName for local and remote files in OS X.
Returns fmnet:/networkaddress/databaseName for FileMaker Pro networked files.