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Committing data in records

Unlike most word processing applications, FileMaker Pro saves your data as you work. This is

called committing data. Data is committed when you:

• select another record

• click anywhere outside of the current field

• Windows: Press Enter on the numeric keypad, or Ctrl+Enter on computers without a

numeric keypad

• OS X: Press Enter (not Return), or Fn-Return on computers without a numeric keypad

• switch to another mode

Notes

• If you enter data incorrectly in a record, you can restore the original data to the record as

long as the information is not committed. For more information, see

Restoring data in

records.

• When you change related data (such as related records displayed in a portal), these

changes are not committed until you commit the record that is displaying the related data.

• In FileMaker Pro 10, there was a change to how FileMaker Pro performs the Replace Field

Contents and Relookup Field Contents commands and script steps. Replace/relookup

operations are now performed without committing the active record. This change only

affects multiple uncommitted records in a window transaction, as when you do a replace/

relookup on related records in a portal. If there are uncommitted records in the window that

are affected by the operation, these changes will be made using the window's transaction

and remain uncommitted until you choose to commit the changes following the completion

of the operation. All other records will be modified and committed during the operation as

before.