Functions Reference

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ILEMAKER FUNCTIONS REFERENCE 374
Form View
Displays one record at a time. By default, fields appear on separate lines. To select this view,
click Form View in the layout bar.
If you don't see the status toolbar, click the status toolbar control button at the bottom of
the document window.
Formatting bar
In Layout and Browse modes, the area that displays options for formatting text and objects. To
show or hide the formatting bar, click Formatting
in the layout bar.
If you don't see the status toolbar, click the status toolbar control button at the bottom of
the document window.
Formula
A set of instructions that FileMaker Pro follows to calculate a value used in a field or as the
criteria for matching database records.
Found set
The set of records in a table that are made active when you search for data. When you find all
records, the found set is the entire table.
Full Access privilege set
One of the three predefined privilege sets that appear in every file. The Full Access privilege set
allows complete read/write access to a file, including making changes to privileges for the file.
Fully qualified name
The complete name of a field or layout, expressed using the format tableName::[field or
layout name]
, where “tableName” is the name of the underlying table occurrence in the
relationships graph upon which the field or layout is based. A fully qualified name identifies an
exact instance of a field or layout. Because fields and layouts with common names can be
based on different tables, FileMaker
Pro uses fully qualified names to avoid errors in
calculations and scripts.
Function
A predefined, named formula that performs a specific calculation and returns a single, specific
value.
Function list separator
The punctuation character ; (a semicolon) that separates parameters in a function definition. If
you type a comma (,), FileMaker
Pro automatically changes it to a semicolon after you close the
Specify Calculation dialog box.
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GIF (Graphics Interchange Format)
A platform-independent file format often used to distribute graphics on the Internet.
Formatting bar in Layout mode