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Design functions
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ILEMAKER FUNCTIONS REFERENCE 70
FieldIDs
Purpose
Returns a list of all field IDs in fileName and layoutName.
Format
FieldIDs(fileName;layoutName)
Parameters
fileName - the name of an open database file (local or remote).
layoutName - the name of a layout or table in the specified database file.
Important See Design functions for information about literal text parameters.
Data type returned
text
Originated in
FileMaker Pro 6.0 or earlier
Description
Listed items are separated by carriage returns.
Related fields are returned as TableID::RelatedFieldID.
For example, 12::4, where 12 is the ID of the table and 4 is the ID of the related field.
If no parameter is specified for fileName, FileMaker returns results for the current file.
Examples
FieldIDs(“Customers”;””) returns IDs of all unique fields in the default table of Customers.
FieldIDs(“Customers”;”Layout#5”) returns IDs of all unique fields, including related fields,
on Layout#5 in Customers.