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Design functions
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ILEMAKER FUNCTIONS REFERENCE 71
FieldNames
Purpose
Returns a list of the names of all fields on layoutName in fileName.
Format
FieldNames(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 displayed in tablename::fieldname format.
If no parameter is specified for fileName, FileMaker returns results for the current file.
Note If FieldNames returns a question mark (?) or the name of only one field, go to the Specify
Calculation dialog box and make sure Calculation result is text. Also, you can increase the size of
the field on the layout to show more field names.
Examples
FieldNames(“Customers”;””) returns a list of all the fields in the default table of the Customers
database file.
FieldNames(“Customers”;“Data Entry”) returns a list of all the fields, including related
fields, in the Customers database file that appear on the Data Entry layout.