Functions Reference

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Table Of Contents

Script steps reference (alphabetical list)
About functions
- Working with formulas and functions
- Using this functions reference
Aggregate functions
- Average
- Count
- List
- Max
- Min
- StDev
- StDevP
- Sum
- Variance
- VarianceP
Container functions
- Base64Decode
- Base64Encode
- GetContainerAttribute
- GetHeight
- GetThumbnail
- GetWidth
- VerifyContainer
Date functions
- Date
- Day
- DayName
- DayNameJ
- DayOfWeek
- DayOfYear
- Month
- MonthName
- MonthNameJ
- WeekOfYear
- WeekOfYearFiscal
- Year
- YearName
Design functions
- DatabaseNames
- FieldBounds
- FieldComment
- FieldIDs
- FieldNames
- FieldRepetitions
- FieldStyle
- FieldType
- GetNextSerialValue
- LayoutIDs
- LayoutNames
- LayoutObjectNames
- RelationInfo
- ScriptIDs
- ScriptNames
- TableIDs
- TableNames
- ValueListIDs
- ValueListItems
- ValueListNames
- WindowNames
External functions
- External
Financial functions
- FV
- NPV
- PMT
- PV
Get functions
- Get(AccountExtendedPrivileges)
- Get(AccountName)
- Get(AccountPrivilegeSetName)
- Get(ActiveFieldContents)
- Get(ActiveFieldName)
- Get(ActiveFieldTableName)
- Get(ActiveLayoutObjectName)
- Get(ActiveModifierKeys)
- Get(ActivePortalRowNumber)
- Get(ActiveRepetitionNumber)
- Get(ActiveSelectionSize)
- Get(ActiveSelectionStart)
- Get(AllowAbortState)
- Get(AllowFormattingBarState)
- Get(ApplicationArchitecture)
- Get(ApplicationLanguage)
- Get(ApplicationVersion)
- Get(CalculationRepetitionNumber)
- Get(ConnectionAttributes)
- Get(ConnectionState)
- Get(CurrentDate)
- Get(CurrentExtendedPrivileges)
- Get(CurrentHostTimestamp)
- Get(CurrentPrivilegeSetName)
- Get(CurrentTime)
- Get(CurrentTimestamp)
- Get(CurrentTimeUTCMilliseconds)
- Get(CustomMenuSetName)
- Get(DesktopPath)
- Get(Device)
- Get(DocumentsPath)
- Get(DocumentsPathListing)
- Get(EncryptionState)
- Get(ErrorCaptureState)
- Get(FileMakerPath)
- Get(FileName)
- Get(FilePath)
- Get(FileSize)
- Get(FoundCount)
- Get(HighContrastColor)
- Get(HighContrastState)
- Get(HostApplicationVersion)
- Get(HostIPAddress)
- Get(HostName)
- Get(InstalledFMPlugins)
- Get(LastError)
- Get(LastExternalErrorDetail)
- Get(LastMessageChoice)
- Get(LayoutAccess)
- Get(LayoutCount)
- Get(LayoutName)
- Get(LayoutNumber)
- Get(LayoutTableName)
- Get(LayoutViewState)
- Get(MenubarState)
- Get(ModifiedFields)
- Get(MultiUserState)
- Get(NetworkProtocol)
- Get(NetworkType)
- Get(PageNumber)
- Get(PersistentID)
- Get(PreferencesPath)
- Get(PrinterName)
- Get(QuickFindText)
- Get(RecordAccess)
- Get(RecordID)
- Get(RecordModificationCount)
- Get(RecordNumber)
- Get(RecordOpenCount)
- Get(RecordOpenState)
- Get(RequestCount)
- Get(RequestOmitState)
- Get(ScreenDepth)
- Get(ScreenHeight)
- Get(ScreenScaleFactor)
- Get(ScreenWidth)
- Get(ScriptAnimationState)
- Get(ScriptName)
- Get(ScriptParameter)
- Get(ScriptResult)
- Get(SortState)
- Get(StatusAreaState)
- Get(SystemDrive)
- Get(SystemIPAddress)
- Get(SystemLanguage)
- Get(SystemNICAddress)
- Get(SystemPlatform)
- Get(SystemVersion)
- Get(TemporaryPath)
- Get(TextRulerVisible)
- Get(TotalRecordCount)
- Get(TouchKeyboardState)
- Get(TriggerCurrentPanel)
- Get(TriggerExternalEvent)
- Get(TriggerGestureInfo)
- Get(TriggerKeystroke)
- Get(TriggerModifierKeys)
- Get(TriggerTargetPanel)
- Get(UserCount)
- Get(UserName)
- Get(UseSystemFormatsState)
- Get(UUID)
- Get(WindowContentHeight)
- Get(WindowContentWidth)
- Get(WindowDesktopHeight)
- Get(WindowDesktopWidth)
- Get(WindowHeight)
- Get(WindowLeft)
- Get(WindowMode)
- Get(WindowName)
- Get(WindowOrientation)
- Get(WindowStyle)
- Get(WindowTop)
- Get(WindowVisible)
- Get(WindowWidth)
- Get(WindowZoomLevel)
Logical functions
- Case
- Choose
- Evaluate
- EvaluationError
- ExecuteSQL
- GetAsBoolean
- GetAVPlayerAttribute
- GetField
- GetFieldName
- GetLayoutObjectAttribute
- GetNthRecord
- If
- IsEmpty
- IsValid
- IsValidExpression
- Let
- Lookup
- LookupNext
- Self
Mobile functions
- Location
- LocationValues
- RangeBeacons
Number functions
- Abs
- Ceiling
- Combination
- Div
- Exp
- Factorial
- Floor
- Int
- Lg
- Ln
- Log
- Mod
- Random
- Round
- SetPrecision
- Sign
- Sqrt
- Truncate
Repeating functions
- Extend
- GetRepetition
- Last
Summary functions
- GetSummary
Text functions
- Char
- Code
- Exact
- Filter
- FilterValues
- Furigana
- GetAsCSS
- GetAsDate
- GetAsNumber
- GetAsSVG
- GetAsText
- GetAsTime
- GetAsTimestamp
- GetAsURLEncoded
- GetValue
- Hiragana
- KanaHankaku
- KanaZenkaku
- KanjiNumeral
- Katakana
- Left
- LeftValues
- LeftWords
- Length
- Lower
- Middle
- MiddleValues
- MiddleWords
- NumToJText
- PatternCount
- Position
- Proper
- Quote
- Replace
- Right
- RightValues
- RightWords
- RomanHankaku
- RomanZenkaku
- SerialIncrement
- Substitute
- Trim
- TrimAll
- Upper
- ValueCount
- WordCount
Text formatting functions
- RGB
- TextColor
- TextColorRemove
- TextFont
- TextFontRemove
- TextFormatRemove
- TextSize
- TextSizeRemove
- TextStyleAdd
- TextStyleRemove
Time functions
- Hour
- Minute
- Seconds
- Time
Timestamp functions
- Timestamp
Trigonometric functions
- Acos
- Asin
- Atan
- Cos
- Degrees
- Pi
- Radians
- Sin
- Tan
Glossary

Get functions

ILEMAKER PRO FUNCTIONS REFERENCE 132

Get(FileMakerPath)

Purpose

Returns the path to the folder of the currently running copy of FileMaker Pro.

Format

Get(FileMakerPath)

Parameters

None

Data type returned

text

Originated in

FileMaker Pro 8.0

Notes

• In FileMaker WebDirect, this function is not supported and returns an empty string.

Examples

Returns /C:/Program Files/FileMaker/FileMaker Pro 15/ in Windows.

Returns /Macintosh HD/Applications/FileMaker Pro 15/ in OS X.

Each part of the path may vary from these examples, so don't rely on the path to follow a particular

pattern.