Functions Reference
Table Of Contents
- Script steps reference (alphabetical list)
- About functions
- Aggregate functions
- Container functions
- Date functions
- Design functions
- External functions
- Financial functions
- 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
- Mobile functions
- Number functions
- Repeating functions
- Summary functions
- 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
- Time functions
- Timestamp functions
- Trigonometric functions
- Glossary
Get functions
F
ILEMAKER PRO FUNCTIONS REFERENCE 144
Get(LastExternalErrorDetail)
Purpose
Returns text about errors external to FileMaker that are returned by Get(LastError).
Format
Get(LastExternalErrorDetail)
Parameters
None
Data type returned
text
Originated in
FileMaker Pro 6.0 or earlier
Description
• For ODBC imports and Execute SQL script steps, returns a detailed ODBC error message.
• For working with ODBC data sources in the relationships graph, returns the readable error
string that is generated by the ODBC driver.
• For actions that attempt to connect to a host securely, returns an SSL certificate error
message.
Examples
For ODBC imports and Execute SQL script steps, returns [DataDirect][Macintosh ODBC Driver
Manager] Data source name not found and no default driver specified (
-1) when a data source
name wasn’t found and the driver wasn’t specified.