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

Trigonometric functions

ILEMAKER PRO FUNCTIONS REFERENCE 356

Tan

Purpose

Returns the tangent (Tan) of angleInRadians.

Format

Tan(angleInRadians)

Parameters

angleInRadians - any numeric expression or field containing a numeric expression, in radians

Data type returned

number

Originated in

FileMaker Pro 6.0 or earlier

Description

Use this function to calculate the Tan of angleInRadians.

Note With the Tan function, you cannot use values e

xactly equal to 90 degrees (Pi/2 radians), or

multiples of 90 degrees.

Tan

Sin angleInRadians()

Cos angleInRadians()

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Examples

Tan(.13) returns .13073731....

Tan(Radians(34)) returns .674

5085.