Functions Reference

44 FileMaker Functions Reference
Description
Returns in a non-repeating text field the location in pixels of each side of fieldName and
its rotation in degrees on layoutName in the fileName file. The location is measured from
the top left corner of the layout (regardless of printer margins) and is specified in this order:
position of left field boundary, position of top field boundary, position of right field
boundary, position of bottom field boundary, degree of rotation (measured in a counter-
clockwise direction; 0 degrees for unrotated).
Note Your layout begins where your margins end. Because field boundaries are measured
from the left side and top of the layout, boundaries returned by FieldBounds never
change unless you move or re-size a field.
Example
FieldBounds(“Customers”;“Layout #1”;“Field”) returns 36 48 295 65 0 in the
example below. Notice that all parameters are enclosed in quotation marks.
FieldComment
Format
FieldComment(fileName;fieldName)
Parameters
fileName - the name of an open database file
(local or remote).
fieldName - the name of a field in the specified database file.
Important See “Design functions” on page 41 for information about literal text parameters.
Data type returned
text
36
295
48 65