Functions Reference
Table Of Contents
- Chapter 1 Introduction
- Chapter 2 Aggregate functions
- Chapter 3 Date functions
- Chapter 4 Design functions
- Chapter 5 External functions
- Chapter 6 Financial functions
- Chapter 7 Get functions
- Get(AccountName)
- Get(ActiveFieldContents)
- Get(ActiveFieldName)
- Get(ActiveFieldTableName)
- Get(ActiveModifierKeys)
- Get(ActiveRepetitionNumber)
- Get(ActiveSelectionSize)
- Get(ActiveSelectionStart)
- Get(AllowAbortState)
- Get(AllowToolbarState)
- Get(ApplicationLanguage)
- Get(ApplicationVersion)
- Get(CalculationRepetitionNumber)
- Get(CurrentDate)
- Get(CurrentHostTimestamp)
- Get(CurrentTime)
- Get(CurrentTimestamp)
- Get(CustomMenuSetName)
- Get(DesktopPath)
- Get(DocumentsPath)
- Get(ErrorCaptureState)
- Get(ExtendedPrivileges)
- Get(FileMakerPath)
- Get(FileName)
- Get(FilePath)
- Get(FileSize)
- Get(FoundCount)
- Get(HighContrastColor)
- Get(HighContrastState)
- Get(HostIPAddress)
- Get(HostName)
- Get(LastError)
- Get(LastMessageChoice)
- Get(LastODBCError)
- Get(LayoutAccess)
- Get(LayoutCount)
- Get(LayoutName)
- Get(LayoutNumber)
- Get(LayoutTableName)
- Get(LayoutViewState)
- Get(MultiUserState)
- Get(NetworkProtocol)
- Get(PageNumber)
- Get(PortalRowNumber)
- Get(PreferencesPath)
- Get(PrinterName)
- Get(PrivilegeSetName)
- Get(RecordAccess)
- Get(RecordID)
- Get(RecordModificationCount)
- Get(RecordNumber)
- Get(RecordOpenCount)
- Get(RecordOpenState)
- Get(RequestCount)
- Get(RequestOmitState)
- Get(ScreenDepth)
- Get(ScreenHeight)
- Get(ScreenWidth)
- Get(ScriptName)
- Get(ScriptParameter)
- Get(ScriptResult)
- Get(SortState)
- Get(StatusAreaState)
- Get(SystemDrive)
- Get(SystemIPAddress)
- Get(SystemLanguage)
- Get(SystemNICAddress)
- Get(SystemPlatform)
- Get(SystemVersion)
- Get(TextRulerVisible)
- Get(TotalRecordCount)
- Get(UserCount)
- Get(UserName)
- Get(UseSystemFormatsState)
- Get(WindowContentHeight)
- Get(WindowContentWidth)
- Get(WindowDesktopHeight)
- Get(WindowDesktopWidth)
- Get(WindowHeight)
- Get(WindowLeft)
- Get(WindowMode)
- Get(WindowName)
- Get(WindowTop)
- Get(WindowVisible)
- Get(WindowWidth)
- Get(WindowZoomLevel)
- Chapter 8 Logical functions
- Chapter 9 Number functions
- Chapter 10 Repeating functions
- Chapter 11 Summary functions
- Chapter 12 Text functions
- Exact
- Filter
- FilterValues
- GetAsCSS
- GetAsDate
- GetAsNumber
- GetAsSVG
- GetAsText
- GetAsTime
- GetAsTimestamp
- GetValue
- Hiragana
- KanaHankaku
- KanaZenkaku
- KanjiNumeral
- Katakana
- Left
- LeftValues
- LeftWords
- Length
- Lower
- Middle
- MiddleValues
- MiddleWords
- NumToJText
- PatternCount
- Position
- Proper
- Replace
- Right
- RightValues
- RightWords
- RomanHankaku
- RomanZenkaku
- SerialIncrement
- Substitute
- Trim
- TrimAll
- Upper
- ValueCount
- WordCount
- Chapter 13 Text formatting functions
- Chapter 14 Time functions
- Chapter 15 Timestamp functions
- Chapter 16 Trigonometric functions
- Appendix A Glossary
GetNthRecord
Format
GetNthRecord(fieldName;recordNumber)
Parameters
fieldName - any related field or repeating field, or an expression that returns a field or a
repeating field.
recordNumber - the record number from which you want data.
Data type returned
text, number, date, time, timestamp, container
Description
Returns the contents of fieldName from the provided recordNumber.
The result of GetNthRecord() will not be updated when the record referred to by
GetNthRecord() is a record other than the one in which the calculation is currently being
evaluated.
Examples
GetNthRecord(First Name;2) returns the contents of the First Name field for record
2 in the current table.
GetNthRecord(First Name;Get(RecordNumber)+ 1) returns the contents of the
First Name field for the next record in the current table.
GetNthRecord(Contacts::First Name;2) returns the contents of the First Name
field for record 2 in the Contacts table.
GetNthRecord(Contacts::Has Repetitions[2];2) returns the contents of the
second repetition of the Has Repetitions field for record 2 in the Contacts table.
If
Format
If(test;result1;result2)
Parameters
test - any numeric value or logical expression
result1 - expression or field name
result2 - expression or field name