Functions Reference

212 FileMaker Functions Reference
Authentication
The process of checking the validity of an account and password (if one is defined) before
assigning privileges and allowing access to a system or a database file. An account
authenticated via FileMaker Pro or FileMaker Server is referred to as a FileMaker
Account. (FileMaker Server can also authenticate an account via External Server -- an
external authentication system such as Apple Open Directory, or a Windows Domain.)
Auxiliary files
In a FileMaker Pro Advanced runtime solution, files that are bundled with a primary file.
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Binding key
In FileMaker Pro Advanced, a case-sensitive key between 1 and 24 characters long that
links the components of a runtime solution.
Blank layout
A predefined layout that contains empty body, header, and footer parts.
Body part
A layout part that contains individual records from a database file.
Book
In the status area, a control for moving from one record to another in Browse mode, from
one layout to another in Layout mode, from one find request to another in Find mode, and
from one page to another in Preview mode.
If you don't see the status area, click the status area control at the bottom of the document
window.
Boolean value
A Boolean value is either True or False. A field containing any number except zero
evaluates as True. A field containing zero, no data, or content that does not resolve into
a number evaluates as False. For example, a field containing “ABC,” “ABC0,” or an empty
field is False. A field containing “1” or “ABC2” is True.
Break field
In a subsummary part, records are grouped (sorted) by values in another field, called the
break field. Whenever the value of the break field changes, the report "breaks" and
FileMaker Pro inserts the subsummary part.