Brian Dunning's FileMaker Custom Functions

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30 functions found:

1.   EnclosingObjects (_objectName )
  Average rating: 4.5
Fabrice Nordmann, 1-more-thing
not recursive. A list of all enclosing objects of a layout object.
 
2.   FastDateInput ( input ; format )
  Average rating: 4.5
Fabrice Nordmann, 1-more-thing
Allows user to input a date faster
 
3.   FilterValuesByTest ( text ; varName ; test ; include_1 )
  Average rating: 3.7
Fabrice Nordmann, 1-more-thing
Returns a text filtered by a test
 
4.   FilterWordsByTest ( text ; varName ; test ; include_1 ; mode )
  Average rating: 3.8
Fabrice Nordmann, 1-more-thing
Returns a text filtered by a test
 
5.   fm.version.major ( _applicationVersion )
  Average rating: 0.0
Fabrice Nordmann, 1-more-thing
"17.0.4" -> 17
 
6.   fmp.url.scheme ( _applicationVersion )
  Average rating: 0.0
Fabrice Nordmann, 1-more-thing
returns the appropriate fmp url scheme for the current application
 
7.   FM_Name_ID ( _Name_ID ; _TLFSV ; _fileName ; _layoutName )
  Average rating: 4.1
Fabrice Nordmann, 1-more-thing
Returns FileMaker item Name or ID, given the other
 
8.   FormatAsPrice ( input ; separator ; currency ; Leading_1 )
  Average rating: 4.1
Fabrice Nordmann, 1-more-thing
text formatting
 
9.   Get3PixColumnState
  Average rating: 4.6
Fabrice Nordmann, 1-more-thing
returns 1 if the 3 pixel wide column next to the status area is turned on
 
10.   GetDates ( text )
  Average rating: 4.5
Fabrice Nordmann, 1-more-thing
extracts all dates from a text field
 
11.   GetItemRank ( item ; ValueList )
  Average rating: 3.9
Fabrice Nordmann, 1-more-thing
returns the item rank in a list
 
12.   GetKeys
  Average rating: 4.6
Fabrice Nordmann, 1-more-thing
returns a list of keys held by user (Shift, Caps Lock, Control, Alt, Command)
 
13.   GetStatusAreaWidth
  Average rating: 4.5
Fabrice Nordmann, 1-more-thing
returns the status area width
 
14.   isFrontMostTabPanel ( _objectName )
  Average rating: 4.4
Fabrice Nordmann, 1-more-thing
Returns 1 if _objectName is or contains the frontmost tab panel, else 0
 
15.   isLeapYear ( _year )
  Average rating: 4.4
Fabrice Nordmann, 1-more-thing
leap year simple test
 
16.   Luhn10.isValid ( _number ; _requiredLength )
  Average rating: 5.0
Fabrice Nordmann, 1-more-thing
Validates Credit Card numbers, SIREN, Canadian Social Security numbers…
 
17.   Pad ( _input ; _char ; _length ; _left_or_right )
  Average rating: 4.2
Fabrice Nordmann, 1-more-thing
Padds a string on a given length, left or right. Not Recursive.
 
18.   ParseSearchString ( _string )
  Average rating: 4.8
Fabrice Nordmann, 1-more-thing
Parses search terms as input in a typical search engine.
 
19.   SubstituteManyWithCalculation ( _text ; _list ; _varName ; _expression )
  Average rating: 4.2
Fabrice Nordmann, 1-more-thing
Substitutes many terms in a text and apply a calculation to them.
 
20.   text.after ( _text ; _searchString ; _occurrence ; _include.b )
  Average rating: 4.2
Fabrice Nordmann, 1-more-thing
extracts text after search string
 
21.   text.before ( _text ; _searchString ; _occurrence ; _include.b )
  Average rating: 4.5
Fabrice Nordmann, 1-more-thing
extracts text before search string
 
22.   text.between ( _text ; _searchString1 ; _occurrence1 ; _include1.b ; _searchString2 ; _occurrence2 ; _include2.b )
  Average rating: 4.0
Fabrice Nordmann, 1-more-thing
extracts text between two search strings
 
23.   text.betweenNext ( _text ; _searchString1 ; _occurrence1 ; _include1.b ; _searchString2 ; _occurrence2 ; _include2.b )
  Average rating: 4.3
Fabrice Nordmann, 1-more-thing
extracts the middle of a text in between delimiters, based on search strings and an occurrence numbers
 
24.   TruncateString ( string ; numberOfChars ; Leading_1 )
  Average rating: 4.3
Fabrice Nordmann, 1-more-thing
truncates a string
 
25.   VariablesFromFields ( )
  Average rating: 4.5
Fabrice Nordmann, 1-more-thing
passes the content of all fields on the layout to named variables
 
26.   VariablesFromObjects ( )
  Average rating: 4.4
Fabrice Nordmann, 1-more-thing
passes the content of all named objects on the layout to named variables
 
27.   VariablesLoadFromLog ( varlog )
  Average rating: 4.6
Fabrice Nordmann, 1-more-thing
load variables that were logged with VariablesLog function, typically in another file
 
28.   VariablesLog ( _key ; _repetition ; _value )
  Average rating: 4.5
Fabrice Nordmann, 1-more-thing
Set a named global variable and logs it in order to pass it to another file
 
29.   VariablesResetAll
  Average rating: 4.6
Fabrice Nordmann, 1-more-thing
Clears all variables that are logged with VariablesLog function
 
30.   VisiblePortalRows ( objName ; portalName )
  Average rating: 4.2
Fabrice Nordmann, 1-more-thing
Returns a list of visible row numbers of a portal
 

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