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[simoncpage]

Is there anyway of creating a global field that is kept in the database?

I currently have someone dedup the database by a number 1 - 20000. But once the database is closed I need it to remember at which number it was at so that it can return to this?

Any help would be great!

[Helpful Harry]

The values in Global fields are saved in the database when it's closed, with two exceptions:

• - performing a Save As A Copy with the "Clone (no records)" option deletes all data from the file, including whatever is stored in the Global fields.
  
  - when using database via a network (either with FileMaker Server or FileMaker's file sharing) only the data in the HOST computer's Global fields are saved.

The way around this second problem is to use a separate related file to store your "global" data as a normal record / non-Global field. That way it is still accessible by all computers on the network AND will save whichever value was last changed to by any of them.