DanBrill Posted July 9, 2006 Share Posted July 9, 2006 Internally, FM keeps track of records, fields, layouts, scripts, etc. with ID numbers. You can find out what they are with various functions like get(RecordID) to get the ID for a single record, and LayoutIDs(filename) to get a list of all the layout IDs in a file. It would be great if: 1) you could get the ID for an individual field or layout the way you can for a record, not just a list of all of them. 2) you could navigate to a layout or field based on its ID rather than its name or a number that refers to its position. I've needed this functionality for a series of scripts I use to save find requests. A user can -perform a find and then save the parameters of the find to be run again at a future date. The script loops through layouts and fields, records their find parameters, and saves them. However, if a field name or layout name changes, their find won't work any more. If I could just record the field and layout IDs, the names would become irrelevant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geod Posted July 9, 2006 Share Posted July 9, 2006 Go to http://www.kevinfrank.com in the downloads area there is a free file called Absolute Layout References. It may help you with what you want to do. cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xochi Posted July 10, 2006 Share Posted July 10, 2006 Sounds like your wish was granted in 8.5: http://www.filemaker.com/products/fmp/functions.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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