DatabaseNames()

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DatabaseNames()

Category: Design

Syntax: DatabaseNames

Parameters: None.

Description: Returns a carriage return “delimited list of currently open databases, whether open as a client of another machine or open locally. File extensions are not included in the result.

Examples:

DatabaseNames might return

 

 CustomersInvoicesInvoice_Line_Items PatternCount (DatabaseNames ; "Customers") 

Returns 1 if the Customers database is open.

Comments:

Use caution when checking for open databases with hard-coded strings. In the second example, the check fails if someone changes the name of the Customers database. Get (FileName) can be used in conjunction with a startup script to see whether a filename has been changed.

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QUE CORPORATION - Using Filemaker pro X
QUE CORPORATION - Using Filemaker pro X
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Year: 2003
Pages: 494

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