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Re: Filemaker object ID

Bob,

You can do this directly in FMPro, using these design functions:

ValueListIDs (dbname)
ScriptIDs (dbname)
RelationIDs (dbname)
LayoutIDs (dbname)
FieldIDs (dbname, layoutname)

You can typically use these functions in conjunction with the corresponding "Names" function (e.g., ValuListNames, etc.) to pinpoint the ID of a particular item in the list.


To get them via AS, use the following formats:

tell application "FileMaker Pro"
tell database "myDatabaseName"
get ID of field "myFieldName"
get ID of layout "myLayoutName"
get ID of FileMaker script "myScriptName"
get ID of record 123
end tell
end tell


I don't see a way to get info on relationships via AS independently, but you could create a calc field in your FMP database that calculates the join IDs and grab them through AS. There may be a way to do it in AS alone, but since it would take a while to see if it can be done, I'll leave that to you, or to someone else in the group may know of an AS method for getting join info without FMP calcs.

Finally, you may be able to get ID info from an XML DDR in FM Developer. I haven't run one in a while, so I can't say for sure. If you need this functionality badly enough, though, it might be worth investigating.

HTH


On Wednesday, November 26, 2003, at 02:52 PM, Bob Cuilla wrote:

Does anyone have a script to retrieve the assigned Filemaker Pro object IDs from objects, such as scripts, fields, etc?

Bob Cuilla
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