Database Reference
In-Depth Information
Operators
To help you remember all those operators, FileMaker shows them in the Operators area.
Eight buttons represent the most common operators—just click one to insert it. Other operat-
ors appear in a scrolling list, which requires a double-click.
Function List
Some functions are so short and sweet that it's faster to type them than to hunt through this
very lengthy list. Or you may come to memorize the functions you use most often. But you
can't beat the function list for convenience. It shows every function FileMaker understands,
and
all the parameters each function expects, in the right order. (See the box on
The Function
List
for more detail.)
As usual, double-click a function to add it to the calculation. If you don't fancy an alphabet-
ical list of every function, then you can narrow down your choices by using the View pop-up
menu. You can pick a specific function type and see a list of just those functions. To see all
of the functions grouped with their kin, choose the second option from the top, “all functions
by type.” You can see the effect in
Figure 9-7
.
