Database Reference
In-Depth Information
Figure 2-10. The Replace Field Contents dialog box has three options: “Replace with,” “Replace
with serial numbers,” and “Replace with calculated result.” You're concerned only with the first
option right now. It replaces the contents of the current field in every record in the found set with
whatever is in the current record when you click Replace. So, in the current record, type what you
want to be in every record before you call up this dialog box. (You'll learn about serial numbers in
Chapter 4 and calculations in Chapter 9.)
Find and Replace
FileMaker fields can hold a lot of information, and people often put things like letters, email
messages, product descriptions, and other potentially long documents into fields. In cases
like this, the Find/Replace command (Edit→Find/Replace) is just as useful as it is in your
word processing program.
