August 2007
Beginner to intermediate
799 pages
28h 12m
English
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Replacing Data Using a Calculation
You can use calculations productively with the Records → Replace Field Contents command. This command tells FileMaker to visit every record in the found set, replacing the contents of one field with something new. When you first saw this command in Chapter 2, you entered a single value in every record. Sometimes, though, it’s more useful to have FileMaker use a calculation to figure out what should go in each record.