Close Data File
Closes an open data file.
See also
Options
- File ID is a numeric expression that specifies the file ID of an open data file.
Compatibility
| Product | Supported |
| FileMaker Pro | Yes |
| FileMaker Go | Yes |
| FileMaker WebDirect | No |
| FileMaker Server | Yes |
| FileMaker Cloud | Yes |
| FileMaker Data API | No |
| Custom Web Publishing | Yes |
Originated in version
18.0
Description
Use this script step to close an open data file. For a list of the file IDs of all currently open data files, use the Get(OpenDataFileInfo) function. To close all open data files, set the File ID parameter to "*" (an asterisk surrounded by double quotation marks). All data files are closed when FileMaker Pro quits.
Example 1
Closes the open data file with a file ID of 2.
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Close Data File [ File ID: 2 ]Example 2
Closes all open data files.
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Close Data File [ File ID: "*" ]Example 3
Opens a file, sets the file ID to a variable, reads the entire file, then closes the file using the same file ID.
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Set Variable [ $file ; Value: "data.txt" ]
Open Data File [ "$file" ; Target: $fileID ]
Read from Data File [ File ID: $fileID ; Amount (bytes): ; Target: Table::Data ; Read as: UTF-8 ]
Close Data File [ File ID: $fileID ]