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Export Field Contents

 

Purpose 

Exports the contents of a single field in the active record to a new file.

See also 

Exporting data from FileMaker Pro

Creating scripts to automate tasks

Format 

Export Field Contents [<table::field>; “<filename>”; Automatically open; Create email]

Options 

•	Go to target field specifies the field to be exported. If no field is specified, FileMaker Pro will export the contents of the current field in the active table.

•

Specify output file specifies the name and location of the file to which the field contents will be exported. For more information, see Creating file paths. If no file is specified, the user is asked to choose a filename and location when the script step is performed. You can choose to Automatically open file or Create email with file as attachment after saving.

Compatibility 

 

Where the script step runs	Supported
FileMaker Pro	Yes
FileMaker Server scheduled script	No
FileMaker Go	Yes
Custom Web Publishing	No
FileMaker WebDirect	Partial
Runtime solution	Yes

Originated in 

FileMaker Pro 6.0 or earlier

Description 

If the contents of the exported field is text, then FileMaker creates a UTF-16 format text file.

Notes

•	FileMaker WebDirect does not support the Specify output file option. FileMaker WebDirect exports field contents to the web browser’s default download location.

•	FileMaker WebDirect does not support this script step in mobile browsers.

Example 1 

Opens a dialog box to set the export path and filename, then exports the image.

Export Field Contents [Products::Picture; ”Mobile Phone.png”]

Example 2 

Exports files from the Container field in all the records in the found set to a set file path.

Set Variable [$PATH; Value: Get ( DocumentsPath ) & Products::Container]
Go to Record/Request/Page [First]
Loop
Export Field Contents [Products::Container; "$PATH"]
Go to Record/Request/Page [Next; Exit after last]
End Loop

Related topics 

Script steps reference (alphabetical list)

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