> Richard- > > Don't get me wrong about this - I'm not dismissing FMP out of hand by any > means. We run our accounting system on FileMaker using a system I first > cobbled together some ten years ago. But the lack of variables hurts, as > does the fact that programming in FileMaker is limited to stringing together > macro statements. I should retract my statement about the > non-programmability, though, since it does satisfy my first-pass criterion > for the definition, that of conditional branching.
Variables were introduced in several different ways beginning with FileMaker 7 over 2 years ago. The "let" statement was introduced with 7.0. Let ( [ myVariableName = FirstName + 78; myVariableName2 = 32]; MyVariableName & myVariableName2 ) Script parameters were introduced with 7.0 Local variables ($yourVariableName) and global variables ($$yourVariableName) were introduced with 8.0 about 1.5 years ago. Besides providing variable for scripts and calculations they provide for scripted control of import, export, PDF and Excel document generation. _______________________________________________ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
