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Export Field Contents

Purpose 

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

Format 

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

Options 

•	Select Specify target field or click Specify to specify the field to be exported. If no field is specified, FileMaker Pro will export the contents of the current field in the active table.

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Select Specify output file or click Specify to specify 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.

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

Compatibility 

 

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

Originated in 

FileMaker Pro 6.0 or earlier

Examples 

Go to Layout [Images::Nature Scenes]
Export Field Contents [Images::Original Pictures;”Uncropped.jpg”]

Related topics 

Script steps reference (alphabetical list)

Script steps reference (category list)