All text in the specified field is exported to a single file (without the text formatting, of course). It also may be a contextual menu item, accessible by right+clicking (or Ctrl-clicking on the Mac) to see the menu. This is a script step that does what it says (see the Help Topic on this). Using this sample text in one field (and one record) we will make different exports and review the results: But first we’ll explain the good, the bad and the ugly of some different standard ways to export TEXT out of FileMaker. The team at Digital Fusion took is a step further and wrote a custom function, which they put into a downloadable example file, available at the link below.Ĭhange Containers from Files to Interactive Content in an Instant.Have you ever wanted to export a single field and maintain all the characters in that field? This article explores the possibility with XML Export and the use of a simple XSLT. All you need to do is make sure the filename is the same as the original files name and you’re all set!
This is the key thing, decode function will turn the encoded text back into a file of the nominated stream depending on the extension you choose. The decode function however requires you to specify a filename with extension. That’s it! He realised that the encode function simply encodes data with no knowledge of its file type. Stephen tested and showed that if you use FileMaker 13’s Base64Encode and Base64Decode functions, you can convert container data into interactive container data, here’s how it works: Base64Decode ( Base64Encode ( Container ) Filename ) Stephen, a senior FileMaker developer at Digital Fusion, had such a moment recently when tasked with converting thousands of container files on a client system from a basic file in a container field to an interactive file in the same container field. One of the most interesting phenomena in programming (or in life, for that matter) is when a person thinks “outside the box” and solves a problem in an unconventional manner (these are also known as “Aha” moments).
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