FileMaker Pro 4.1 Mac User's Guide

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Defining scripts for system formats
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Working with international files B-3
1 Using system formats doesn’t affect the formatting of dates, numbers,
and times that you set in FileMaker Pro for displaying data in fields.
However, you must enter data precisely according to the system
format. For example, when date parts in a system format are in order as
year, month, and day, separated by a period (.), you must enter dates in
that format, as in 98.12.31. (For information about display formats
for fields, see “Defining display formats for fields” on page 3-59.)
Choose FileMaker Help Index from the or Help menu, and then type:
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You can have FileMaker Pro open a file using the current system
formats by including the Set Use System Formats script step in a startup
script. In the Script Definition dialog box, choose the Set Use System
Formats script step, and then select On to use the current system formats.
(To use the formats saved with the file, select Off.)
For more information about defining scripts, see chapter 5, “Using
ScriptMaker and buttons.”
Choose FileMaker Help Index from the or Help menu, and then type:
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