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Category: Version: FM 8.5 or later

Level: Intermediate, Version: FM 8.5 or later

ForgetSummary()

July 28, 2013February 5, 2014 Kevin Frank

One of my favorite FileMaker functions is GetSummary; I use it frequently, and it had never occurred to me that there might be any alternative. Recently, however, Mikhail Edoshin pointed out on the FMPExperts list that GetLayoutObjectAttribute can serve as a viable replacement, like so:

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