Some temp filenames have a tilde (~) as their first character. A tilde is a reserved character in FileMaker, but is there a way I can find it? FM tells me "the provided find criteria is not valid. Enter a valid request before proceeding."
Some temp filenames have a tilde (~) as their first character. A tilde is a reserved character in FileMaker, but is there a way I can find it? FM tells me "the provided find criteria is not valid. Enter a valid request before proceeding."
does it work if you enclose it in quotation marks?
Possibly, or escape it:
\~
Beverly
Sorry I cannot mark two correct, as they both work.
No worries! the ~ (tilde) is reserved operator in Find mode, so I thought if you were using scripted finds, the escape may work well, too.
Peter was correct!
Beverly
I've read that help file countless times and somehow the use of \ in a Find "escaped" me.
This one?
Refining find requests in FileMaker Pro using find operators | FileMaker
| \ | Used to search for characters that might otherwise be used as operators or other reserved items |
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Yep, that's the one!
does it work if you enclose it in quotation marks?