# What is causing an external FileMaker file reference to evaluate immediately?

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**Category:** Questions\
**Tags:** external-data-source\
**Created:** [May 4, 2026, 3:19pm UTC](https://the.fmsoup.org/t/what-is-causing-an-external-filemaker-file-reference-to-evaluate-immediately/5411 "2026-05-04T15:19:26Z")\
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**Post date:** [May 6, 2026, 10:38pm UTC](https://the.fmsoup.org/t/what-is-causing-an-external-filemaker-file-reference-to-evaluate-immediately/5411/21 "2026-05-06T22:38:50Z")

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Good question, I don't know the answer to that unfortunately. Kyle Duval over at either the OttoFMS forums or on slug (@Kyle Duval), should know the answer.

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