# \#functions

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## [Out of Memory Error](https://the.fmsoup.org/t/out-of-memory-error/3100)

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**Author:** [@bdbd](https://the.fmsoup.org/u/bdbd)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [September 21, 2022, 2:40pm UTC](https://the.fmsoup.org/t/out-of-memory-error/3100 "2022-09-21T14:40:35Z")

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Anyone know why the following produces an "out of memory" error? Let ( \[ A = "Name is "; B = GetValue (Substitute (GetFieldName (Contact::record\_\_ctl); "::"; "¶"); 2) \]; A & B )

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## [GetAsNumber Gotcha](https://the.fmsoup.org/t/getasnumber-gotcha/2825)

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**Author:** [@bdbd](https://the.fmsoup.org/u/bdbd)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [March 30, 2022, 5:06pm UTC](https://the.fmsoup.org/t/getasnumber-gotcha/2825 "2022-03-30T17:06:34Z")

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I may be late to the game… but I just came across a gotcha I thought would be good to share. GetAsNumber returns the numerical characters in a given string. In essence, this function is equivalent to Filter (textToFilte…

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## [What is wrong with this simple maths equation?](https://the.fmsoup.org/t/what-is-wrong-with-this-simple-maths-equation/2534)

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**Author:** [@Malcolm](https://the.fmsoup.org/u/Malcolm)\
**Replies:** 10\
**Last updated:** [October 30, 2021, 7:16pm UTC](https://the.fmsoup.org/t/what-is-wrong-with-this-simple-maths-equation/2534 "2021-10-30T19:16:42Z")

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I can't see why the equal is failing in this equation. Can anyone help? /\* GST = 10% sales tax WET = 29% liquor tax \*/ Let ( \[ retail = 24.99 ; exgst = retail \* 10 / 11 ; gst = exgst \* 1 / 10 ; exwet = exgst \* 100 …

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## [Get(foundCount) not working properly](https://the.fmsoup.org/t/get-foundcount-not-working-properly/1326)

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**Author:** [@kevinD](https://the.fmsoup.org/u/kevinD)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [September 18, 2020, 10:34am UTC](https://the.fmsoup.org/t/get-foundcount-not-working-properly/1326 "2020-09-18T10:34:06Z")

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Filemaker 19 on windows 10. Pls see sample file attached, the get(foundcount) function is not returning the right value in a global ( or even a regular field) - but shows correctly in the data viewer. FoundCount fieldi…

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## [Add links to PDFs generated from FileMaker](https://the.fmsoup.org/t/add-links-to-pdfs-generated-from-filemaker/1273)

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**Author:** [@HOnza](https://the.fmsoup.org/u/HOnza)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [August 27, 2020, 8:42am UTC](https://the.fmsoup.org/t/add-links-to-pdfs-generated-from-filemaker/1273 "2020-08-27T08:42:54Z")

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As a Claris partner , we also resell FileMaker licenses . Buying the license from us has some extra benefit , one of them being a nicely formatted PDF document with all information about the license, including down…

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## [Should we, just because we can?](https://the.fmsoup.org/t/should-we-just-because-we-can/382)

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**Author:** [@AndyHibbs](https://the.fmsoup.org/u/AndyHibbs)\
**Replies:** 26\
**Last updated:** [October 24, 2019, 8:08pm UTC](https://the.fmsoup.org/t/should-we-just-because-we-can/382 "2019-10-24T20:08:16Z")

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We seem to have touched on a number of standard FileMaker features that no longer seem to perform as they used to and wondered whether we could create a list of those old favourites that we’re now trying to avoid, either…