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Close Data File

Closes an open data file.

Options

•File ID is a numeric expression that specifies the file ID of an open data file.

Compatibility

Product	Supported
FileMaker Pro Advanced	Yes
FileMaker Go	Yes
FileMaker WebDirect	No
FileMaker Server	Yes
FileMaker Cloud products	Yes
FileMaker Data API	No
Custom Web Publishing	Yes
Runtime solution	No

Originated in

FileMaker Pro 18.0 Advanced

Description

Use this script step to close an open data file. For a list of the file IDs of all currently open data files, use the Get(OpenDataFileInfo) function. To close all open data files, set the File ID parameter to "*" (an asterisk surrounded by double quotation marks). All data files are closed when FileMaker Pro Advanced quits.

Example 1

Closes the open data file with a file ID of 2.

Close Data File [ File ID: 2 ]

Example 2

Closes all open data files.

Close Data File [ File ID: "*" ]

Example 3

Opens a file, sets the file ID to a variable, reads the entire file, then closes the file using the same file ID.

Set Variable [ $file ; Value: "data.txt" ]
Open Data File [ "$file" ; Target: $fileID ]
Read from Data File [ File ID: $fileID ; Amount (bytes): ; Target: Table::Data ; Read as: UTF-8 ]
Close Data File [ File ID: $fileID ]