Script Steps Reference

Miscellaneous script steps
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ILEMAKER SCRIPT STEPS REFERENCE 135
• You can send html data to a web viewer by including the data in a URL, using the
following format:
data:[<mediatype>][;base64],<data>
Where the following syntax applies:
dataurl = "data:" [ mediatype ] [ ";base64" ] "," data
mediatype = [ type "/" subtype ] *( ";" parameter )
data = *urlchar
parameter = attribute "=" value
More information about the “data URL scheme” can be found on the web.
• In FileMaker Pro 8.5, data URLs will work on Mac OS_X but not in Windows. In addition,
FileMaker
Pro supports only UTF-16 character encoding. Character data encoded using
other methods will not display the target of the URL.
Examples
The following example resets the web viewer named “Web Viewer 1” to its originally specified web
address:
Set Web Viewer [Object Name: "Web Viewer 1"; Action: Reset]
The following example displays the FileMaker, Inc. homepage in the active web viewer, or displays
an error message if the active object is not a web viewer:
If [GetLayoutObjectAttribute( Get (ActiveLayoutObjectName);
"objectType") = "web viewer"]
Set Web Viewer [Object Name: Get (ActiveLayoutObjectName);
URL: "http://www.filemaker.com"]
Else
Show Custom Dialog ["This object is not a web viewer."]
End If
The following example uses the data URL scheme to display a small icon in a web viewer named
WV2:
Set Web Viewer [Object Name: "WV2"; Action: URL "data:image/
gif;base64,R0lGODlhFwAMAKEAAL+/v///
AAAAUwAAACH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAAXAAwAAAI7hBGHapHcXJKPumizpigI+QliSH0XIjokWJ6oB
4+qt0Zmaqpjesxz7st1YD8ZEbhJajAuDgfSYTx60wIAOw=="]
Open URL
Purpose
Allows the user to open a URL.
Format
Open URL [No dialog; <URL>]