Script Steps Reference

Miscellaneous script steps
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Description
• This script step works only for named web viewer objects.
To specify the object name, either type the name in the Object Name box or click Specify and
create a calculation.
If you choose the action Go to URL:
• You specify a web address in much the same way you do when you create a web
viewer on a layout. For more information, see Adding a web viewer and Defining a
custom web address.
• 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.
• FileMaker Pro supports only UTF-16 character encoding. Character data encoded using
other methods will not display the target of the URL.
• FileMaker WebDirect does not support the GoForward and GoBack options.
Example 1
Resets the web viewer named Product Website to its originally specified web address.
Set Web Viewer [Object Name: "Product Website"; Action: Reset]
Example 2
Displays the FileMaker, Inc. homepage in the Product Website web viewer:
Set Web Viewer [Object Name: "Product Website"; URL: "http://
www.filemaker.com"]
Example 3
Displays the URL entered in the Website field in the Product Website web viewer:
Set Web Viewer [Object Name: "Product Website"; URL: Products::Website]
Example 4
Uses the data URL scheme to display a small icon in a web viewer named WV2.
Set Web Viewer [Object Name: "WV2"; URL: "data:image/
gif;base64,R0lGODlhFwAMAKEAAL+/v///
AAAAUwAAACH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAAXAAwAAAI7hBGHapHcXJKPumizpigI+QliSH0XIjokWJ6oB
4+qt0Zmaqpjesxz7st1YD8ZEbhJajAuDgfSYTx60wIAOw=="]