Script Steps Reference

Chapter 13
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Miscellaneous script steps 129
• 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. home page 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+QliSH0XI
jokWJ6oB4+qt0Zmaqpjesxz7st1YD8ZEbhJajAuDgfSYTx60wIAOw=="]
Open URL
Format
Open URL [No dialog; <URL>]