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Dialog.AddField

Adds a field for the dialog.

Parameters

Parameter	Description	Example	Flags
Label	The label text for the field.	"First Name:"
Text	The text for the field. This is initial text.	""	Optional
Placeholder	The placeholder text shown when no text is in the field. (not for text view)	"Put your name here"	Optional
Password	Pass 1 to hide text with • or 0 for normal text field.	0	Optional
TextViewHeight	Available in MBS FileMaker Plugin 10.0 or newer. Pass number of points in height for a textView. If value is >20, we will use a text view instead of a text fiel.d	50	Optional

Result

Returns index or error.

Description

Examples

Adds two fields:

Set Variable [$r; Value:MBS("Dialog.AddField"; "Username:"; ""; "username here")]
Set Variable [$r; Value:MBS("Dialog.AddField"; "Password:"; ""; "password here"; 1)]

See also

• Dialog.GetFieldText
• SyntaxColoring.AddContextMenuCommand

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Release notes

• Version 10.0
  • Added TextViewHeight parameter for Dialog.AddField function.
• Version 8.1
  • Changed Dialog.AddField to accept tab keys to switch between fields.

Created 13th September 2016, last changed 13th December 2019

Debugger.Window   -   Dialog.ClearFields

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