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JS.CallFunction

Calls a global function given the name with JSON data.

Component Version macOS Windows Linux Server iOS SDK
JavaScript 10.0 ✅ Yes ✅ Yes ✅ Yes ✅ Yes ✅ Yes
MBS( "JS.CallFunction"; JSRef; Name { ; Parameters... } )   More

Parameters

Parameter Description Example Flags
JSRef The JavaScript reference number. $js
Name The name of the function. "test"
Parameters... JSON to pass as parameter. Optional

Result

Returns JSON or error.

Description

Calls a global function given the name with JSON data.
Parameters are passed to the function. Please pass as many parameters in FileMaker as needed.
If the function needs more parameter, undefined values are used to fill up.
If the function needs less parameters, additional ones are dropped.
Returns the result of the function converted to a JSON value.

This function takes variable number of parameters. Pass as much parameters as needed separated by the semicolon in FileMaker.
Please repeat Parameters parameter as often as you need.

Examples

Define a function and call it:

Set Variable [ $js ; Value: MBS( "JS.New" ) ]
Set Variable [ $r ; Value: MBS( "JS.AddFunction"; $js; "adder"; "function (x,y) { return x+y; }" ) ]
Show Custom Dialog [ "Result" ; MBS( "JS.CallFunction"; $JS; "adder"; 3; 4 ) ]
Set Variable [ $r ; Value: MBS( "JS.Release"; $JS ) ]

Concat strings:

Set Variable [ $js ; Value: MBS( "JS.New" ) ]
Set Variable [ $r ; Value: MBS( "JS.AddFunction"; $js; "Concat"; "function (x,y) { return x+\" \"+y; }" ) ]
Show Custom Dialog [ "Result" ; MBS( "JS.CallFunction"; $JS; "Concat"; "\"Hello\""; "\"World\"" ) ]
Set Variable [ $r ; Value: MBS( "JS.Release"; $JS ) ]

Call a function:

If [ Length($$js) > 0 ]
    Set Variable [ $p ; Value: MBS( "JSON.CreateString"; test::Input) ]
    Set Field [ test::Output ; MBS( "JS.CallFunction"; $$js; "crc32"; $p ) ]
End If

See also

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Created 7th December 2019, last changed 14th July 2022


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