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List XFA Fields

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List XFA Fields.fmp12

Overview
Tables	2
Relationships	0
Layouts	2
Scripts	3
Value Lists	0
Custom Functions	0
Custom Menus	33

File Options
Default custom menu set	[Standard FileMaker Menus]
When opening file
Minimum allowed version	12.0
Login using	Account Name; Account= Admin
Allow user to save password	Off
Require iOS passcode	Off
Switch to layout	Off
Hide all toolbars	Off
Script triggers
OnFirstWindowOpen	Off
OnLastWindowClose	Off
OnWindowOpen	Off
OnWindowClose	Off
OnFileAVPlayerChange	Off
Thumbnail Settings
Generate Thumbnails	On; Temporary

Tables

Table Name	Statistics	Occurrences in Relationship Graph
Start	2 fields defined, 1 record	Start
List	5 fields defined, 0 record	List

Fields

Table Name: Start - 2 Fields
Field Name	Type	Options	Comments	On Layouts	In Relationships	In Scripts	In Value Lists
SourcePDF	Normal, Binary	Auto-Enter: Allow editing Validation: Only during data entry Storage: Repetitions: 1		Start		List
Number Of Streams	Normal, Number	Auto-Enter: Allow editing Validation: Only during data entry Storage: Repetitions: 1 Indexing: None Automatically create indexes as needed Index Language: German		Start		List Clear

Table Name: List - 5 Fields
Field Name	Type	Options	Comments	On Layouts	In Relationships	In Scripts	In Value Lists
Page	Normal, Number	Auto-Enter: Allow editing Validation: Only during data entry Storage: Repetitions: 1 Indexing: None Automatically create indexes as needed Index Language: German		List		List
Key	Normal, Text	Auto-Enter: Allow editing Validation: Only during data entry Storage: Repetitions: 1 Indexing: None Automatically create indexes as needed Index Language: German		List		List
Value	Normal, Text	Auto-Enter: Allow editing Validation: Only during data entry Storage: Repetitions: 1 Indexing: None Automatically create indexes as needed Index Language: German		List		List
Image	Normal, Binary	Auto-Enter: Allow editing Validation: Only during data entry Storage: Repetitions: 1		List		List
XML	Normal, Text	Auto-Enter: Allow editing Validation: Only during data entry Storage: Global Repetitions: 1 Index Language: German		List		List Clear

Layout Objects: Start

Regular Fields

Field Name: Start::SourcePDF

Layout Name:

Start

Top: 42 pt
Left: 138 pt
Bottom: 167 pt
Right: 391 pt

Anchoring: Left, Top

Field Format:

Edit Box

Field Behavior:

Allow field to be entered: In Find mode, In Browse mode
Touch keyboard type: System Default
Go to next field using: Tab key

Field Name: Start::Number Of Streams

Layout Name:

Start

Top: 168 pt
Left: 138 pt
Bottom: 182 pt
Right: 217 pt

Anchoring: Left, Top

Field Format:

Edit Box

Field Behavior:

Allow field to be entered: In Find mode, In Browse mode
Touch keyboard type: System Default
Go to next field using: Tab key

Type:

Text: List XFA Form Fields

Layout Name:

Start

Additional Properties:

Change to hand cursor over button
Rectangular

Top: 42 pt
Left: 402 pt
Bottom: 67 pt
Right: 565 pt

Anchoring: Left, Top

Perform Script [ “List” ]

Scripts:

List

Layout Objects: List

Regular Fields

Field Name: List::Page

Layout Name:

List

Top: 36 pt
Left: 6 pt
Bottom: 50 pt
Right: 55 pt

Anchoring: Left, Top

Field Format:

Edit Box

Field Behavior:

Allow field to be entered: In Find mode, In Browse mode
Touch keyboard type: System Default
Go to next field using: Tab key

Yes

Field Name: List::Key

Layout Name:

List

Top: 36 pt
Left: 66 pt
Bottom: 50 pt
Right: 223 pt

Anchoring: Left, Top

Field Format:

Edit Box

Field Behavior:

Allow field to be entered: In Find mode, In Browse mode
Touch keyboard type: System Default
Go to next field using: Tab key

Yes

Field Name: List::Value

Layout Name:

List

Top: 36 pt
Left: 228 pt
Bottom: 68 pt
Right: 553 pt

Anchoring: Left, Top

Field Format:

Edit Box

Field Behavior:

Allow field to be entered: In Find mode, In Browse mode
Touch keyboard type: System Default
Go to next field using: Tab key

Yes

Field Name: List::Image

Layout Name:

List

Top: 36 pt
Left: 564 pt
Bottom: 68 pt
Right: 691 pt

Anchoring: Left, Top

Field Format:

Edit Box

Field Behavior:

Allow field to be entered: In Find mode, In Browse mode
Touch keyboard type: System Default
Go to next field using: Tab key

Field Name: List::XML

Layout Name:

List

Top: 6 pt
Left: 714 pt
Bottom: 20 pt
Right: 967 pt

Anchoring: Left, Top

Field Format:

Edit Box

Field Behavior:

Allow field to be entered: In Find mode, In Browse mode
Touch keyboard type: System Default
Go to next field using: Tab key

Next Script: [InitDynaPDF]

Script Name	List
Run script with full access privileges	Off
Include In Menu	Yes
Layouts that use this script	Start
Scripts that use this script
Script Definition
Script Steps	Set Variable [ $r; Value:MBS("Trace") ] #Initialize DynaPDF if needed If [ MBS("DynaPDF.IsInitialized") ≠ 1 ] Perform Script [ “InitDynaPDF” ] End If #Clear current PDF document Go to Layout [ “Start” (Start) ] Set Variable [ $pdf; Value:MBS("DynaPDF.New") ] #Load PDF from container Set Variable [ $r; Value:MBS("DynaPDF.OpenPDFFromContainer"; $pdf; Start::SourcePDF) ] Set Variable [ $r; Value:MBS("DynaPDF.ImportPDFFile"; $pdf) ] #Query number of streams Set Variable [ $count; Value:MBS("DynaPDF.GetXFAStreamCount"; $pdf) ] Set Field [ Start::Number Of Streams; $count ] #Put result in records Go to Layout [ “List” (List) ] Delete All Records [ No dialog ] Set Variable [ $index; Value:0 ] If [ $count > 0 ] Loop Set Variable [ $name; Value:MBS( "DynaPDF.GetXFAStream"; $PDF; $index; "Name" ) ] If [ $name = "datasets" ] Set Variable [ $xml; Value:MBS( "DynaPDF.GetXFAStream"; $PDF; $index; "Buffer" ) ] Set Field [ List::XML; $xml ] Set Variable [ $formCount; Value:MBS( "XML.Query"; $xml; "count(//subform)" ; "xfa=http://www.xfa.org/schema/xfa-data/1.0") ] If [ MBS("IsError") = 0 and $formCount > 0 ] Set Variable [ $formIndex; Value:1 ] Loop Set Variable [ $keys; Value:MBS( "XML.Query"; $xml; "count(//subform[" & $formIndex & "]/)" ; "xfa=http://www.xfa.org/schema/xfa-data/1.0") ] Set Variable [ $keycount; Value:GetAsNumber($keys) ] Set Variable [ $keyindex; Value:1 ] Loop Set Variable [ $key; Value:MBS( "XML.Query"; $xml; "name(//subform[" & $formIndex & "]/child::[" & $keyindex &"])" ; "xfa=http://www.xfa.org/schema/xfa-data/1.0"; 0) ] Set Variable [ $content; Value:MBS( "XML.Query"; $xml; "//subform[" & $formIndex & "]/child::*[" & $keyindex &"]/text()" ; "xfa=http://www.xfa.org/schema/xfa-data/1.0"; 0) ] New Record/Request Set Field [ List::Page; $formIndex ] Set Field [ List::Key; $key ] Set Field [ List::Value; $content ] If [ Left($content; 7) = "/9j/4AA" ] Set Field [ List::Image; MBS("Container.DecodeFromBase64"; "JPEG"; $content) ] Else If [ Left($content; 4) ="iVBO" ] Set Field [ List::Image; MBS("Container.DecodeFromBase64"; "PNG"; $content) ] End If Commit Records/Requests #next Set Variable [ $keyindex; Value:$keyindex + 1 ] Exit Loop If [ $keyindex > $keycount ] End Loop #next Set Variable [ $formIndex; Value:$formIndex + 1 ] Exit Loop If [ $formIndex > $formCount ] End Loop End If Exit Loop If [ 1 ] End If Set Variable [ $index; Value:$index+1 ] Exit Loop If [ $index >= $count ] End Loop End If #Cleanup Set Variable [ $r; Value:MBS("DynaPDF.Release"; $pdf) ]
Fields used in this script	Start::SourcePDF Start::Number Of Streams List::XML List::Page List::Key List::Value List::Image
Scripts used in this script	InitDynaPDF
Layouts used in this script	Start List
Tables used in this script	List Start
Table occurrences used by this script	List Start
Custom Functions used by this script
Custom menu set used by this script

Previous Script: [List]

Next Script: [Clear]

Script Name	InitDynaPDF
Run script with full access privileges	Off
Include In Menu	No
Layouts that use this script
Scripts that use this script	List
Script Definition
Script Steps	#Locate DynaPDF library #you can have libraries in container and export at runtime to folder of your choice. #Or install library somewhere and pass path. #If library is in same folder as plugin, you can only pass only file name. If [ MBS("IsServer") ] #Put the path you use for your server here: If [ Get(SystemPlatform) = -2 ] #Server on Windows Set Variable [ $path; Value:"C:\Programs\FileMaker Server\dynapdf.dll" ] Else If [ MBS("IsLinux") ] #Server on Linux for FileMaker Cloud Set Variable [ $path; Value:"/opt/FileMaker/FileMaker Server/dynapdf.linux.so" ] Else #Server on Mac Set Variable [ $path; Value: "/Library/FileMaker Server/dynapdf.dylib" ] End If Else #For desktop and our examples we look in same folder as database: Set Variable [ $databasePath; Value:Get(FilePath) ] Set Variable [ $databasePath; Value:MBS("Path.FilemakerPathToNativePath"; $databasePath) ] Set Variable [ $databasePath; Value:Substitute ( $databasePath ; ".fp7" ; ".fmp12") ] Set Variable [ $databaseName; Value:Get(FileName) & ".fmp12" ] If [ Get(SystemPlatform) = -2 ] Set Variable [ $path; Value:Substitute ( $databasePath ; $databaseName ; "dynapdf.dll" ) ] #plugin will look for dynapdf.dll and if not found also for dynapdf.dll (64-bit) and dynapdf32.dll (32-bit). Else Set Variable [ $path; Value:Substitute ( $databasePath ; $databaseName ; "dynapdf.dylib" ) ] #Mac dylib is usually 32 and 64 bit together. End If End If #You can test for free. #If you like to get a dynapdf license, please follow links on our pricing page: #https://www.monkeybreadsoftware.de/filemaker/pricing.shtml Set Variable [ $LicenseKey; Value:"" // put your key here or leave empty for demo. // Use e.g. "Lite", "Pro" or "Starter" to use demo mode for just that mode. ] Set Variable [ $r; Value:MBS( "DynaPDF.Initialize"; $path; $LicenseKey) ] If [ $r ≠ "OK" ] Show Custom Dialog [ Title: "Error"; Message: $r; Default Button: “OK”, Commit: “No”; Button 2: “Cancel”, Commit: “No” ] Halt Script End If
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Previous Script: [InitDynaPDF]

Script Name	Clear
Run script with full access privileges	Off
Include In Menu	Yes
Layouts that use this script
Scripts that use this script
Script Definition
Script Steps	Go to Layout [ “List” (List) ] Delete All Records [ No dialog ] Set Field [ List::XML; "" ] Go to Layout [ “Start” (Start) ] Set Field [ Start::Number Of Streams; "" ] Commit Records/Requests [ Skip data entry validation; No dialog ]
Fields used in this script	List::XML Start::Number Of Streams
Scripts used in this script
Layouts used in this script	List Start
Tables used in this script	List Start
Table occurrences used by this script	List Start
Custom Functions used by this script
Custom menu set used by this script

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