MapView.ShowAddress

Shows an address.

Parameters

Parameter	Description	Example	Flags
MapView	The map view reference number.	$$MapView
Address	The address to lookup."	"New York"
addPin	Whether to add a pin. Pass 0 to just show the area or 1 to add pin and show the area.	1	Optional
Identifier	Available in MBS FileMaker Plugin 9.3 or newer. The identifier for the pin to use with script trigger.		Optional
color	Available in MBS FileMaker Plugin 9.3 or newer. The color to use. Can be a color name or hex notation like in HTML.	"#FF0000"	Optional

Result

Returns OK, identifier or error.

Description

Examples

Show pin in New York in green:

MBS("MapView.ShowAddress"; $$MapView; "New York"; 1; ""; "#00FF00")

Release notes

• Version 9.5
  • Fixed bug with MapView.ShowAddress zooming too close.
• Version 9.4
  • Changed MapView.AddPin, MapView.AddPinWithAddress or MapView.ShowAddress to return identifier for new pin.
• Version 9.3
  • Added identifier and color parameters for MapView.AddPin, MapView.AddPinWithAddress, MapView.PlanRoute and MapView.ShowAddress functions.
  • Fixed MapView.ShowAddress to correctly center on the found placemark instead of the region for that placemark.
• Version 9.1
  • Changed MapView.ShowAddress and MapView.AddPinWithAddress to return errors if address is not found.

Example Databases

• iOS/Examples/MapKit iOS
• Mac and iOS/MapKit/MapView BeeExample
• Mac and iOS/MapKit/MapView

Blog Entries

• MBS FileMaker Plugin, version 9.5pr4
• MBS FileMaker Plugin, version 9.4pr6
• MBS FileMaker Plugin, version 9.3pr4
• MBS FileMaker Plugin, version 9.3pr2
• More on MapViews in FileMaker
• MBS FileMaker Plugin, version 9.1pr2
• Apple Maps in FileMaker on iOS

This function is free to use.

Created 14th January 2019, last changed 9th September 2019

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