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Preferences.List

Lists keys for preferences.

Component Version macOS Windows Linux Server iOS SDK
Preferences 12.0 ✅ Yes ✅ Yes ❌ No ✅ Yes, on macOS and Windows ✅ Yes
MBS( "Preferences.List"; Domain )   More

Parameters

Parameter Description Example
Domain The domain name for your preferences. Leave empty for default one. "de.mbsplugins.MyApp"

Result

Returns list or error.

Description

Lists keys for preferences.
Can be useful to discover what keys are available.
You may be limited by macOS/iOS on what preferences files from other applications you can inspect.

Windows version reads into Registry what we write with Preferences.SetValue.

Examples

List preferences for FileMaker on macOS:

MBS("Preferences.list";"com.filemaker.client.advanced12")

List preferences:

MBS( "Preferences.List“; "de.mbsplugins.MyApp“)

See also

Release notes

Blog Entries

This function checks for a license.

Created 10th January 2022, last changed 11st January 2022


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