Monkeybread Software - MBS FileMaker Plugin: SharingService.ServicesForItems

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SharingService.ServicesForItems

Queries available services for some items.

Component	Version	macOS	Windows	Linux	Server	FileMaker iOS SDK
SharingService	10.3	Yes	No	No	No	No

MBS( "SharingService.ServicesForItems"; Flags; Item ) More

Parameters

Parameter Description Example

Flags Various flags.
Pass 1 to include images for the sharing as base64 encoded PNGs, which you can show in the GUI. 0

Item Pass one parameter for each item.
An item may be a container with an image, a list of URLs, a list of native file paths or styled text. "Hello World"

Parameter	Description	Example
Flags	Various flags. Pass 1 to include images for the sharing as base64 encoded PNGs, which you can show in the GUI.	0
Item	Pass one parameter for each item. An item may be a container with an image, a list of URLs, a list of native file paths or styled text.	"Hello World"

Result

Returns OK or error.

Description

Queries available services for some items.
Pass as many parameters as needed to include all URLs, native file paths, styled text or container values with images to the function as needed.

Examples

Fill field with list of services available for items:

Set Variable [ $json ; Value: MBS("SharingService.ServicesForItems";
0; // flags, no images
// pass as many parameter with items. Empty ones will be ignore.
Sharing Services::URLs;
Sharing Services::Text;
Sharing Services::Image;
Sharing Services::File Paths) ]

If [ MBS("IsError") = 0 ]
Set Variable [ $json ; Value: MBS("JSON.Colorize"; $json) ]
End If
Set Field [ Sharing Services::ServiceNames ; $json ]

Query services for text:

MBS( "SharingService.ServicesForItems"; 0; "Hello World" )

Example result:
[
{
"menuItemTitle" : "Mail",
"title" : "Mail",
"name" : "com.apple.share.Mail.compose"
},
{
"menuItemTitle" : "Messages",
"title" : "Messages",
"name" : "com.apple.messages.ShareExtension"
},
{
"menuItemTitle" : "Notes",
"title" : "Notes",
"name" : "com.apple.Notes.SharingExtension"
},
{
"menuItemTitle" : "Reminders",
"title" : "Reminders",
"name" : "com.apple.reminders.sharingextension"
}
]

Example Databases

Mac only/Sharing Services

Blog Entries

Using Sharing Services in MacOS with FileMaker

Created 27th June 2020, last changed 27th June 2020

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