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WebView.LoadURL
Loads the given URL into the WebViewer.
| Component | Version | macOS | Windows | Linux | Server | iOS SDK |
| WebView | 2.1 | ✅ Yes | ✅ Yes | ❌ No | ❌ No | ✅ Yes |
MBS( "WebView.LoadURL"; WebViewerRef; URL { ; cachePolicy; timeoutInterval } ) More
Parameters
| Parameter | Description | Example | Flags |
|---|---|---|---|
| WebViewerRef | Either the Web Viewer Object Name or the Web Viewer ID as returned by "WebView.FindByName" function. | "web" | |
| URL | The URL to load. | "http://www.mbsplugins.eu/" | |
| cachePolicy | The cache policy. Can be 0 for default, 1 for ignoring local cache, 2 return cache data else load, 3 to return cache data and don't load. (Mac only) | 1 | Optional |
| timeoutInterval | The timeout interval. (Mac only) | 120.0 | Optional |
Result
Returns "OK" on success.
Description
Loads the given URL into the WebViewer.In FileMaker 10 (or newer) you can only use LoadURL with a WebViewer where FileMaker loaded an URL before. This can be "about:blank".
On Mac and iOS you can specify optionally the timeout and cache policy.
Examples
Load website from cache only with 2 minutes timeout:
MBS("WebView.LoadURL"; "web"; "http://www.monkeybreadsoftware.com/"; 3; 120)
Load data URL:
MBS( "Webview.LoadURL"; "web"; "data:image/svg+xml;charset=utf-8," & MBS( "Text.EncodeURLComponent"; $svgData); "utf8"))
See also
- Text.EncodeURLComponent
- WebView.Create
- WebView.CreateWithControl
- WebView.FindByName
- WebView.GetURL
- WebView.LoadHTML
- WebView.PostURL
- WebView.PrintToFile
Example Databases
- CURL/Email/Office 365 oAuth SMTP
- WebViewer/Custom WebView
- WebViewer/WebViewer LoadURL
- WebViewer/WebViewer on Popover
Blog Entries
- SMTP with OAuth for Office 365 in FileMaker
- Transitioning scripts for WebView2
- New in the MBS FileMaker Plugin 10.1
- FileMaker and WebViewer communication
- Print WebViewer on macOS in FileMaker
- MBS Filemaker Plugin 2.7 Release notes
- MBS Filemaker Plugin, version 2.7pr7
FileMaker Magazin
This function checks for a license.
Created 18th August 2014, last changed 4th March 2023
