Monkeybread Software - MBS FileMaker Plugin: WebView.SetCustomUserAgent

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WebView.SetCustomUserAgent

Sets the custom user agent text.

Component	Version	macOS	Windows	Linux	Server	iOS SDK
WebView	2.9	✅ Yes	✅ Yes	❌ No	❌ No	❌ No

MBS( "WebView.SetCustomUserAgent"; WebViewerRef; UserAgent ) More

Parameters

Parameter Description Example

WebViewerRef Either the Web Viewer Object Name or the Web Viewer ID as returned by "WebView.FindByName" function. "web"

UserAgent The new useragent. "FileMaker Browser"

Parameter	Description	Example
WebViewerRef	Either the Web Viewer Object Name or the Web Viewer ID as returned by "WebView.FindByName" function.	"web"
UserAgent	The new useragent.	"FileMaker Browser"

Result

Returns OK or error.

Description

Sets the custom user agent text.
This user agent is reported to websites. By using a different user agent string you can tell a website that FileMaker is using Firefox, Chrome or Internet Explorer instead of Safari (WebKit).

Add iOS with version 9.3.

Implemented for Windows with Microsoft Edge/Chrome engine in MBS Plugin 11.5 when using FileMaker Pro 19.4 or newer.

Please make sure the webviewer is already there. e.g. put in "about:blank" as URL in the layout editor. Then call WebView.SetCustomUserAgent in script to set th browser, before you load the final website.

Examples

Set custom user agent to be Internet Explorer 7:

MBS( "WebView.SetCustomUserAgent"; "web"; "Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 7.0; Windows NT 6.0)" )

Set custom user agent to be Firefox 15:

MBS( "WebView.SetCustomUserAgent"; "web"; "Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10.6; rv:15.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/15.0.1" )

Set custom user agent to be Safari 13.1:

MBS( "WebView.SetCustomUserAgent"; "web"; "Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10_14_6) AppleWebKit/605.1.15 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/13.1 Safari/605.1.15" )

Set custom user agent to be Chrom 83:

MBS( "WebView.SetCustomUserAgent"; "web"; "Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10_14_6) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/83.0.4103.61 Safari/537.36" )