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WebView.SetPreferences
Sets WebView preferences parameters.
| Component | Version | macOS | Windows | Linux | Server | iOS SDK |
| WebView | 2.2 | ✅ Yes | ✅ Yes | ❌ No | ❌ No | ✅ Yes |
Parameters
| Parameter | Description | Example | Flags |
|---|---|---|---|
| WebViewerRef | Either the Web Viewer Object Name or the Web Viewer ID as returned by "WebView.FindByName" function. | "web" | |
| ParameterName | The name of the parameter. | isJavaEnabled | |
| ParameterValue | The value for the given parameter: A boolean value for allowsAnimatedImageLooping, allowsAnimatedImages, javaEnabled, javaScriptCanOpenWindowsAutomatically, javaScriptEnabled, loadsImagesAutomatically, plugInsEnabled, privateBrowsingEnabled, shouldPrintBackgrounds, tabsToLinks, userStyleSheetEnabled and usesPageCache. A number for cacheModel, defaultFixedFontSize, defaultFontSize, minimumFontSize or minimumLogicalFontSize. A string for cursiveFontFamily, defaultTextEncodingName, fantasyFontFamily, fixedFontFamily, sansSerifFontFamily, serifFontFamily or standardFontFamily. | 0 | Optional |
Result
Returns OK or an error message.
Description
Sets WebView preferences parameters.For WebKit 1.x you can pass empty WebViewerRef to access global preferences.
Available keys for WebKit 1.x (FileMaker till version 15 and WebView.Create): allowsAnimatedImageLooping, allowsAnimatedImages, cacheModel, cursiveFontFamily, defaultFixedFontSize, defaultFontSize, defaultTextEncodingName, fantasyFontFamily, fixedFontFamily, javaEnabled, javaScriptCanOpenWindowsAutomatically, javaScriptEnabled, loadsImagesAutomatically, minimumFontSize, minimumLogicalFontSize, plugInsEnabled, privateBrowsingEnabled, sansSerifFontFamily, serifFontFamily, shouldPrintBackgrounds, standardFontFamily, tabsToLinks, userStyleSheetEnabled or usesPageCache.
Available keys for WebKit 2.x (FileMaker 16): developerExtrasEnabled, logsPageMessagesToSystemConsoleEnabled, minimumFontSize, javaScriptEnabled, javaScriptCanOpenWindowsAutomatically, telephoneNumberDetectionIsEnabled, javaEnabled and plugInsEnabled.
New in version 10.2: mediaDevicesEnabled and mediaStreamEnabled to allow camera/microphone/screen access.
New in version 10.3: CrossOriginResourcePolicyEnabled and webSecurityEnabled to enable cross site scripting.
Please check WebKit documentation for details.
Implemented for Windows with Microsoft Edge/Chrome engine (WebView2) in MBS Plugin 11.5 when using FileMaker Pro 19.4 or newer.
Possible keys: IsScriptEnabled, IsWebMessageEnabled, AreDefaultScriptDialogsEnabled, IsStatusBarEnabled, AreDevToolsEnabled, AreDefaultContextMenusEnabled, AreHostObjectsAllowed, IsZoomControlEnabled, IsBuiltInErrorPageEnabled, areBrowserAcceleratorKeysEnabled, IsPinchZoomEnabled, IsPasswordAutosaveEnabled and IsGeneralAutofillEnabled.
MBS Plugin 11.5 adds fraudulentWebsiteWarningEnabled for macOS 10.15 and iOS 13.0 to set whether the warnings or fraudulent websites is enabled. The textInteractionEnabled setting in macOS 12.0 and iOS 15.0 allows to set whether text interactions are enabled.
Examples
set print background option:
MBS("WebView.SetPreferences"; $WebViewerRef; "shouldPrintBackgrounds", 1)
Disables image loading:
MBS("WebView.SetPreferences"; $WebViewerRef; "loadsImagesAutomatically", 0)
Disable Java:
MBS("WebView.SetPreferences"; $WebViewerRef; "javaEnabled"; 0)
Disable Plugins:
MBS("WebView.SetPreferences"; $WebViewerRef; "plugInsEnabled"; 0)
Set developer extras enabled state for WebViewer to show inspector:
Set Variable [$r; Value: MBS("Webview.SetPreferences"; "web"; "developerExtrasEnabled"; 1) ]
Enable file URLs:
Set Variable [$r; Value:MBS("Webview.SetPreferences"; "web"; "allowFileAccessFromFileURLs"; 1)]
Disable web security:
MBS( "WebView.SetPreferences"; "web"; "webSecurityEnabled"; 0 )
Disable cross origin resource policy enabled:
MBS( "WebView.SetPreferences"; "web"; "CrossOriginResourcePolicyEnabled"; 0)
Enable console messages to Console.app:
Set Variable [ $r ; Value: MBS( "WebView.SetPreferences"; "web"; "logsPageMessagesToSystemConsoleEnabled"; 1 ) ]
Disable JavaScript:
MBS("WebView.SetPreferences"; $WebViewerRef; "javaScriptEnabled"; 0)
See also
- WebView.Create
- WebView.FindByName
- WebView.GetPreferences
- WebView.InstallUserMediaAccess
- WebView.PrintToFile
- WebView.RenderImage
- WebView.RenderPDF
- WebView.ShowDevTools
Release notes
- Version 13.1
- Added shouldPrintBackgrounds to WebView.SetPreferences and WebView.GetPreferences for WebKit 2 to control printing of backgrounds.
- Version 11.5
- Added fraudulentWebsiteWarningEnabled and textInteractionEnabled settings for WebView.GetPreferences and WebView.SetPreferences functions.
- Version 10.3
- Added webSecurityEnabled and CrossOriginResourcePolicyEnabled keys for WebView.SetPreferences function.
- Version 10.2
- Added new preferences keys for WebView.SetPreferences: mediaDevicesEnabled and mediaStreamEnabled.
- Version 8.0
- Added allowUniversalAccessFromFileURLs parameter for WebView.SetPreferences.
Example Databases
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This function checks for a license.
Created 18th August 2014, last changed 14th July 2022
