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Window.AddBottomOverlay

Adds a control on bottom of the window to hide FileMakers controls behind it.

Deprecated

This function was deprecated.

Parameters

Parameter	Description	Example	Flags
WindowRef	Window Reference is the unique OS level window ID. You can obtain this by using the Window.FindByTitle or Window.FindByIndex functions. Pass zero to access the frontmost window.	0	Optional
Color	The color to use. Can be a color name or hex notation like in HTML. Default is OS X window color.	"red"	Optional

Result

Returns OK or error.

Description

Examples

Add red bottom control:

MBS( "Window.AddBottomOverlay"; 0; "#FF0000" )

Add gray bottom control:

MBS( "Window.AddBottomOverlay"; 0; "#ECECEC" )

See also

• Window.FindByIndex
• Window.FindByTitle

Example Databases

• Mac only/Hide Bottom Controls

Blog Entries

• MBS FileMaker Plugin, version 10.1pr7
• [ANN] MBS FileMaker Plugin 5.3 for OS X/Windows
• MBS FileMaker Plugin, version 5.3pr1

Release notes

• Version 10.1
  • Deprecated Window.AddBottomOverlay, Window.ShowContent, Window.HideContent, Window.ShowOverlay and Window.HideOverlay. If you need those, let us know soon.

Created 11st August 2015, last changed 12nd June 2020

Window.Activate   -   Window.AsPDF

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