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WindowsScript.AddCode

Adds the code to the specified script.

Component Version macOS Windows Linux Server iOS SDK
WindowsScript 1.1 ❌ No ✅ Yes ❌ No ✅ Yes, on Windows ❌ No
MBS( "WindowsScript.AddCode"; ScriptID; Code )   More

Parameters

Parameter Description Example
ScriptID The ID of a WindowsScript in memory.
Code the code to add to the script

Description

Adds the code to the specified script.
Used to build a script in memory. You can use this function more then once on the same script. If you add code that overlaps with code that is already in the script then the last one added takes precedence. For Ex. IF you add FUNCTION HelloWorld() HelloWorld = "HELLO WORLD" END FUNCTION To a VBScript that already has the function "HelloWorld()" in it, it is replaced by your new version. If the code can't be added to the script one of the following is returned - "MBS: Missing ScriptID." - "MBS: Failed to create Windows Script object." - description of exception
If you use VBScript, you don't need "dim" keyword for defining variables.

Examples

Trigger a FileMaker Script Using OS Scripting

Let(
[
// --- the name of the script to run ------------------

ScriptName = "Triggered Script";
FileName = Get(FileName);

//------------------------------------------------------------

//--- don't need to edit anything below this line --------


Applescript = "do script " & Quote(ScriptName);

VBScriptText =
"FUNCTION DoFMSCript(FileName, ScriptName)" & "¶" &

"Set fmApp = CreateObject(\"FMPro.Application\")" & "¶" &
"fmApp.Visible = True" & "¶" &
"Set fmDocs = fmApp.Documents" & "¶" &
"For Each fmDoc In fmDocs" & "¶" &
"If InStr(LCase(fmDoc.fullname), LCase(FileName)) > 0 Then" & "¶" &
" fmDoc.dofmscript (ScriptName)" & "¶" &
"End If" & "¶" &
"Next" & "¶" &

"END FUNCTION";

ScriptID = MBS("WindowsScript.Create");
lang= MBS("WindowsScript.SetLanguage"; ScriptID; "VBScript");
addcode = MBS("WindowsScript.AddCode"; ScriptID; VBScriptText)

];
Case(
Get ( SystemPlatform ) = 1;

// Mac OSX Case
MBS(
"AppleScript.Run";
Applescript
);

// Windows Case
MBS("WindowsScript.ExecuteFunction";ScriptID; "DoFMScript";FileName; ScriptName) &
MBS("WindowsScript.Close"; ScriptID)

)
)

Trigger A FileMaker Script (Custom Function)

MBS_TriggerScript ( "Triggered Script" ; Get ( FileName ) )


Custom Function Definition
/*###############################################

MBS_TriggerScript
created 10/26/06, by Todd Geist, todd@geistinteractive.com

Parameters: theScriptName, theFileName

Dependancies: MBS FileMaker Plug-in.

Notes: Uses VBScript and Applescript to run a script

################################################*/
Let(
[

Applescript = "do script " & Quote(theScriptName);

VBScriptText =
"FUNCTION DoFMSCript(FileName, ScriptName)" & "¶" &

"Set fmApp = CreateObject(\"FMPro.Application\")" & "¶" &
"fmApp.Visible = True" & "¶" &
"Set fmDocs = fmApp.Documents" & "¶" &
"For Each fmDoc In fmDocs" & "¶" &
"If InStr(LCase(fmDoc.fullname), LCase(FileName)) > 0 Then" & "¶" &
" fmDoc.dofmscript (ScriptName)" & "¶" &
"End If" & "¶" &
"Next" & "¶" &

"END FUNCTION";

ScriptID = MBS("WindowsScript.Create");
lang= MBS("WindowsScript.SetLanguage"; ScriptID; "VBScript");
addcode = MBS("WindowsScript.AddCode"; ScriptID; VBScriptText)

];
Case(
Get ( SystemPlatform ) = 1;

// Mac OSX Case
MBS(
"AppleScript.Run";
Applescript
);

// Windows Case
MBS("WindowsScript.ExecuteFunction";ScriptID; "DoFMScript";theFileName; theScriptName) &
MBS("WindowsScript.Close"; ScriptID)

)
)

Use JScript to Get System Date

Let(
[
JScriptText = "function TestDate(){var d =new Date();
return d.toGMTString();}";
scriptID = MBS("WindowsScript.Create");
SetLang = MBS("WindowsScript.SetLanguage";1;"JScript");
addcode = MBS("WindowsScript.AddCode";1;JScriptText);
theDate = MBS("WindowsScript.ExecuteFunction";1;"TestDate");
closeScript = MBS("WindowsScript.Close";1)

];

theDate

)

See also

Example Databases

This function is free to use.

Created 18th August 2014, last changed 18th August 2014


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