Monkeybread Software - MBS FileMaker Plugin: AVPlayer.FindPlayers

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AVPlayer.FindPlayers

Finds all players in current window.

Component	Version	macOS	Windows	Linux	Server	FileMaker iOS SDK
AVPlayer	7.3	Yes	No	No	No	Yes

MBS( "AVPlayer.FindPlayers" ) More

Parameters

none

Result

Returns list of identifiers or error.

Description

Finds all players in current window.
Looks for interactive containers using AVPlayer for playback and returns new identifiers for them.
We added this function to query time of a playing interactive container on iOS.
Seems to work on Mac for FileMaker 16, too.
Looks on the current window with focus.

Examples

Query time of container playing container on iOS:

# find players
Set Variable [$list; MBS( "AVPlayer.FindPlayers" ) ]
# pick first one
Set Variable [$player; GetValue($list; 1) ]
# query time
Set Variable [$time; MBS( "AVPlayer.GetTime"; AVPlayer ) ]

Example Databases

iOS/Movie Container iOS and Mac

Blog Entries

Release notes

Version 7.3
- Added AVPlayer.FindPlayers function to access playing interactive containers on iOS.

Created 30th May 2017, last changed 28th November 2017

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