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Dictionary.ToJSON

Returns JSON representation of dictionary for data exchange.

Parameters

Parameter	Description	Example
DictionaryRef	The reference number to the dictionary.	$dic

Result

Returns JSON or error.

Description

Examples

Test exporting dictionaries:

#
#
#Create new Dictionary
#
Set Variable [$param; Value:MBS( "Dictionary.Create" )]
#
#Fill in values
#
Set Variable [$r; Value:MBS( "Dictionary.SetValueForKey"; $param; "text"; Pass Parameters with Dictionary::TextField )]
Set Variable [$r; Value:MBS( "Dictionary.SetValueForKey"; $param; "number"; Pass Parameters with Dictionary::NumberField)]
Set Variable [$r; Value:MBS( "Dictionary.SetValueForKey"; $param; "date"; Pass Parameters with Dictionary::DateField)]
Set Variable [$r; Value:MBS( "Dictionary.SetValueForKey"; $param; "time"; Pass Parameters with Dictionary::TimeField)]
Set Variable [$r; Value:MBS( "Dictionary.SetValueForKey"; $param; "timestamp"; Pass Parameters with Dictionary::TimeStampField)]
Set Variable [$r; Value:MBS( "Dictionary.SetValueForKey"; $param; "container"; Pass Parameters with Dictionary::ContainerField)]
#
#Call save xml, json and text
#
Set Variable [$r; Value:MBS( "Text.WriteTextFile"; MBS("Dictionary.ToXML"; $param; 1); MBS( "Path.AddPathComponent"; MBS( "Folders.UserDesktop" ) ; "dictionary.xml"); "UTF8")]
Set Variable [$r; Value:MBS( "Text.WriteTextFile"; MBS("Dictionary.ToText"; $param); MBS( "Path.AddPathComponent"; MBS( "Folders.UserDesktop" ) ; "dictionary.txt"); "UTF8")]
Set Variable [$r; Value:MBS( "Text.WriteTextFile"; MBS("Dictionary.ToJSON"; $param); MBS( "Path.AddPathComponent"; MBS( "Folders.UserDesktop" ) ; "dictionary.json.txt"); "UTF8")]
#
#free memory
#
Set Variable [$r; Value:MBS("Dictionary.Release"; $param)]

See also

• Dictionary.AddSQL
• Dictionary.AddSQLRecord
• Dictionary.AddSQLRecords
• Dictionary.Create
• Dictionary.FromJSON
• Dictionary.Release
• Dictionary.SetValueForKey
• Dictionary.ToText
• Dictionary.ToXML
• Text.WriteTextFile

Release notes

• Version 12.0
  • Fixed JSON functions to return NULL for numbers with no content, e.g. empty text. This affects JSON.CreateNumber, Dictionary.ToJSON, FM.SQL.JSONColumn, FM.SQL.JSONRecord and FM.SQL.JSONRecords functions.
• Version 11.0
  • Fixed issue with FM.SQL.JSONRecord, FM.SQL.JSONRecords and Dictionary.ToJSON where long numbers where truncated to double precision.

Blog Entries

• MBS FileMaker Plugin, version 11.6pr3
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• MBS FileMaker Plugin 11.1
• MBS FileMaker Plugin, version 10.6pr3
• Data structures in FileMaker with MBS Plugins
• MBS FileMaker Plugin, version 6.1pr3

Created 25th February 2016, last changed 9th November 2021

Dictionary.SetVariables - Dictionary.ToText

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