JS.EvaluateToString

Evaluates a JavaScript expression.

Parameters

Parameter	Description	Example
JSRef	The JavaScript reference number.	$js
JavaScript	A JavaScript expression.	"1+2"

Result

Returns text or error.

Description

Examples

Evaluate some text:

Set Variable [ $js ; Value: MBS( "JS.New" ) ]
Set Variable [ $r ; Value: MBS( "JS.EvaluateToString"; $js; "e = \"test\"; e + String.fromCharCode(33)") ]
Show Custom Dialog [ "Result" ; $r ]
Set Variable [ $r ; Value: MBS( "JS.Release"; $JS ) ]

Defines and runs a function in JavaScript:

Let([
f = "
function makeCRCTable(){
        var c;
        var crcTable = [];
        for(var n =0; n < 256; n++){
                c = n;
                for(var k =0; k < 8; k++){
                        c = ((c&1) ? (0xEDB88320 ^ (c >>> 1)) : (c >>> 1));
                }
                crcTable[n] = c;
        }
        return crcTable;
}

function crc32(str) {
        var crcTable = crcTable || (crcTable = makeCRCTable());
        var crc = 0 ^ (-1);

        for (var i = 0; i < str.length; i++ ) {
                crc = (crc >>> 8) ^ crcTable[(crc ^ str.charCodeAt(i)) & 0xFF];
        }

        return (crc ^ (-1)) >>> 0;
};

crc32(InputValue);";
j = MBS( "JS.New" );
r = MBS( "JS.SetGlobalPropertyValue"; j; "InputValue"; "Hello World" );
r = MBS( "JS.EvaluateToString"; j; f );
x = MBS( "JS.Release"; j )
];r)

See also

• JavaScript.EvaluateScript
• JS.Evaluate
• JS.New
• JS.Release
• JS.SetGlobalProperty
• JS.SetGlobalPropertyValue

Example Databases

• JavaScript/CoordinatDistance
• JavaScript/JavaScript libPhoneNumber
• JavaScript/JavaScript SunCalc
• JavaScript/JavaScript
• JavaScript/RichTextToJSON

Blog Entries

• FileMaker and JavaScript - the perfect combination
• Our JavaScript engine for FileMaker

This function checks for a license.

Created 7th December 2019, last changed 8th July 2021

JS.Evaluate - JS.GetGlobalProperty