Monkeybread Software - MBS FileMaker Plugin: JSON.Colorize

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JSON.Colorize

Formats a JSON string with color.

Component	Version	macOS	Windows	Linux	Server	iOS SDK
JSON	8.2	✅ Yes	✅ Yes	✅ Yes	✅ Yes	✅ Yes

MBS( "JSON.Colorize"; json { ; DarkMode } ) More

(old name: JSON.Colourise)

Parameters

Parameter Description Example Flags

json A JSON text. {"key":"value"}

DarkMode Available in MBS FileMaker Plugin 12.1 or newer.
Whether to swap colors to use white for text color.
Pass 1 for dark mode and 0 for light mode.
Default is 0 for light mode. 0 Optional

Parameter	Description	Example	Flags
json	A JSON text.	{"key":"value"}
DarkMode	Available in MBS FileMaker Plugin 12.1 or newer. Whether to swap colors to use white for text color. Pass 1 for dark mode and 0 for light mode. Default is 0 for light mode.	0	Optional

Result

Returns formatted text or error.

Description

Formats a JSON string with color.
This colorizes an existing JSON text to show to user.
Keys get blue, text value purple, numbers and others orange and brackets black.

Text is returned only with colors. You can apply text font and font size with normal FileMaker functions.
Processing time is linear to length, so should be faster than custom functions.

Examples

Colorize a field:

Set Field [ Data::JSON ; MBS("JSON.Colorize"; Data::JSON) ]

Colorize in Auto-Enter calculation:

MBS("JSON.Colorize"; self)

// put this calculation into a field, so the field gets colorized whenever the field is changed and the record gets commited.

Release notes

Version 12.5
- Fixed JSON.Colorize to work better with color for keys in nested objects.
Version 12.3
- You can now use english spelling JSON.Colourise and XML.Colourise if you prefer to call JSON.Colorize or XML.Colorize.
Version 12.1
- Added darkMode parameter for XML.Colorize and JSON.Colorize function.
Version 11.5
- Fixed a problem in JSON.Colorize function with coloring arrays.
Version 8.2
- Added JSON.Colorize and JSON.ToHTML functions.