JS.SetGlobalProperty

Sets a global property.

Parameters

Parameter	Description	Example
JSRef	The JavaScript reference number.	$js
Name	The name of the variable.	"test"
Value	The JSON value.	"[1,2,3]"

Result

Returns OK or error.

Description

Examples

Get and set some properties:

Set Variable [ $js ; Value: MBS( "JS.New" ) ]
# try number
Set Variable [ $r ; Value: MBS( "JS.SetGlobalProperty"; $JS; "v1"; 123 ) ]
Set Variable [ $v1 ; Value: MBS( "JS.GetGlobalProperty"; $JS; "v1") ]
# try some JSON array
Set Variable [ $r ; Value: MBS( "JS.SetGlobalProperty"; $JS; "v2"; "[1,2,3]" ) ]
Set Variable [ $v2 ; Value: MBS( "JS.GetGlobalProperty"; $JS; "v2") ]
# try some text
Set Variable [ $r ; Value: MBS( "JS.SetGlobalProperty"; $JS; "v3"; "\"test\"" ) ]
Set Variable [ $v3 ; Value: MBS( "JS.GetGlobalProperty"; $JS; "v3") ]
# show results
Show Custom Dialog [ "Property" ; $v1 & ¶ & $v2 & ¶ & $v3 ]
Set Variable [ $r ; Value: MBS( "JS.Release"; $JS ) ]

See also

• JS.Evaluate
• JS.EvaluateToString
• JS.GetGlobalProperty
• JS.New
• JS.Release
• JS.SetGlobalPropertyValue

Release notes

• Version 11.3
  • Changed JS.CallFunction and JS.SetGlobalProperty to not return an error for invalid JSON, but just take it as text for your convenience.

Example Databases

• JavaScript/CoordinatDistance
• JavaScript/JavaScript

Blog Entries

• Custom Functions in JavaScript
• MBS FileMaker Plugin, version 11.3pr2
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• Our JavaScript engine for FileMaker

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Created 7th December 2019, last changed 29th October 2020

JS.ReleaseAll - JS.SetGlobalPropertyValue