Monkeybread Software - MBS FileMaker Plugin: CURL Download PDF and add preview with DynaPDF

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CURL Download PDF and add preview with DynaPDF

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CURL Download PDF and add preview with DynaPDF.fmp12

Overview
Tables	1
Relationships	0
Layouts	1
Scripts	3
Value Lists	0
Custom Functions	0
Custom Menus	33

File Options
Default custom menu set	[Standard FileMaker Menus]
When opening file
Minimum allowed version	12.0
Login using	Account Name; Account= Admin
Allow user to save password	Off
Require iOS passcode	Off
Switch to layout	Off
Hide all toolbars	Off
Script triggers
OnFirstWindowOpen	Off
OnLastWindowClose	Off
OnWindowOpen	Off
OnWindowClose	Off
OnFileAVPlayerChange	Off
Thumbnail Settings
Generate Thumbnails	On; Temporary

Tables

Table Name	Statistics	Occurrences in Relationship Graph
CURL Test	4 fields defined, 1 record	CURL Test

Fields

Table Name: CURL Test - 4 Fields
Field Name	Type	Options	Comments	On Layouts	In Relationships	In Scripts	In Value Lists
Result	Normal, Text	Auto-Enter: Allow editing Validation: Only during data entry Storage: Repetitions: 1 Indexing: None Automatically create indexes as needed Index Language: German		CURL Test		Download Clear
Image	Normal, Binary	Auto-Enter: Allow editing Validation: Only during data entry Storage: Repetitions: 1		CURL Test		Download Clear
header	Normal, Text	Auto-Enter: Allow editing Validation: Only during data entry Storage: Repetitions: 1 Indexing: None Automatically create indexes as needed Index Language: German		CURL Test		Download Clear
debug	Normal, Text	Auto-Enter: Allow editing Validation: Only during data entry Storage: Repetitions: 1 Indexing: None Automatically create indexes as needed Index Language: German		CURL Test		Download Clear

Layout Objects: CURL Test

Regular Fields

Field Name: CURL Test::Result

Layout Name:

CURL Test

Top: 24 pt
Left: 138 pt
Bottom: 38 pt
Right: 391 pt

Anchoring: Left, Top

Field Format:

Edit Box

Field Behavior:

Allow field to be entered: In Find mode, In Browse mode
Touch keyboard type: System Default
Go to next field using: Tab key

Yes

Field Name: CURL Test::Image

Layout Name:

CURL Test

Top: 42 pt
Left: 138 pt
Bottom: 170 pt
Right: 391 pt

Anchoring: Left, Top

Field Format:

Edit Box

Field Behavior:

Allow field to be entered: In Find mode, In Browse mode
Touch keyboard type: System Default
Go to next field using: Tab key

Field Name: CURL Test::header

Layout Name:

CURL Test

Top: 174 pt
Left: 138 pt
Bottom: 470 pt
Right: 547 pt

Anchoring: Left, Top

Field Format:

Edit Box

Field Behavior:

Allow field to be entered: In Find mode, In Browse mode
Touch keyboard type: System Default
Go to next field using: Tab key

Yes

Field Name: CURL Test::debug

Layout Name:

CURL Test

Top: 24 pt
Left: 612 pt
Bottom: 344 pt
Right: 961 pt

Anchoring: Left, Top

Field Format:

Edit Box

Field Behavior:

Allow field to be entered: In Find mode, In Browse mode
Touch keyboard type: System Default
Go to next field using: Tab key

Type:

Text: Download PDF

Layout Name:

CURL Test

Additional Properties:

Change to hand cursor over button
Rectangular

Top: 24 pt
Left: 408 pt
Bottom: 49 pt
Right: 541 pt

Anchoring: Left, Top

Perform Script [ “Download” ]

Scripts:

Download

Button Properties

Coordinates

Script/Script Step

Type:

Text: Trace on

Layout Name:

CURL Test

Additional Properties:

Change to hand cursor over button
Rectangular

Top: 480 pt
Left: 12 pt
Bottom: 505 pt
Right: 145 pt

Anchoring: Left, Top

Set Variable [ $result; Value:MBS("Trace") ]

Next Script: [InitDynaPDF]

Script Name	Download
Run script with full access privileges	Off
Include In Menu	Yes
Layouts that use this script	CURL Test
Scripts that use this script
Script Definition
Script Steps	Set Variable [ $r; Value:MBS("Trace") ] #Initialize DynaPDF if needed If [ MBS("DynaPDF.IsInitialized") = 0 ] Perform Script [ “InitDynaPDF” ] End If #New download Set Variable [ $curl; Value:MBS("CURL.New") ] Set Variable [ $result; Value:MBS("CURL.SetOptionURL"; $curl; "http://www.monkeybreadsoftware.de/filemaker/files/Installation.pdf") ] Set Field [ CURL Test::Result; MBS("CURL.Perform"; $curl) ] #Get result as PDF container Set Variable [ $pdf; Value:MBS("CURL.GetResultAsPDF"; $curl) ] #For Windows add PDF preview using DynaPDF If [ (MBS("IsError") ≠ 1) ] If [ (Get ( SystemPlatform ) = -2) ] Set Variable [ $PDFWithPreview; Value:MBS("DynaPDF.GeneratePreview"; $pdf) ] If [ MBS("IsError") ≠ 1 ] #If that worked, we use the PDF with preview Set Variable [ $pdf; Value:$PDFWithPreview ] Else Show Custom Dialog [ Title: "Error"; Message: $PDFWithPReview ] End If End If Else Show Custom Dialog [ Title: "Error"; Message: $pdf ] End If Set Field [ CURL Test::Image; $pdf ] #Cleanup and show header messages Set Field [ CURL Test::header; MBS("CURL.GetHeaders"; $curl) ] Set Field [ CURL Test::debug; MBS("CURL.GetDebugMessages"; $curl) ] Set Variable [ $result; Value:MBS("CURL.Release"; $curl) ]
Fields used in this script	CURL Test::Result CURL Test::Image CURL Test::header CURL Test::debug
Scripts used in this script	InitDynaPDF
Layouts used in this script
Tables used in this script	CURL Test
Table occurrences used by this script	CURL Test
Custom Functions used by this script
Custom menu set used by this script

Previous Script: [Download]

Next Script: [Clear]

Script Name	InitDynaPDF
Run script with full access privileges	Off
Include In Menu	No
Layouts that use this script
Scripts that use this script	Download
Script Definition
Script Steps	#Locate DynaPDF library Set Variable [ $databasePath; Value:Get(FilePath) ] Set Variable [ $databasePath; Value:Substitute ( $databasePath ; "/CURL/" ; "/DynaPDF/") ] Set Variable [ $databasePath; Value:MBS("Path.FilemakerPathToNativePath"; $databasePath) ] Set Variable [ $databasePath; Value:Substitute ( $databasePath ; ".fp7" ; ".fmp12") ] Set Variable [ $databaseName; Value:Get(FileName) & ".fmp12" ] If [ Get(SystemPlatform) = -2 ] Set Variable [ $path; Value:Substitute ( $databasePath ; $databaseName ; "dynapdf.dll" ) ] Else Set Variable [ $path; Value:Substitute ( $databasePath ; $databaseName ; "dynapdf.dylib" ) ] End If #Initialize DynaPDF // Show Custom Dialog [ Title: "path"; Message: $path; Default Button: “OK”, Commit: “Yes”; Button 2: “Abbrechen”, Commit: “No” ] Set Variable [ $r; Value:MBS( "DynaPDF.Initialize"; $path) ] If [ $r ≠ "OK" ] Show Custom Dialog [ Title: "DynaPDF failed to initialize"; Message: $r; Default Button: “OK”, Commit: “No”; Button 2: “Abbrechen”, Commit: “No” ] Else Set Variable [ $$DynaPDFInited; Value:1 ] End If
Fields used in this script
Scripts used in this script
Layouts used in this script
Tables used in this script
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Custom menu set used by this script

Previous Script: [InitDynaPDF]

Script Name	Clear
Run script with full access privileges	Off
Include In Menu	Yes
Layouts that use this script
Scripts that use this script
Script Definition
Script Steps	Set Field [ CURL Test::Result; "" ] Set Field [ CURL Test::Image; "" ] Set Field [ CURL Test::header; "" ] Set Field [ CURL Test::debug; "" ]
Fields used in this script	CURL Test::Result CURL Test::Image CURL Test::header CURL Test::debug
Scripts used in this script
Layouts used in this script
Tables used in this script	CURL Test
Table occurrences used by this script	CURL Test
Custom Functions used by this script
Custom menu set used by this script

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