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Contacts Dialogs

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Contacts Dialogs.fmp12

Overview
Tables	1
Relationships	0
Layouts	1
Scripts	7
Value Lists	0
Custom Functions	0
Custom Menus	0

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
PlaceHolder	1 field defined, 1 record	PlaceHolder

Fields

Table Name: PlaceHolder - 1 Fields

Auto-Enter:

Allow editing

Validation:

Only during data entry

Storage:

Repetitions: 1
Indexing: None
Automatically create indexes as needed
Index Language: English

PlaceHolder

Show Me
Show This
Picked

Layout Objects: PlaceHolder

Regular Fields

Field Name: PlaceHolder::ContactID

Layout Name:

PlaceHolder

Top: 175 pt
Left: 75 pt
Bottom: 196 pt
Right: 314 pt

Anchoring: Left, Top

Field Format:

Edit Box

Field Behavior:

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

Text:

Installed Plug-ins

Layout Name:

PlaceHolder

Top: 418 pt
Left: 6 pt
Bottom: 518 pt
Right: 314 pt

Anchoring: Left and Right, Top

Type:

Text: Check Status

Layout Name:

PlaceHolder

Top: 60 pt
Left: 5 pt
Bottom: 92 pt
Right: 153 pt

Anchoring: Left, Top

Perform Script [ “Check Authorization Status” ]

Scripts:

Check Authorization Status

Button Properties

Coordinates

Script/Script Step

Type:

Text: Request Authorization

Layout Name:

PlaceHolder

Top: 60 pt
Left: 166 pt
Bottom: 92 pt
Right: 314 pt

Anchoring: Left, Top

Perform Script [ “Request Authorization” ]

Scripts:

Request Authorization

Button Properties

Coordinates

Script/Script Step

Type:

Text: Show My Card

Layout Name:

PlaceHolder

Top: 129 pt
Left: 5 pt
Bottom: 161 pt
Right: 153 pt

Anchoring: Left, Top

Perform Script [ “Show Me” ]

Scripts:

Show Me

Button Properties

Coordinates

Script/Script Step

Type:

Text: Pick Contact

Layout Name:

PlaceHolder

Top: 129 pt
Left: 166 pt
Bottom: 161 pt
Right: 314 pt

Anchoring: Left, Top

Perform Script [ “Pick Contact” ]

Scripts:

Pick Contact

Button Properties

Coordinates

Script/Script Step

Type:

Text: Show this Contact

Layout Name:

PlaceHolder

Top: 210 pt
Left: 166 pt
Bottom: 242 pt
Right: 314 pt

Anchoring: Left, Top

Perform Script [ “Show This” ]

Scripts:

Show This

Button Properties

Coordinates

Script/Script Step

Type:

Text: Contacts Count

Layout Name:

PlaceHolder

Top: 210 pt
Left: 5 pt
Bottom: 242 pt
Right: 153 pt

Anchoring: Left, Top

Perform Script [ “All Contacts” ]

Scripts:

All Contacts

Script Hierarchy

Check Authorization Status

Request Authorization

Next Script: [Request Authorization]

Script Name	Check Authorization Status
Run script with full access privileges	Off
Include In Menu	No
Layouts that use this script	PlaceHolder
Scripts that use this script
Script Definition
Script Steps	#do we have permissions for contacts? Show Custom Dialog [ Title: "CNContactStore.AuthorizationStatus"; Message: MBS( "CNContactStore.AuthorizationStatus" ); Default Button: “OK”, Commit: “Yes” ]
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Previous Script: [Check Authorization Status]

Next Script: [Show Me]

Script Name	Request Authorization
Run script with full access privileges	Off
Include In Menu	No
Layouts that use this script	PlaceHolder
Scripts that use this script
Script Definition
Script Steps	#ask user for permission? Set Variable [ $r; Value:MBS( "CNContactStore.RequestAccesss" ) ] Pause/Resume Script [ Duration (seconds): 1 ] #did it work? Set Variable [ $r; Value:MBS( "CNContactStore.AuthorizationError" ) ] If [ Length($r) > 0 ] Show Custom Dialog [ Title: "Error"; Message: $r; Default Button: “OK”, Commit: “Yes”; Button 2: “Abbrechen”, Commit: “No” ] End If Set Variable [ $groups; Value:MBS( "CNContactStore.Groups" ) ] If [ Length ( $groups ) = 0 ] Show Custom Dialog [ Title: "Possible Problem"; Message: "Either you have no groups or you did not code sign the app?"; Default Button: “OK”, Commit: “Yes” ] End If
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Previous Script: [Request Authorization]

Next Script: [Show This]

Script Name	Show Me
Run script with full access privileges	Off
Include In Menu	Yes
Layouts that use this script	PlaceHolder
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Script Definition
Script Steps	#get a contact If [ MBS("IsIOS") ] Set Variable [ $ID; Value:MBS( "CNContactStore.ContactsMatchingName"; "John Appleseed" ) ] Else Set Variable [ $ID; Value:MBS( "CNContactStore.UnifiedMeContact" ) ] End If If [ MBS("IsError") ] Show Custom Dialog [ Title: "Failed to get my contact ID"; Message: $ID; Default Button: “OK”, Commit: “Yes” ] Else Set Field [ PlaceHolder::ContactID; $ID ] Set Variable [ $r; Value:MBS( "CNContact.Show"; $ID ) ] End If
Fields used in this script	PlaceHolder::ContactID
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Tables used in this script	PlaceHolder
Table occurrences used by this script	PlaceHolder
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Previous Script: [Show Me]

Next Script: [Pick Contact]

Script Name	Show This
Run script with full access privileges	Off
Include In Menu	Yes
Layouts that use this script	PlaceHolder
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Script Definition
Script Steps	#show a contact by ID (iOS only currently) Set Variable [ $r; Value:MBS( "CNContact.Show"; PlaceHolder::ContactID ) ] If [ MBS("IsError") ] Show Custom Dialog [ Title: "Failed to show contact"; Message: $r; Default Button: “OK”, Commit: “Yes” ] End If
Fields used in this script	PlaceHolder::ContactID
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Tables used in this script	PlaceHolder
Table occurrences used by this script	PlaceHolder
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Previous Script: [Show This]

Next Script: [Picked]

Script Name	Pick Contact
Run script with full access privileges	Off
Include In Menu	Yes
Layouts that use this script	PlaceHolder
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Script Definition
Script Steps	#use picker sheet/popover to selec contact Set Variable [ $r; Value:MBS( "CNContactPicker.SetTrigger"; Get(FileName); "Picked") ] Set Variable [ $r; Value:MBS( "CNContactPicker.Show") ] If [ MBS("IsError") ] Show Custom Dialog [ Title: "Failed to show picker"; Message: $r; Default Button: “OK”, Commit: “Yes” ] End If
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Previous Script: [Pick Contact]

Next Script: [All Contacts]

Script Name	Picked
Run script with full access privileges	Off
Include In Menu	No
Layouts that use this script
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Script Definition
Script Steps	#user selected something Set Field [ PlaceHolder::ContactID; MBS("CNContactPicker.Current") ]
Fields used in this script	PlaceHolder::ContactID
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Tables used in this script	PlaceHolder
Table occurrences used by this script	PlaceHolder
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Previous Script: [Picked]

Script Name	All Contacts
Run script with full access privileges	Off
Include In Menu	Yes
Layouts that use this script	PlaceHolder
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Script Definition
Script Steps	Set Variable [ $contacts; Value:MBS( "CNContactStore.Contacts") ] Show Custom Dialog [ Title: "Contacts"; Message: "You have " & ValueCount ( $contacts ) & " contacts."; Default Button: “OK”, Commit: “Yes” ]
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