Monkeybread Software - MBS FileMaker Plugin: Search Applications

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Search Applications

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Search Applications.fmp12

Overview
Tables	1
Relationships	0
Layouts	1
Scripts	5
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
Search Applications	6 fields defined, 0 record	Search Applications

Fields

Table Name: Search Applications - 6 Fields
Field Name	Type	Options	Comments	On Layouts	In Relationships	In Scripts	In Value Lists
Name	Normal, Text	Auto-Enter: Allow editing Validation: Only during data entry Storage: Repetitions: 1 Indexing: None Automatically create indexes as needed Index Language: German		Search Applications		Search Applications synchronously with Progress Dialog Search Applications synchronously Handle Result
FilePath	Normal, Text	Auto-Enter: Allow editing Validation: Only during data entry Storage: Repetitions: 1 Indexing: None Automatically create indexes as needed Index Language: German		Search Applications		Search Applications synchronously with Progress Dialog Search Applications synchronously Handle Result
Icon	Normal, Binary	Auto-Enter: Allow editing Validation: Only during data entry Storage: Repetitions: 1		Search Applications		Search Applications synchronously with Progress Dialog Search Applications synchronously Handle Result
Attributes JSON	Normal, Text	Auto-Enter: Allow editing Validation: Only during data entry Storage: Repetitions: 1 Indexing: None Automatically create indexes as needed Index Language: German		Search Applications		Search Applications synchronously with Progress Dialog Search Applications synchronously Handle Result
All Results JSON	Normal, Text	Auto-Enter: Allow editing Validation: Only during data entry Storage: Global Repetitions: 1 Index Language: German		Search Applications		Search Applications synchronously with Progress Dialog Search Applications synchronously Handle Result Clear
ResultCount	Normal, Number	Auto-Enter: Allow editing Validation: Only during data entry Storage: Global Repetitions: 1 Index Language: German		Search Applications		Search Applications synchronously with Progress Dialog Search Applications synchronously Handle Result Clear

Layout Objects: Search Applications

Regular Fields

Field Name: Search Applications::Name

Layout Name:

Search Applications

Top: 88 pt
Left: 74 pt
Bottom: 109 pt
Right: 327 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

Yes

Field Name: Search Applications::FilePath

Layout Name:

Search Applications

Top: 112 pt
Left: 74 pt
Bottom: 134 pt
Right: 502 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

Yes

Field Name: Search Applications::Icon

Layout Name:

Search Applications

Top: 88 pt
Left: 7 pt
Bottom: 145 pt
Right: 64 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

Field Name: Search Applications::Attributes JSON

Layout Name:

Search Applications

Top: 88 pt
Left: 510 pt
Bottom: 145 pt
Right: 732 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

Yes

Field Name: Search Applications::All Results JSON

Layout Name:

Search Applications

Top: 2 pt
Left: 337 pt
Bottom: 45 pt
Right: 732 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

Field Name: Search Applications::ResultCount

Layout Name:

Search Applications

Top: 10 pt
Left: 161 pt
Bottom: 31 pt
Right: 211 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

Type:

Text: Search Applications

Layout Name:

Search Applications

Top: 10 pt
Left: 9 pt
Bottom: 45 pt
Right: 149 pt

Anchoring: Left, Top

Perform Script [ “Search Applications synchronously with Progress Dialog” ]

Scripts:

Search Applications synchronously with Progress Dialog

Script Hierarchy

Search Applications synchronously with Progress Dialog

Search Applications synchronously

Search Applications asynchronously

Handle Result

Clear

Next Script: [Search Applications synchronously]

Script Name	Search Applications synchronously with Progress Dialog
Run script with full access privileges	Off
Include In Menu	Yes
Layouts that use this script	Search Applications
Scripts that use this script
Script Definition
Script Steps	Set Variable [ $r; Value:MBS( "ProgressDialog.Reset") ] Set Variable [ $r; Value:MBS( "ProgressDialog.SetTopText"; "Searching applications..." ) ] Set Variable [ $r; Value:MBS( "ProgressDialog.SetBottomText"; "..." ) ] Set Variable [ $r; Value:MBS( "ProgressDialog.SetProgress"; -1 ) ] Set Variable [ $r; Value:MBS( "ProgressDialog.SetShowButton"; 1 ) ] Set Variable [ $r; Value:MBS( "ProgressDialog.SetButtonCaption"; "Cancel" ) ] Set Variable [ $r; Value:MBS( "ProgressDialog.SetCancel"; 0 ) ] Set Variable [ $r; Value:MBS( "ProgressDialog.Show") ] Set Variable [ $query; Value:MBS( "MetaDataQuery.Create" ) ] Set Variable [ $r; Value:MBS( "MetaDataQuery.SetQueryString"; $Query; "kMDItemContentType=\"com.apple.application-bundle\"") ] Set Variable [ $r; Value:MBS( "MetaDataQuery.StartQuery"; $Query) ] #Wait for it to finish Loop Pause/Resume Script [ Duration (seconds): ,2 ] Exit Loop If [ MBS( "MetaDataQuery.IsGathering"; $Query ) = 0 ] End Loop #Stop Set Variable [ $r; Value:MBS( "MetaDataQuery.StopQuery"; $Query) ] Delete All Records [ No dialog ] #Put global result on top: Set Field [ Search Applications::All Results JSON; MBS( "MetaDataQuery.Results"; $Query ) ] Set Variable [ $Count; Value:MBS( "MetaDataQuery.ResultCount"; $Query ) ] Set Field [ Search Applications::ResultCount; $Count ] #And show records: Set Variable [ $index; Value:0 ] Loop New Record/Request Set Variable [ $path; Value:MBS( "MetaDataQuery.PathAtIndex"; $Query; $Index ) ] Set Variable [ $result; Value:MBS( "MetaDataQuery.ResultAtIndex"; $Query; $Index ) ] Set Field [ Search Applications::Name; MBS( "Files.FileDisplayName"; $Path ) ] Set Field [ Search Applications::FilePath; $path ] Set Field [ Search Applications::Attributes JSON; $result ] Set Field [ Search Applications::Icon; MBS( "Icon.GetIcon"; $Path; 128 ) ] Commit Records/Requests [ No dialog ] #next Set Variable [ $index; Value:$index + 1 ] Exit Loop If [ $index ≥ $count ] Exit Loop If [ MBS( "ProgressDialog.GetCancel" ) ] Set Variable [ $r; Value:MBS( "ProgressDialog.SetProgress"; 100 * $index / $count ) ] Set Variable [ $r; Value:MBS( "ProgressDialog.SetBottomText"; $Index & " of " & $Count ) ] End Loop Set Variable [ $r; Value:MBS( "MetaDataQuery.Close"; $Query ) ] Set Variable [ $r; Value:MBS( "ProgressDialog.Hide") ]
Fields used in this script	Search Applications::All Results JSON Search Applications::ResultCount Search Applications::Name Search Applications::FilePath Search Applications::Attributes JSON Search Applications::Icon
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Tables used in this script	Search Applications
Table occurrences used by this script	Search Applications
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Next Script: [Search Applications asynchronously]

Script Name	Search Applications synchronously
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 Variable [ $query; Value:MBS( "MetaDataQuery.Create" ) ] Set Variable [ $r; Value:MBS( "MetaDataQuery.SetQueryString"; $Query; "kMDItemContentType=\"com.apple.application-bundle\"") ] Set Variable [ $r; Value:MBS( "MetaDataQuery.StartQuery"; $Query) ] #Wait for it to finish Loop Pause/Resume Script [ Duration (seconds): ,2 ] Exit Loop If [ MBS( "MetaDataQuery.IsGathering"; $Query ) = 0 ] End Loop #Stop Set Variable [ $r; Value:MBS( "MetaDataQuery.StopQuery"; $Query) ] Delete All Records [ No dialog ] #Put global result on top: Set Field [ Search Applications::All Results JSON; MBS( "MetaDataQuery.Results"; $Query ) ] Set Variable [ $Count; Value:MBS( "MetaDataQuery.ResultCount"; $Query ) ] Set Field [ Search Applications::ResultCount; $Count ] If [ $count > 0 ] #And show records: Set Variable [ $index; Value:0 ] Loop New Record/Request Set Variable [ $path; Value:MBS( "MetaDataQuery.PathAtIndex"; $Query; $Index ) ] Set Variable [ $result; Value:MBS( "MetaDataQuery.ResultAtIndex"; $Query; $Index ) ] Set Field [ Search Applications::Name; MBS( "Files.FileDisplayName"; $Path ) ] Set Field [ Search Applications::FilePath; $path ] Set Field [ Search Applications::Attributes JSON; $result ] Set Field [ Search Applications::Icon; MBS( "Icon.GetIcon"; $Path; 128 ) ] Commit Records/Requests [ No dialog ] #next Set Variable [ $index; Value:$index + 1 ] Exit Loop If [ $index ≥ $count ] #Lets exit when we have 100 items Exit Loop If [ $index > 100 ] End Loop Set Variable [ $r; Value:MBS( "MetaDataQuery.Close"; $Query ) ] End If
Fields used in this script	Search Applications::All Results JSON Search Applications::ResultCount Search Applications::Name Search Applications::FilePath Search Applications::Attributes JSON Search Applications::Icon
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Layouts used in this script
Tables used in this script	Search Applications
Table occurrences used by this script	Search Applications
Custom Functions used by this script
Custom menu set used by this script

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Script Name	Search Applications asynchronously
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	#Start search and let the plugin call a script when we have results Set Variable [ $query; Value:MBS( "MetaDataQuery.Create" ) ] Set Variable [ $r; Value:MBS( "MetaDataQuery.SetQueryString"; $Query; "kMDItemContentType=\"com.apple.application-bundle\"") ] Set Variable [ $r; Value:MBS( "MetaDataQuery.SetScript"; $Query; Get(FileName); "Handle Result") ] Set Variable [ $r; Value:MBS( "MetaDataQuery.StartQuery"; $Query) ]
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Next Script: [Clear]

Script Name	Handle Result
Run script with full access privileges	Off
Include In Menu	No
Layouts that use this script
Scripts that use this script
Script Definition
Script Steps	#Initial gathering for search is done, so we display results: Set Variable [ $query; Value:Get(ScriptParameter) ] #Stop Set Variable [ $r; Value:MBS( "MetaDataQuery.StopQuery"; $Query) ] Delete All Records [ No dialog ] #Put global result on top: Set Field [ Search Applications::All Results JSON; MBS( "MetaDataQuery.Results"; $Query ) ] Set Variable [ $Count; Value:MBS( "MetaDataQuery.ResultCount"; $Query ) ] Set Field [ Search Applications::ResultCount; $Count ] If [ $count > 0 ] #And show records: Set Variable [ $index; Value:0 ] Loop New Record/Request Set Variable [ $path; Value:MBS( "MetaDataQuery.PathAtIndex"; $Query; $Index ) ] Set Variable [ $result; Value:MBS( "MetaDataQuery.ResultAtIndex"; $Query; $Index ) ] Set Field [ Search Applications::Name; MBS( "Files.FileDisplayName"; $Path ) ] Set Field [ Search Applications::FilePath; $path ] Set Field [ Search Applications::Attributes JSON; $result ] Set Field [ Search Applications::Icon; MBS( "Icon.GetIcon"; $Path; 128 ) ] Commit Records/Requests [ No dialog ] #next Set Variable [ $index; Value:$index + 1 ] Exit Loop If [ $index ≥ $count ] #Lets exit when we have 100 items Exit Loop If [ $index > 100 ] End Loop Set Variable [ $r; Value:MBS( "MetaDataQuery.Close"; $Query ) ] End If
Fields used in this script	Search Applications::All Results JSON Search Applications::ResultCount Search Applications::Name Search Applications::FilePath Search Applications::Attributes JSON Search Applications::Icon
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Layouts used in this script
Tables used in this script	Search Applications
Table occurrences used by this script	Search Applications
Custom Functions used by this script
Custom menu set used by this script

Previous Script: [Handle Result]

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 [ Search Applications::ResultCount; "" ] Set Field [ Search Applications::All Results JSON; "" ] Delete All Records [ No dialog ]
Fields used in this script	Search Applications::ResultCount Search Applications::All Results JSON
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Layouts used in this script
Tables used in this script	Search Applications
Table occurrences used by this script	Search Applications
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