Monkeybread Software - MBS FileMaker Plugin: XML and JSON

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MBS FileMaker Plugin Example Databases

XML and JSON

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XML and JSON.fmp12

Overview
Tables	1
Relationships	0
Layouts	2
Scripts	3
Value Lists	1
Custom Functions	0
Custom Menus	24

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
Table	9 fields defined, 5 records	Table

Fields

Table Name: Table - 9 Fields
Field Name	Type	Options	Comments	On Layouts	In Relationships	In Scripts	In Value Lists
PrimaryKey	Normal, Text	Auto-Enter: Context table: Table Calculation: Get( UUID ) Validation: Only during data entry Not empty Unique Strict validation Storage: Repetitions: 1 Indexing: Minimal Automatically create indexes as needed Index Language: Unicode Raw	Unique identifier of each record in this table
CreationTimestamp	Normal, Timestamp	Auto-Enter: Creation timestamp Validation: Only during data entry Strict data type: 4 digit year Not empty Strict validation Storage: Repetitions: 1 Indexing: None Automatically create indexes as needed Index Language: German	Date and time each record was created
CreatedBy	Normal, Text	Auto-Enter: Creation account name Validation: Only during data entry Not empty Strict validation Storage: Repetitions: 1 Indexing: None Automatically create indexes as needed Index Language: German	Account name of the user who created each record
ModificationTimestamp	Normal, Timestamp	Auto-Enter: Modification timestamp Validation: Only during data entry Strict data type: 4 digit year Not empty Strict validation Storage: Repetitions: 1 Indexing: None Automatically create indexes as needed Index Language: German	Date and time each record was last modified
ModifiedBy	Normal, Text	Auto-Enter: Modification account name Validation: Only during data entry Not empty Strict validation Storage: Repetitions: 1 Indexing: None Automatically create indexes as needed Index Language: German	Account name of the user who last modified each record
Eingabe	Normal, Text	Auto-Enter: Allow editing Validation: Only during data entry Storage: Repetitions: 1 Indexing: None Automatically create indexes as needed Index Language: German		XML zu JSON JSON zu XML		Test JSONzuXML
Ausgabe	Normal, Text	Auto-Enter: Allow editing Validation: Only during data entry Storage: Repetitions: 1 Indexing: None Automatically create indexes as needed Index Language: German		XML zu JSON JSON zu XML		Test JSONzuXML
Auswahl	Normal, Text	Auto-Enter: Allow editing Validation: Only during data entry Storage: Repetitions: 1 Indexing: None Automatically create indexes as needed Index Language: German		XML zu JSON		Checkbox
RootNode	Normal, Text	Auto-Enter: Allow editing Validation: Only during data entry Storage: Repetitions: 1 Indexing: None Automatically create indexes as needed Index Language: German		JSON zu XML		JSONzuXML

Layout Objects: XML zu JSON

Regular Fields

Field Name: Table::Eingabe

Layout Name:

XML zu JSON

Top: 115 pt
Left: 7 pt
Bottom: 454 pt
Right: 369 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: Table::Ausgabe

Layout Name:

XML zu JSON

Top: 115 pt
Left: 380 pt
Bottom: 454 pt
Right: 742 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: Table::Auswahl

Layout Name:

XML zu JSON

Top: 166 pt
Left: 746 pt
Bottom: 313 pt
Right: 1014 pt

Anchoring: Left, Top

Field Format:

Checkbox Set
Display values from: options

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: XML -> JSON

Layout Name:

XML zu JSON

Top: 120 pt
Left: 753 pt
Bottom: 166 pt
Right: 950 pt

Anchoring: Left, Top

Perform Script [ “Test” ]

Scripts:

Test

Layout Objects: JSON zu XML

Regular Fields

Field Name: Table::Eingabe

Layout Name:

JSON zu XML

Top: 132 pt
Left: 11 pt
Bottom: 597 pt
Right: 385 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: Table::Ausgabe

Layout Name:

JSON zu XML

Top: 132 pt
Left: 400 pt
Bottom: 597 pt
Right: 774 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: Table::RootNode

Layout Name:

JSON zu XML

Top: 166 pt
Left: 785 pt
Bottom: 197 pt
Right: 981 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: JSON -> XML

Layout Name:

JSON zu XML

Top: 211 pt
Left: 785 pt
Bottom: 248 pt
Right: 965 pt

Anchoring: Left, Top

Perform Script [ “JSONzuXML” ]

Scripts:

JSONzuXML

Value Lists

Value List Name	Source	Values	On Layouts
options	Custom	ignore errors in xml, put attributs inline, true and false being boolean, make numbers as numbers, include namespaces	XML zu JSON

Script Name	Checkbox
Run script with full access privileges	Off
Include In Menu	Yes
Layouts that use this script
Scripts that use this script	Test
Script Definition
Script Steps	Set Variable [ $List; Value:Table::Auswahl ] Set Variable [ $Count; Value:ValueCount ( $List) ] Set Variable [ $Result; Value:0 ] If [ $Count > 0 ] Set Variable [ $i; Value:1 ] Loop Set Variable [ $Value; Value:GetValue ($List ; $i ) ] Set Variable [ $Res; Value:Case ( $Value ="ignore errors in xml" ; 1 ; $Value ="put attributs inline" ; 2 ; $Value ="true and false being boolean" ; 4 ; $Value ="make numbers as numbers" ; 8 ; $Value ="include namespaces" ; 16 ; 0 ) ] Set Variable [ $Result; Value:$Result + $Res ] Exit Loop If [ $i ≥ $Count ] Set Variable [ $i; Value:$i+1 ] End Loop End If Exit Script [ Result: $Result ]
Fields used in this script	Table::Auswahl
Scripts used in this script
Layouts used in this script
Tables used in this script	Table
Table occurrences used by this script	Table
Custom Functions used by this script
Custom menu set used by this script

Previous Script: [Checkbox]

Next Script: [JSONzuXML]

Script Name	Test
Run script with full access privileges	Off
Include In Menu	Yes
Layouts that use this script	XML zu JSON
Scripts that use this script
Script Definition
Script Steps	Perform Script [ “Checkbox” ] Set Variable [ $Option; Value:Get(ScriptResult) ] Set Variable [ $JSON; Value:MBS("XML.ToJSON"; Table::Eingabe; $Option) ] Set Field [ Table::Ausgabe; MBS("JSON.Colorize"; MBS("JSON.Format"; $JSON)) ]
Fields used in this script	Table::Eingabe Table::Ausgabe
Scripts used in this script	Checkbox
Layouts used in this script
Tables used in this script	Table
Table occurrences used by this script	Table
Custom Functions used by this script
Custom menu set used by this script

Previous Script: [Test]

Script Name	JSONzuXML
Run script with full access privileges	Off
Include In Menu	No
Layouts that use this script	JSON zu XML
Scripts that use this script
Script Definition
Script Steps	Set Variable [ $XML; Value:MBS( "JSON.ToXML"; Table::Eingabe; Table::RootNode ) ] Set Field [ Table::Ausgabe; MBS("XML.Colorize"; MBS("XML.Format"; $XML)) ]
Fields used in this script	Table::Eingabe Table::RootNode Table::Ausgabe
Scripts used in this script
Layouts used in this script
Tables used in this script	Table
Table occurrences used by this script	Table
Custom Functions used by this script
Custom menu set used by this script

Download example: XML and JSON

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