Monkeybread Software - MBS FileMaker Plugin: MapView.AddCircle

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MapView.AddCircle

Adds a circle overlay.

Component	Version	macOS	Windows	Linux	Server	FileMaker iOS SDK
MapView	9.4	Yes	No	No	No	Yes

MBS( "MapView.AddCircle"; MapView; JSON ) More

Parameters

Parameter Description Example

MapView The map view reference number. $$MapView

JSON The JSON to describe the circle. {
"address": "Nickenich",
"radius": 500,
"title": "Monkeybread Software",
"subtitle": "MBS is here",
"color": "#FF000077"
}

Parameter	Description	Example
MapView	The map view reference number.	$$MapView
JSON	The JSON to describe the circle.	{ "address": "Nickenich", "radius": 500, "title": "Monkeybread Software", "subtitle": "MBS is here", "color": "#FF000077" }

Result

Returns identifier or error.

Description

Adds a circle overlay.
The JSON may contain the following entries:

latitude	The latitude of the coordinate.
longitude	The longitude of the coordinate.
address	The address to lookup to find latitude or longitude.
radius	The radius in meter.
title	The title for the circle.
subtitle	The subtitle for the item.
strokeColor	The stroke color as name or hex notation.
fillColor	The fill color as name or hex notation.
identifier	The identifier to use. Can be empty to get new identifier auto assigned.

You can either pass latitude and longitude together or pass the address and we lookup it to find coordinates.

Examples

Add circle for MBS with address string:

Set Variable [ $r ; Value: MBS( "MapView.AddCircle"; $$MapView; "{ \"address\": \"Nickenich\", \"radius\": 500, \"title\": \"Monkeybread Software\", \"subtitle\": \"MBS is here\", \"color\": \"#FF000077\" }") ]

Add circle for MBS with coordinates:

Set Variable [ $r ; Value: MBS( "MapView.AddCircle"; $$MapView; "{ \"longitude\": 7.329722, \"latitude\": 50.413333, \"radius\": 500, \"title\": \"Monkeybread Software\", \"subtitle\": \"MBS is here\", \"color\": \"#FF000077\" }") ]

Example Databases

Mac and iOS/MapKit/MapView BeeExample

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Release notes

Version 9.5
- Fixed MapView.AddCircle function, so MapView.Overlays reports the circles.
Version 9.4
- Added MapView.AddCircle function.

Created 7th September 2019, last changed 11st September 2019

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