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MapView.CreateWithControl
Creates a new map view on the given window covering the area of the given control.
| Component | Version | macOS | Windows | Linux | Server | iOS SDK |
| MapView | 9.0 | ✅ Yes | ❌ No | ❌ No | ❌ No | ✅ Yes |
MBS( "MapView.CreateWithControl"; WindowRef; ControlName { ; DX; DY } ) More
Parameters
| Parameter | Description | Example | Flags |
|---|---|---|---|
| WindowRef | Window Reference is the unique OS level window ID. You can obtain this by using the Window.FindByTitle or Window.FindByIndex functions. Pass zero to access the frontmost window. | 0 | |
| ControlName | The name of the control on your FileMaker form. e.g. you can place a rectangle there to define the position. |
"mymedia" | |
| DX | A delta to move drop area more to left or right. | 0 | Optional |
| DY | A delta to move drop area more to top or bottom. | 0 | Optional |
Result
Returns map view reference number or error.
Description
Creates a new map view on the given window covering the area of the given control.Use MapView.Release later to destroy the image view.
If you use a register (tab controls) on the window, be aware that the image view actually is in front of the register (tab controls). So you need to check in the script which register page is current and should show what image view. Or by a trigger you turn the visibility on and off.
Image view reference numbers are starting at 78000 and counting up for each new map view.
Not supported for MacOS 32-bit.
Does not work for Web Direct.
When creating on a card window, please pass reference to parent window or just 0 for front window. On MacOS you may need to pass delta y value to adjust position.
If you create a control on a new window, you may do window update command in your script first to have FileMaker actually build the window with controls and display it. A short script pause or using FM.RunScriptLater with 0.1 delay can help having all controls draw themselves. Then you can use this command to put our control on top. We use GetLayoutObjectAttribute() to query left, top, width and height and this gives empty value if control is not yet here.
Creation fails to pick the right window in case the window is selected by name and the window name is not unique. In that case better work with window reference numbers or just pass 0 for current front window.
See also
- DragDrop.CreateWithControl
- FM.RunScript
- FM.RunScriptLater
- ImageView.CreateWithControl
- MapView.Release
- MapView.SetFrameWithControl
- Preview.CreateWithControl
- TextView.CreateWithControl
- WebView.CreateWithControl
- Window.FindByTitle
Release notes
- Version 10.3
- Rewrote control placement for MacOS and iOS controls for AVPlayer.AddView, DragDrop.CreateWithControl, ImageView.CreateWithControl, MapView.CreateWithControl, TextView.CreateWithControl, WebView.CreateWithControl.
- Version 9.5
- Changed MapView.CreateWithControl to make it a bit more tolerant in finding the area.
- Version 9.1
- Changed MapView.CreateWithControl so the map view is placed in the document view from FileMaker and scrolls with the other controls.
- Fixed problem with MapView.CreateWithControl on iOS not initializing correctly.
Example Databases
- iOS/Examples/MapKit iOS
- Mac and iOS/MapKit/MapView BeeExample
- Mac and iOS/MapKit/MapView Click Polygons
- Mac and iOS/MapKit/MapView
Blog Entries
- MBS FileMaker Advent calendar - Door 11 - Know Your Way
- MBS Plugin Advent calendar: 20 - MapView
- MBS FileMaker Plugin, version 10.3pr3
- New functions of the MBS Plugin Version 9.5
- MBS FileMaker Plugin, version 9.5pr4
- MBS FileMaker Plugin, version 9.1pr1
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Created 14th January 2019, last changed 19th April 2021
