Screen.Width

Queries screen width.

Parameters

Parameter	Description	Example	Flags
ScreenID	The zero based index of the screen to to target.	0
Unit	Available in MBS FileMaker Plugin 15.0 or newer. Can be point or pixel or empty. Default is pixel on Windows and point on macOS/iOS.	"Point"	Optional

Description

Examples

Get the first screen's co-ordinates

MBS( "Screen.Left" ; 0 ) & "' " &
MBS( "Screen.Top" ; 0 ) & "' " &
MBS( "Screen.Width" ; 0 ) & "' " &
MBS( "Screen.Height" ; 0 )

Figure out on which screen the first window is:

Let([
    WindowCenterX = MBS( "Window.GetLeft"; 0 ) + MBS( "Window.GetWidth"; 0 );
    WindowCenterY = MBS( "Window.GetTop"; 0 ) + MBS( "Window.GetHeight"; 0 );
    $ScreenIndex = -1;

    r = While (
    [
        c = MBS( "Screen.Count" );
        i = 0
    ] ;
    i < c ;
    [
        l = MBS( "Screen.Left"; i );
        t = MBS( "Screen.Top"; i );
        w = MBS( "Screen.Width"; i );
        h = MBS( "Screen.Height"; i );
        $ScreenIndex = If(
            (l ≤ WindowCenterX) AND
            (t ≤ WindowCenterY) AND
            (WindowCenterX ≤ l + w) AND
            (WindowCenterY ≤ t + h) ; i; $ScreenIndex );
        i = i + 1 ] ; 0 )

]; $ScreenIndex)

See also

• Screen.Count
• Screen.Height
• Screen.Left
• Screen.Top
• Window.GetHeight
• Window.GetLeft
• Window.GetTop
• Window.GetWidth

Release notes

• Version 15.0
  • Added Unit parameter to Screen.Height, Screen.Left, Screen.Top and Screen.Width functions.

Example Databases

• Overlay

Blog Entries

• MBS FileMaker Plugin, version 14.6pr1
• Add a WebViewer to an Overlay window

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Created 18th August 2014, last changed 22nd November 2024

Screen.Top - Screenshot