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WebView.CreateWithControl
Creates a new web view inside the window with the given placeholder control.
| Component | Version | macOS | Windows | Linux | Server | iOS SDK |
| WebView | 10.3 | ✅ Yes | ✅ Yes | ❌ No | ❌ No | ✅ Yes |
MBS( "WebView.CreateWithControl"; WindowRef; ControlName { ; Version; 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" | |
| Version | The WebKit version you need. Pass 1 for WebKit 1.x or 2 for WebKit 2.x. Default is zero, which prefers WebKit 1 on MacOS. |
0 | Optional |
| DX | A delta to move view more to left or right. | 0 | Optional |
| DY | A delta to move view more to top or bottom. | 0 | Optional |
Result
Returns OK or error.
Description
Creates a new web view inside the window with the given placeholder control.If you create WebKit 1.x view, you can use all the PDF/Image rendering functions, download delegate and callback functions, which don't work in WebKit 2.x.
But if you use WebKit 2.x, you can use script message handler or user scripts, which are not supported in WebKit 1.x.
The view is released automatically when window closes.
Web viewers created via WebView.Create or WebView.CreateWithControl are independent of FileMaker, so they don't reload with a record change. They also don't print with the layout and stay if you change the layout.
Examples
Create Webviewer
#create with control on window
Set Variable [ $$web; Value:MBS("WebView.CreateWithControl"; 0; "placeholder"; 1) ]
Set Variable [ $r; Value:MBS( "WebView.LoadURL"; $$web; "https://www.monkeybreadsoftware.com/filemaker/") ]
See also
- ImageView.CreateWithControl
- MapView.CreateWithControl
- Preview.CreateWithControl
- TextView.CreateWithControl
- WebView.Create
- WebView.LoadURL
- WebView.SetFrameWithControl
- Window.FindByIndex
- Window.FindByTitle
- Window.SetCloseTrigger
Release notes
- Version 10.3
- Added WebView.CreateWithControl and WebView.SetFrameWithControl functions.
- Rewrote control placement for MacOS and iOS controls for AVPlayer.AddView, DragDrop.CreateWithControl, ImageView.CreateWithControl, MapView.CreateWithControl, TextView.CreateWithControl, WebView.CreateWithControl.
Example Databases
Blog Entries
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- What is new in the MBS FileMaker Plugin Version 10.3
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Created 9th June 2020, last changed 25th January 2024
