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FILEMAKER SCRIPT STEPS REFERENCE 152

• You can send html data to a web viewer by including the data in a URL, using the

following format:

data:[<mediatype>][;base64],<data>

Where the following syntax applies:

dataurl = "data:" [ mediatype ] [ ";base64" ] "," data

mediatype = [ type "/" subtype ] *( ";" parameter )

data = *urlchar

parameter = attribute "=" value

More information about the “data URL scheme” can be found on the web.

• In FileMaker Pro 8.5, data URLs will work on Mac OS_X but not in Windows. In addition,

FileMaker

Pro supports only UTF-16 character encoding. Character data encoded using

other methods will not display the target of the URL.

Examples

The following example resets the web viewer named “Web Viewer 1” to its originally specified web

address:

Set Web Viewer [Object Name: "Web Viewer 1"; Action: Reset]

The following example displays the FileMaker, Inc. homepage in the active web viewer, or displays

an error message if the active object is not a web viewer:

If [GetLayoutObjectAttribute( Get (ActiveLayoutObjectName);

"objectType") = "web viewer"]

Set Web Viewer [Object Name: Get (ActiveLayoutObjectName);

URL: "http://www.filemaker.com"]

Else

Show Custom Dialog ["This object is not a web viewer."]

End If

The following example uses the data URL scheme to display a small icon in a web viewer named

WV2:

Set Web Viewer [Object Name: "WV2"; Action: URL "data:image/

gif;base64,R0lGODlhFwAMAKEAAL+/v///

AAAAUwAAACH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAAXAAwAAAI7hBGHapHcXJKPumizpigI+QliSH0XIjokWJ6oB

4+qt0Zmaqpjesxz7st1YD8ZEbhJajAuDgfSYTx60wIAOw=="]