Re: FileMaker Web Viewer
Re: FileMaker Web Viewer
- Subject: Re: FileMaker Web Viewer
- From: Matt Deatherage <email@hidden>
- Date: Sat, 29 Jul 2006 10:14:19 -0500
On 7/29/06 at 3:05 AM, Bruce Robertson <email@hidden> wrote:
> What is behind my request is even more esoteric. Let's say I create an
> HTML form this way. Can I parse its contents once I start filling it
> in?
The raw HTML tip is so useful that I feel compelled to respond. :-)
I don't think there's any direct or easy way to do what you want. A web
view isn't even a field in a FileMaker Pro 8.5 database - it's just a
layout object that displays a URL via Web Kit. Unless you store the
HTML yourself in a field like you hinted, there's not even anything to
manipulate.
The new GetLayoutObjectAttribute function for calculations can return
the current HTML content for a Web view object (when passed the
"content" attribute - passing "source" just gets you back the URL), but
that's about the extent of Web viewer customization that I've found.
The layout-only design is a big clue that it's designed for presentation
more than for Web applications. If you can generate the right HTML, it
will display it, but I don't think there's an *external* way to interact
with the Web view. I think the best you'll be able to do with
JavaScript is use it to affect the document (perhaps adding or changing
elements that do not display) and using GetLayoutObjectAttribute to
examine the HTML and find the results.
--Matt
--
Matt Deatherage <email@hidden>
GCSF, Incorporated <http://www.macjournals.com>
2006 will be a perfectly ordinary year - the kind that's not only divisible
by 2, but also by 17 and 59.
_______________________________________________
Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored.
Applescript-users mailing list (email@hidden)
Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription:
This email sent to email@hidden