Monkeybread Software - MBS FileMaker Plugin: SyntaxColoring.AutoCompleteVariables.SetEnabled

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SyntaxColoring.AutoCompleteVariables.SetEnabled

Sets whether to do auto completion for calculation dialogs.

Component	Version	macOS	Windows	Linux	Server	iOS SDK
SyntaxColoring	12.0	✅ Yes	❌ No	❌ No	❌ No	❌ No

MBS( "SyntaxColoring.AutoCompleteVariables.SetEnabled"; Value ) More

Parameters

Parameter Description Example

Value The new setting.
Pass 1 to enable or 0 to disable. 1

Parameter	Description	Example
Value	The new setting. Pass 1 to enable or 0 to disable.	1

Result

Returns OK or error.

Description

Sets whether to do auto completion for calculation dialogs.
MBS Plugin searches the script upwards for up to 500 lines (see SyntaxColoring.CheckVariableDeclaration.SetLimits) to find variable declarations.
This includes Set Variable script step, various Insert script steps and special comments with @variable, @parameter or @constant prefixes. We then assemble a list of possible variable names to present when you type a $ symbol in your calculation dialog.

Typing an underscore character seems to complete the word right away and may lead to an extra underscore character, which you need to remove manually.

For custom functions or specify output file dialog, you need to manually trigger auto complete. This seems to happen with Option-ESC shortcut on macOS Sonoma and with F5 in older versions (if dictation is off).