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WebView.SetCustomUserAgent
Sets the custom user agent text.
| Component | Version | macOS | Windows | Linux | Server | iOS SDK |
| WebView | 2.9 | ✅ Yes | ✅ Yes | ❌ No | ❌ No | ❌ No |
Parameters
| Parameter | Description | Example |
|---|---|---|
| WebViewerRef | Either the Web Viewer Object Name or the Web Viewer ID as returned by "WebView.FindByName" function. | "web" |
| UserAgent | The new useragent. | "FileMaker Browser" |
Result
Returns OK or error.
Description
Sets the custom user agent text.This user agent is reported to websites. By using a different user agent string you can tell a website that FileMaker is using Firefox, Chrome or Internet Explorer instead of Safari (WebKit).
Add iOS with version 9.3.
Implemented for Windows with Microsoft Edge/Chrome engine in MBS Plugin 11.5 when using FileMaker Pro 19.4 or newer.
Please make sure the webviewer is already there. e.g. put in "about:blank" as URL in the layout editor. Then call WebView.SetCustomUserAgent in script to set th browser, before you load the final website.
Examples
Set custom user agent to be Internet Explorer 7:
MBS( "WebView.SetCustomUserAgent"; "web"; "Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 7.0; Windows NT 6.0)" )
Set custom user agent to be Firefox 15:
MBS( "WebView.SetCustomUserAgent"; "web"; "Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10.6; rv:15.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/15.0.1" )
Set custom user agent to be Safari 13.1:
MBS( "WebView.SetCustomUserAgent"; "web"; "Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10_14_6) AppleWebKit/605.1.15 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/13.1 Safari/605.1.15" )
Set custom user agent to be Chrom 83:
MBS( "WebView.SetCustomUserAgent"; "web"; "Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10_14_6) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/83.0.4103.61 Safari/537.36" )
See also
Release notes
- Version 9.3
- Added iOS support for WebView.SetCustomUserAgent function.
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Created 18th August 2014, last changed 21st March 2023
