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Window.PositionNextDialog
Sets location for next dialog.
| Component | Version | macOS | Windows | Linux | Server | iOS SDK |
| Window | 10.0 | ✅ Yes | ✅ Yes | ❌ No | ❌ No | ❌ No |
Parameters
| Parameter | Description | Example | Flags |
|---|---|---|---|
| X | The X position in points to use for the dialog. Can be empty. |
300 | |
| Y | The Y position in points to use for the dialog. Can be empty. |
200 | |
| Width | The width in points to use for the dialog. Can be empty. We check against min/max size for dialog. |
500 | Optional |
| Height | The height in points to use for the dialog. Can be empty. We check against min/max size for dialog. |
400 | Optional |
| Flags | Whether to center dialog. Pass 1 to center on screen or 0 to not center. Pass 2 to center in front of the frontmost FileMaker document window. |
1 | Optional |
Result
Returns OK or error.
Description
Sets location for next dialog.MBS Plugin watches for new windows to show and resize/move the next dialog.
The dialog may briefly show before we can move it.
There is the possibility you position a dialog outside visible screen area, so please check screen size yourself.
To clear the settings, you can call function without parameters or with empty values.
Examples
Shows dialog at specific location:
Set Variable [ $r ; Value: MBS("Window.PositionNextDialog"; 300; 300; 500; 400) ]
Show Custom Dialog [ "Test" ; "Hello World" ]
Center next dialog:
Set Variable [ $r ; Value: MBS("Window.PositionNextDialog"; ""; ""; ""; ""; 1) ]
Show Custom Dialog [ "Test" ; "Hello World" ]
Clear settings:
MBS("Window.PositionNextDialog")
Move next dialog:
Set Variable [ $x ; Value: 500 ]
Set Variable [ $y ; Value: 200 ]
Set Variable [ $r ; Value: MBS("Window.PositionNextDialog"; $x; $y; “”; “”) ]
Show Custom Dialog [ "Test" ; "Hello World" ]
Control where progress dialog will show:
# define where the progress dialog should show.
# We can leave width and height empty to not change it
# move it to bottom of screen.
Set Variable [ $r ; Value: MBS("Window.PositionNextDialog"; 10; Get(ScreenHeight) - 270; ""; "") ]
# run the request
Insert from URL [ Select ; With dialog: Off ; Target: Test::Result ; $URL ; Do not automatically encode URL ]
# clear it
Set Variable [ $r ; Value: MBS("Window.PositionNextDialog") ]
See also
Release notes
- Version 13.0
- Fixed Window.PositionNextDialog to work on Windows with the progress dialog shown by Insert From URL script step.
- Version 10.0
- Added Window.PositionNextDialog function.
Example Databases
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- Position and resize FileMaker's dialogs
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- MBS FileMaker Plugin, version 10.0pr5
- Position and resize FileMaker's dialogs
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Created 27th December 2019, last changed 16th December 2022
