Monkeybread Software - MBS FileMaker Plugin: Window.PositionNextDialog

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Window.PositionNextDialog

Sets location for next dialog.

Component	Version	macOS	Windows	Server	FileMaker Cloud	FileMaker iOS SDK
Window	10.0	Yes	Yes	No	No	No

MBS( "Window.PositionNextDialog"; X; Y { ; Width; Height; Center } ) More

Parameters

Parameter Description Example value

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 Optional
The width in points to use for the dialog.
Can be empty. We check against min/max size for dialog. 500

Height Optional
The height in points to use for the dialog.
Can be empty. We check against min/max size for dialog. 400

Center Optional
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

Parameter	Description	Example value
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	Optional The width in points to use for the dialog. Can be empty. We check against min/max size for dialog.	500
Height	Optional The height in points to use for the dialog. Can be empty. We check against min/max size for dialog.	400
Center	Optional 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

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")

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Release notes

Version 10.0
- Added Window.PositionNextDialog function.

Created 27th December 2019, last changed 29th December 2019

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