Monkeybread Software - MBS FileMaker Plugin: Window.PositionNextDialog

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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

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

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

Center 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

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
Center	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")

Release notes

Version 10.0
- Added Window.PositionNextDialog function.

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

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