The Simple Controls comprise Button(), PopupMenu(), PopupMenuField(), LiveField() and Slider().
Button
The Button BlackBox function creates an OS-native button that runs a script when clicked, just like a standard FileMaker button. The difference is that the button is rendered in the OS’s native style, so on the Mac you get a Mac OS button:
and on Windows you get a Windows style button:
No graphics or conditional formatting are needed to create buttons in these respective styles.
The other big advantage is that you can Disable or Hide the button by calculation: again, no conditional formatting is needed. When the button is disabled, it grays out properly, and cannot be clicked. Likewise, when it is hidden, it is truly hidden.
Button( "buttonText" ; "script" {; scriptParameter ; status ; bgColor })
Parameters:
| 1 | buttonText | Text to display on the button |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | script | Script to be run on button-click if the button status is enabled. No script will run if the button is hidden or disabled. |
| 3 | scriptParameter (opt) |
Any parameters associated with the button. |
| 4 | status (opt) |
Text or name of a field containing “enabled” (the default), “disabled”, or “hidden”, or a calculation which returns one of those 3 values. e.g. If ( Home::In Action_EmailAddress = "" or PatternCount (Home::In Action_EmailAddress;"@") < 1 ; "disabled" ;"enabled") |
| 5 | bgColor (opt) |
Default is white, but you can specify the color: see “Background Color” in the “Basics” section. |
Example:
Result:
The left screenshot shows the button when the status is enabled; the right one shows the button when the status is disabled.
