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Web Viewer Setup dialog box

Use this dialog box to specify the web address and other options for a web viewer.

1.	Choose one of the websites on the Choose a Website list.

Or, choose Custom Web Address from the list. For more information, see Defining a custom web address.

2.	For each of the website parameters you want to use, do one of the following:

 

To	Do this
Specify a field that contains the parameter	Click and choose Specify Field. Then select a database field and click OK.
Specify a calculation that generates the parameter	Click and choose Specify Calculation. Then create a calculation and click OK.
Specify a constant value	Type a constant value enclosed in quotation marks. If you want to specify a parameter that consists of both a constant and a field, specify it as a calculation.

Note  Some website parameters may be marked Required or Optional. If you do not specify a Required parameter, the website might not provide the information you expect.

3.	If you are adding or changing a web viewer in Layout mode, then continue to step 4 to choose additional options. If you are setting a URL with the Set Web Viewer script step, then click OK.

4.	Select Allow interaction with web viewer content if you want to enable the user to interact with the web page displayed in the web viewer.

Users can click links, enter text, scroll, tab into, and use the shortcut menu in the web viewer. If you clear this checkbox, all interaction is disabled; even scroll bars are not displayed.

5.	Select Display content in Find mode if you want the web viewer to display a web page in Find mode.

After the user enters a value into a field and moves out of that field, the web viewer recalculates the URL and reloads the web page, if the web address is based on this field. If you clear this checkbox, the web viewer is blank in Find mode.

6.	Select Display progress bar if you want the web viewer to display a progress bar under the content area that shows how much of a web page is loaded.

7.	Select Display status messages if you want the web viewer to display status messages under the content area. The following kinds of status messages can be displayed:

•	Loading messages, such as “Loading: http://www.filemaker.com”

•	Error messages, which are the same as those that would display on your operating system’s web browser

•	Security status. When secure web pages (pages that use the https protocol) are loaded, a small lock icon is shown

8.	Select Automatically encode URL to allow FileMaker Pro to apply encoding rules to the URL, if necessary, so that it complies with a browser’s required format. To keep the URL in the format in which it is entered, deselect this checkbox.

For more information about URL encoding, see About URL encoding in web viewers.

9.

Click OK.

Related topics 

Adding a web viewer

Working with web viewers on layouts

Set Web Viewer script step