fnGetFrontPanel

Capture the list of 'active' or 'front' panels for all tab controls and slide controls on the current layout

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D. Todd Weller - Show more from this author
Cross IT Services & Solutions, LLC
https://www.crossit.com

Sample input:

*none* ; uses the LayoutObjectNames ( ) function capture the list of objects to test

Sample output:

pnl_Address

Function definition: (Copy & paste into FileMaker's Edit Custom Function window)

// Custom function to return the list of 'active' panels for all tab controls and slide
//	controls on the current layout.
//
// Input:
//	none
//
// Output:
//	return-separated list of 'active' panels
//
// Notes: 
//	- This custom function only works for named layout objects due to the behavior of the
//		LayoutObjectNames ( ) and GetLayoutObjectAttribute ( ) functions. 
//	- When multiple panel names are returned, the order appears to be related to the "stacking"
//		order of the objects on the layout, but I haven't been able to figure out the exact
//		correlation.
//	- The custom function was designed to return the front panel(s) on the layout as a return-
//		separated list. The result would then be tested against a known object in a conditional
//		logic statement. If it's used for anything else, your mileage may vary.
//
// Author:
//	D. Todd Weller on 01/31/2022
//		todd@crossIT.com
//		https://www.crossit.com
//
// Revision Notes:
//	none

While (

[
	// Initialize the variables used during the calculation.
	objectList = LayoutObjectNames ( Get ( FileName ) ; Get ( LayoutName ) ) ;
	objectCount = ValueCount ( objectList ) ;
	index = 0 ;
	result = ""

] ;

index < objectCount ;

[
	//	Set the index value for the repeated logic.
	index = index + 1 ;

	//	Extract the object name from the list and check if it is the front panel.
	objectName = GetValue ( objectList ; index ) ;
	isFront = GetLayoutObjectAttribute ( objectName ; "isFrontPanel" ) ;

	//	Set the result, appending the object name to the result if the object is the front panel.
	result =	Case (
				isFront = 1 ; List ( result ; objectName ) ;
				result
			)

] ;

result

)

This custom function is designed to return the list of 'active' (or 'front') panels for all tab controls and slide controls on the current layout in a returned separated list. It only works for named layout objects due to the behavior of the LayoutObjectNames ( ) and GetLayoutObjectAttribute ( ) functions.

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