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Window.FindByIndex

Component: Window
Mac OS X: Works
Windows: Works

MBS

Parameters

Parameter Description Example value
Index 0 based index of the current windows open in FileMaker. If no value is entered then 0 is assumed. Using 0 will give the window reference for the current window. See caution in description

Description

Returns the Window Reference for a window specified by the Index parameter. The Window Reference is a unique ID handed out by the operating system. It is used by the rest of the Window Functions. Caution: Passing 0 for Index will grab the front most window which should be your FileMaker window, but it could be any window including dialogs. This is a particular problem with the “Data Viewer” which is always in the front. Window.FindByTitle was added to version 1.1 as a more reliable way of getting the Window.Ref

Examples

Find the window ref

MBS( "Window.FindByIndex" ; 0 )

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