Adding a web viewerYou can add a web viewer to display a web page on a layout. The address of the web page can be either a constant or a calculation based on data in the current record.
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4. In the Web Viewer Setup dialog box, choose one of the websites in the Choose a Website list.
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.
6. Select Allow interaction with web viewer content if you want to allow users to interact with the web page displayed in the web viewer.
7. Select Display content in Find mode if you want the web viewer to display a web page in Find mode.
8. 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.
9. 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:
10. 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.
11. Click OK.
• You can’t place a web viewer in a portal. If you place a web viewer on a portal, the web viewer appears as an object on the layout that overlaps the portal.
• You can define a web viewer as a button. Mouse clicks activate the button but don’t interact with links or other web viewer content. However, you can tab into the web viewer and interact with it using the keyboard, if Allow interaction with web viewer content is selected and the web viewer is in the tab order. For more information about buttons, see Defining a button.
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