Get(WindowOrientation)

Returns a value representing the orientation of the window on which the script is acting.

Format 

Get ( WindowOrientation )

Parameters 

None

Data type returned 

number

Originated in version 

13.0

Description 

In FileMaker Pro and FileMaker Go only, returns:

  • -2 for landscape left

  • -1 for landscape right

  • 0 for square (FileMaker Pro and FileMaker WebDirect only)

  • 1 for portrait

  • 2 for portrait upside down

Notes 

  • The window on which the script is acting may not necessarily be the foreground window.

Example 1 

If the window that the current script is acting on is in portrait orientation, Get(WindowOrientation) returns 1.

Example 2 

A calculation field named Orientation uses Get(WindowOrientation) to return a value as listed above. Another calculation field references the Orientation field and uses the If function, which returns Portrait if the Orientation field returns a value greater than 0 and returns Landscape if the Orientation field returns a value less than 0:

If ( Orientation > 0 ; "Portrait" ; "Landscape" )

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