Two-part question: recall a zoom level and set preferences

[Rich S]

This is a two-parter since it's part of a start-up script, so hopefully both answers will be easy:

I want a script step that will set Preferences to Preference > Layout > Web palette (216 colors). As far as I can see, there's the Open Preferences script step but that's it. Is there a way to set it as listed above?

I also want the user to be able set (store) a window zoom level. Again, I can get halfway there with Set Zoom Level but I can't see a way of coding a variable to store and recall the level of magnification.

TIA for your insight(s) and help!

[Lee Smith]

Scripts do not work in Layout Mode.

Zoom level can only be set to the ones available in Manage Scripts.

[Rich S]

I guess I worded that incorrectly, Lee: I meant that if you were to go to the Preferences menu then select the Layout tab (this is new in FMP v11), you can go to Color Palette then select the Web palette.

Yes, I know I can only use the dedicated zoom levels...just wish that I could have a script to recall the level set by a variable coded to Get(WindowZoomLevel).

[Lee Smith]

Hi Richard,

I haven't purchased version 11 yet, and my trial version expired a week or so ago.

Version 11 might be the second version that I have skipped (the other was 5.5).

Anyway, someone else will have to jump in now.

Lee

[David Jondreau]

You can't do what you want with the preferences using Filemaker. Maybe with Applescript or the Windows equivalent.

You can set Zoom levels, but you'll have to hard code it with an If[]/Else If[] statement. But there's a finite (6?) set of levels so it's not that big a deal to not be able to do that "truly" dynamically.

[Rich S]

Thanks!