Pass Java variables from web viewer to script

[kdefilip]

I currently have a web viewer that contains a google map.  On this map I can draw a rectangle to select an area of the map.  I collect the the latitude and longitude of the southwest corner and northeast corner into java variables.  I am able to print these java variables on the web viewer.  They look like this in the web viewer and are formatted in such a way as to be ready for a search range in FMP:

NE: 43.02144735023339...43.06470481674727
SW: -76.24412939453123...-76.07445532226564

I would like to collect each of these variables and pass them back to a FileMaker scrip which will perform a find on two fields.

Is there a way to grab these two Variables from the web viewer and pass to a FMP script for searching the data held within FMP layout

[jbante]

There are two different directions to approach this from:

1. Pulling the data from FileMaker. A script can use the GetLayoutObjectAttribute function to pull content from the web viewer, then parse your data out of the result.
2. Pushing the data from the web viewer. Your JavaScript can use an fmp URL to call a script and pass your data as parameters.

[kdefilip]

Hi

Thanks for your reply.  I'm trying the push with fmp url or protocal as I think I have seen it called.  Not having much luck, but I will keep fiddling with it and report back what I am able to accomplish or not.

Thanks again.

kd

[kdefilip]

I'm not sure that is what I am looking for.  That appears to be opening a FMP database and then looking for a specific FMP file.

<a href="FMP://$/MyFMPDB/script=isolate&$msg">Isolate</a></div>

This string gives the resulting error:

"The File 'MyFMPDB.fmp12/script=isolate&$msg.fmp12" could not be opened. Either the host is not available, or the file is not available on that host"

My intention is to pass a java variable which is generated within the webviewer back to a script within the same FMP DB.  In other words, the variable name is 'msg', but this piece of code seems to interpret the 'msg' as a FMP DB name.