GetResultParameter ( ParameterName )

Extract a value by name from a ScriptResult

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Sample input:

GetResultParameter( "LastName" )

Sample output:

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Function definition: (Copy & paste into FileMaker's Edit Custom Function window)

Let(
   [
      ListOfParameters = "¶" & Get ( ScriptResult ) & "¶";
      linestart = Position ( ListOfParameters ; "¶" & ParameterName & "=" ; 1 ; 1 ) + 1;
      paramstart = Position ( ListOfParameters ; "=" ; linestart ; 1 ) + 1;
      paramend = Position ( ListOfParameters ; "¶" ; linestart ; 1 ) - 1;
      paremlength = paramend - paramstart + 1;
      ValueOfParameter = Middle ( ListOfParameters ; paramstart ; paremlength);
      ValueOfParameter = Trim(ValueOfParameter)
    ];

ValueOfParameter

)

This is an extremely minor variation of Daniel Kaan's excellent GetParameter custom function. Daniel's original function allows you to extract a parameter by name from a ScriptParameter. This function is exactly the same except that it works on ScriptResult instead (ScriptResult is a parameter that is specified by the ExitScript step allowing data to be passed back to the original script...essentially the reverse of a ScriptParameter).

Update 2017-Nov-20: Added & "=" to linestart parameter in order to handle parameters that may contain other parameters, e.g. "version" and "version_developer" (Thanks, Stephen).

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GetResultParameter ( ParameterName )

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