GetObjectHeight ( ObjectName )

Returns height of a LayoutObject. Helps to calculate the height of non-field-objects like WebViewer or Object-Groups

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Wolfgang Wunderlich
DeskTop
http://www.dto.de

Sample input:

GetObjectHeigth ( "WebViewer.Maps")

Sample output:

425 - when GetLayoutObjectAttribute ("WebViewer.Maps"; "bounds") returns: 5 345 795 770 0

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

Let ( [ObjectBounds = GetLayoutObjectAttribute (ObjectName; "bounds") 
		; BottomPosition = MiddleWords ( ObjectBounds ; 4 ; 1 )
		; TopPosition= MiddleWords ( ObjectBounds ; 2; 1 )]
		; BottomPosition - TopPosition
)

/* 
2015, Wolfgang Wunderlich 
DeskTop Organisaton GmbH
GetLayoutObjectAttribute ("MyButton"; "bounds") returns: 138 24 391 38 0
Params are   1:left   2:top   3:right   4:bottom   5:?
*/

Uses the GetLayoutObjectAttribute function:

GetLayoutObjectAttribute ("WebViewer.Maps"; "bounds") returns something like: 5 345 795 770 0
Values are 1-left 2-top 3-right 4-bottom 5:?

Corresponds with the CF "GetObjectWidth"

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GetObjectHeight ( ObjectName )

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