WindowNamesAll ( dbNames ; excludeCurrentWindow )

Returns a List of all open window for the FileMaker App calling this function

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Todd Dignan
Dignan Consulting Inc
http://dignanconsulting.com/

Sample input:

Example 1: WindowNamesAll ( DatabaseNames ; 0 )

Example 2: WindowNamesAll ( List(database1;database2) ; 0 )

Example 3: WindowNamesAll ( List(database1;database2) ; 1 )

Sample output:

Example 1:
window1
window2

Example 2:
database1
database1 - window1
database2
database1 - window2

Example 3:
database1 - window1
database1 - window2

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

/*

WindowNamesAll ( dbNames ; excludeCurrentWindow )

By: Todd Dignan
Dignan Consulting Inc.
http://dignanconsulting.com
5/12/2018

Credit Going to

Mike Wallace
Richard Calton Consulting
"For Showning Me This Non Recursive Technique"

Todd Geist
Geist Interactive
https://www.geistinteractive.com/2013/12/18/looping-through-and-filtering-lists-with-filemaker/



dbNames: Name of the Database you want to get the open windows name of.
To get all open windows opened by FileMaker use the design function "DatabaseNames"

excludeCurrentWindow: Set to 1 to exclude the window calling this custom function from the list, otherwise 0.

This function will return all the name of all open windows for each database provided.

*/

Let(
	[
			dbs = dbNames
		;	ExcldCurtWindow = excludeCurrentWindow
		;	CurtWindowName = Get(WindowName)
		;	wdnames = "WindowNames ( \""
		;	close = "\" );"
		;	 ~function = "List ( ¶" & wdnames & Substitute ( dbs ; "¶" ; close  & ¶ & wdnames ) & close  & "¶\"\")"
		;	result = Evaluate ( ~function )
	]	;

			If(
					ExcldCurtWindow=1
				;	Substitute ( result ; [CurtWindowName & "¶";""];[CurtWindowName;""] )
				;	 result
			)
	)

Returns a List of all open window for the FileMaker App calling this function

Non-Recursion

dbNames: Name of the Database you want to get the open windows name of.
To get all open windows opened by FileMaker use the design function "DatabaseNames"

excludeCurrentWindow: Set to 1 to exclude the window calling this custom function from the list, otherwise 0.

This function will return all the name of all open windows for each database provided.

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WindowNamesAll ( dbNames ; excludeCurrentWindow )

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