Class ContainerField

id

parent

metadata

• get metadata(): {
      autoEnter: boolean;
      displayType: | "calendar"
      | "editText"
      | "popupList"
      | "popupMenu"
      | "checkBox"
      | "radioButtons"
      | "selectionList"
      | "secureText";
      fourDigitYear: boolean;
      global: boolean;
      maxCharacters: number;
      maxRepeat: number;
      name: string;
      notEmpty: boolean;
      numeric: boolean;
      repetitionEnd: number;
      repetitionStart: number;
      result: | "number"
      | "time"
      | "container"
      | "text"
      | "invalid"
      | "date"
      | "timeStamp";
      timeOfDay: boolean;
      type: "normal"
      | "summary"
      | "invalid"
      | "calculation";
      valueList?: string;
  } & { result: API_FIELD_RESULT }

  Returns the FileMaker metadata for this field.

  Returns {
      autoEnter: boolean;
      displayType:
          | "calendar"
          | "editText"
          | "popupList"
          | "popupMenu"
          | "checkBox"
          | "radioButtons"
          | "selectionList"
          | "secureText";
      fourDigitYear: boolean;
      global: boolean;
      maxCharacters: number;
      maxRepeat: number;
      name: string;
      notEmpty: boolean;
      numeric: boolean;
      repetitionEnd: number;
      repetitionStart: number;
      result: | "number"
      | "time"
      | "container"
      | "text"
      | "invalid"
      | "date"
      | "timeStamp";
      timeOfDay: boolean;
      type: "normal"
      | "summary"
      | "invalid"
      | "calculation";
      valueList?: string;
  } & { result: API_FIELD_RESULT }

value

• get value(): T

  Gets or sets the current field value.

  Returns T

isCalculationField

• isCalculationField(): boolean

  Returns boolean

isSummaryField

• isSummaryField(): boolean

  Returns boolean

parseRawValue

• parseRawValue(value: RawValueData): string

  Takes in data in the format that FileMaker gives us and converts it to a more JavaScript-friendly format. This method is intended to be overriden.

  Parameters

  • value: RawValueData

  Returns string

serializeRawValue

• serializeRawValue(): RawValueData

  Converts data back into a format that can be sent to FileMaker. Intended to be overriden if conversion is non-standard.

  Returns RawValueData

updateFromRawValue

• updateFromRawValue(value: RawValueData): void

  Parameters

  • value: RawValueData

  Returns void