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Scrolling a Non-editable Text Area in FileMaker

At times we may need functionality like “scrolling” a non editable text area in FileMaker. Here is a way of doing it using a web-viewer. User can copy the content but user can’t edit the field content. Here are three solutions with various specifications and scenarios.

Example: There is a “Note” field in FileMaker which holds contents as mentioned below,

“Mindfire Solutions is an India-based offshore software development company providing customized solutions and services to its global clients. Founded in Delhi in the year 1999 by Chinmoy Panda who is also the current CEO, Mindfire Solutions is now an ISO 9001:2000 certified company and a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner as well as an Apple Premier Partner. It employs more than 700+ workers in its two engineering centres in Delhi and Bhubaneswar and caters to more than 100 clients in the US and Europe. As an expanding software and IT organization, we believe in a set of basic principles to maintain sanity during the blistering pace”

Method 1 : Non-editable field, it will work only in FMPro

Insert the below lines in your web-viewer calculation box,

“data:text/html,” & GetAsCSS ( GLB:: Note )

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