# \#webviewer **URL:** https://the.fmsoup.org/tag/webviewer/249.md [Latest](https://the.fmsoup.org/latest.md) · [Categories](https://the.fmsoup.org/categories.md) · [Tags](https://the.fmsoup.org/tags.md) --- ## [Creating Custom Web Viewer Windows in FileMaker with MBS Plugin](https://the.fmsoup.org/t/creating-custom-web-viewer-windows-in-filemaker-with-mbs-plugin/5430)
**Author:** [@MonkeybreadSoftware](https://the.fmsoup.org/u/MonkeybreadSoftware)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [May 12, 2026, 6:24pm UTC](https://the.fmsoup.org/t/creating-custom-web-viewer-windows-in-filemaker-with-mbs-plugin/5430 "2026-05-12T18:24:14Z")
The MBS FileMaker Plugin expands FileMaker's capabilities significantly. One particularly powerful feature is WebView.CreateWindow, which allows you to create fully independent web viewer windows with advanced JavaScript… --- ## [WebViewer or not?](https://the.fmsoup.org/t/webviewer-or-not/4659)
**Author:** [@MonkeybreadSoftware](https://the.fmsoup.org/u/MonkeybreadSoftware)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 18, 2025, 7:56am UTC](https://the.fmsoup.org/t/webviewer-or-not/4659 "2025-02-18T07:56:40Z")
Sometimes plugin users wonder why the plugin doesn't see the WebViewer on the layout, so let's check the various cases: 1. Empty WebViewer Just put an empty web viewer on a layout. No URL. Does it exist? When you go t… --- ## [Add a WebViewer to an Overlay window](https://the.fmsoup.org/t/add-a-webviewer-to-an-overlay-window/4476)
**Author:** [@MonkeybreadSoftware](https://the.fmsoup.org/u/MonkeybreadSoftware)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [November 16, 2024, 7:55am UTC](https://the.fmsoup.org/t/add-a-webviewer-to-an-overlay-window/4476 "2024-11-16T07:55:04Z")
Earlier this year we added the Overlay functions to our MBS FileMaker Plugin. You can use them to show a graphic on screen outside or on-top of the FileMaker windows on macOS and Windows. This is great for showing splash… --- ## [FileMaker Choropleth Map Using LeafletJS In a Web Viewer](https://the.fmsoup.org/t/filemaker-choropleth-map-using-leafletjs-in-a-web-viewer/4274)
**Author:** [@greenflux](https://the.fmsoup.org/u/greenflux)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 8, 2024, 4:02pm UTC](https://the.fmsoup.org/t/filemaker-choropleth-map-using-leafletjs-in-a-web-viewer/4274 "2024-09-08T16:02:17Z")
Hello FMSoup! And welcome, to our new board members! I'm back with another crazy FileMaker Experiment: A Choropleth map, using LeafletJS in a web viewer! You can download the demo app from my GitHub repo: … --- ## [Use web viewer in FileMaker to show 3D models](https://the.fmsoup.org/t/use-web-viewer-in-filemaker-to-show-3d-models/4156)
**Author:** [@MonkeybreadSoftware](https://the.fmsoup.org/u/MonkeybreadSoftware)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 21, 2024, 7:57am UTC](https://the.fmsoup.org/t/use-web-viewer-in-filemaker-to-show-3d-models/4156 "2024-06-21T07:57:12Z")
Recently a client asked how to show 3D models in FileMaker on Windows. We looked for various solutions and on the end came to using JavaScript viewer for 3D objects: js-3d-model-viewer. To show a file, you would export … --- ## [Using PerformScript in a custom WebViewer in FileMaker](https://the.fmsoup.org/t/using-performscript-in-a-custom-webviewer-in-filemaker/3901)
**Author:** [@MonkeybreadSoftware](https://the.fmsoup.org/u/MonkeybreadSoftware)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 11, 2024, 6:19am UTC](https://the.fmsoup.org/t/using-performscript-in-a-custom-webviewer-in-filemaker/3901 "2024-01-11T06:19:16Z")
When you make a custom WebViewer with MBS FileMaker Plugin, you may miss the callbacks with FileMaker.PerformScript there. But we got a way to get them into our WebViewer, too. Let us explain: First we create a custom W… --- ## [Hang on Web Viewer Load](https://the.fmsoup.org/t/hang-on-web-viewer-load/3758)
**Author:** [@rivet](https://the.fmsoup.org/u/rivet)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [November 8, 2023, 12:13pm UTC](https://the.fmsoup.org/t/hang-on-web-viewer-load/3758 "2023-11-08T12:13:01Z")
Has anyone encountered this 'loading' dialogue box that hangs when loading a web viewer? This issue is intermittent It can happen over WAN or LAN force quit required Current specs, but issue happened back on 19.x FM… --- ## [Run JavaScript synchronously in a WebViewer](https://the.fmsoup.org/t/run-javascript-synchronously-in-a-webviewer/3276)
**Author:** [@MonkeybreadSoftware](https://the.fmsoup.org/u/MonkeybreadSoftware)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2022, 4:27pm UTC](https://the.fmsoup.org/t/run-javascript-synchronously-in-a-webviewer/3276 "2022-12-20T16:27:21Z")
Did you know, that you can run JavaScript in a WebViewer directly and get back the result right away? In FileMaker Pro, Claris Pro and your FileMaker iOS SDK based app, you can use WebView functions from MBS FileMaker P… --- ## [Turn web view into image on server](https://the.fmsoup.org/t/turn-web-view-into-image-on-server/3267)
**Author:** [@JasonMark](https://the.fmsoup.org/u/JasonMark)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [December 15, 2022, 11:26pm UTC](https://the.fmsoup.org/t/turn-web-view-into-image-on-server/3267 "2022-12-15T23:26:18Z")
The built-in Filemaker charts are super limited, so I have a number of web views on my screen, but they really slow down load time. I'd love to find a way to run a nightly script on the server which turns all my web view… --- ## [WebView2 support coming for MBS Plugin](https://the.fmsoup.org/t/webview2-support-coming-for-mbs-plugin/2447)
**Author:** [@MonkeybreadSoftware](https://the.fmsoup.org/u/MonkeybreadSoftware)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 1, 2021, 10:35am UTC](https://the.fmsoup.org/t/webview2-support-coming-for-mbs-plugin/2447 "2021-09-01T10:35:32Z")
As you may know Claris switched the engine for WebViewer on Windows. Instead of Internet Explorer they now use the WebView2 component from Microsoft for FileMaker 19.3. Sadly we didn't get our plugin to work with this Ed… --- ## [Github is a Goldmine for FileMaker Developers](https://the.fmsoup.org/t/github-is-a-goldmine-for-filemaker-developers/2446)
**Author:** [@Malcolm](https://the.fmsoup.org/u/Malcolm)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 1, 2021, 2:13am UTC](https://the.fmsoup.org/t/github-is-a-goldmine-for-filemaker-developers/2446 "2021-09-01T02:13:10Z")
Github is a online code repository. For anyone who writes code - text files full of odd symbols - git is probably an everyday thing. Git is designed to handle text files. Unfortunately for us, FileMaker databases are bin… --- ## [Development Scheduling Optimized with Web Viewer](https://the.fmsoup.org/t/development-scheduling-optimized-with-web-viewer/1972)
**Author:** [@HOnza](https://the.fmsoup.org/u/HOnza)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 27, 2021, 12:24pm UTC](https://the.fmsoup.org/t/development-scheduling-optimized-with-web-viewer/1972 "2021-03-27T12:24:19Z")
We use our own app called Collector to manage our software development projects. A few years ago my colleague Milan started feeling the need to schedule our development capacity more precisely. So we created a detailed p… --- ## [Interest in WebView2 control for FileMaker?](https://the.fmsoup.org/t/interest-in-webview2-control-for-filemaker/1421)
**Author:** [@MonkeybreadSoftware](https://the.fmsoup.org/u/MonkeybreadSoftware)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [November 2, 2020, 9:22pm UTC](https://the.fmsoup.org/t/interest-in-webview2-control-for-filemaker/1421 "2020-11-02T21:22:17Z")
Do you guys have interest in buying a plugin to get a Webview2 control in FileMaker? Using Chrome based Edge engine in FileMaker on Windows. I just made such a control for Xojo: --- ## [Running JavaScript from FileMaker (v.13-18), or from any HTTP-enabled application](https://the.fmsoup.org/t/running-javascript-from-filemaker-v-13-18-or-from-any-http-enabled-application/988)
**Author:** [@anon45965781](https://the.fmsoup.org/u/anon45965781)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [May 28, 2020, 8:26pm UTC](https://the.fmsoup.org/t/running-javascript-from-filemaker-v-13-18-or-from-any-http-enabled-application/988 "2020-05-28T20:26:18Z")
Not sure how folks would want to use JavaScript in FileMaker, but the video below shows how I implemented running ad-hoc JavaScript -- right from a FileMaker field with no web viewer requirement. And, you only need File…