Developer’s Guide

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3. Enter information about you, your company, and others who can
be contacted about your plug-in.
4. Enter the required information about your plug-in. The following
table describes some of the required fields:
5. Fill out the rest of the form as applicable and then click Submit
Plug-in.
You will be informed during online registration if the plug-in name
or feature string ID you requested is already assigned and you will be
asked to submit an alternate name or ID. If the name and ID are
available, your registration will be accepted and you will receive a
temporary online registration confirmation.
Currently, the registration system will only hold plug-in names and
feature string IDs for six months. After that time, the registration
system automatically deletes the names and IDs unless FileMaker,
Inc. receives your actual external function plug-in.
6. Send/upload a copy of your external function plug-in to FileMaker,
Inc. as outlined in the online registration confirmation.
FileMaker, Inc. Technical Support must have access to all registered
plug-ins. Once FileMaker, Inc. receives both your online registration
and your external function plug-in, an official confirmation will be
sent to you via email.
7. Repeat these steps to register additional plug-ins.
You must submit a separate registration form for each external
function plug-in.
Revising a registered plug-in
If you need to revise the information about an external function plug-
in that is already registered to you, you can use an online form or
send an email message to FileMaker, Inc. at
[e-mail].
To use an online form:
1. Go to the FileMaker, Inc. web site (www.filemaker.com), click the
Support tab, and click the FileMaker Pro Plug-ins link to display the
Plug-ins search page.
2. Click the Updating a registered plug-in link.
Plug-in Name Your plug-in’s name as it will appear in the
FileMaker Pro Application Preferences dialog box.
The plug-in name “Web Companion” is already
registered and any names that begin with the letters
“FM” are reserved.
Plug-in Filename The filename(s) of your plug-in for Windows and/or
Mac OS platforms. The filename “Web Companion” is
already registered and any filenames that begin with the
letters “FM” are reserved.
Feature String ID The plug-in’s feature string ID. All feature string IDs
that begin with the letter “F” are reserved. See “Feature
string syntax” on page 10-8.
Function Name
Prefix
The prefix that identifies every external function for the
plug-in. The prefix must be 4 to 5 characters long. All
three-character prefixes and any prefixes beginning
with the letters “FM” are reserved by FileMaker, Inc.
Updating a registered plug-in on the Web