Developer’s Guide

Table Of Contents
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Steps for registering your external function plug-in 10-13
Revising a registered plug-in 10-14
Appendix A
Feature comparison of the runtime
application and FileMaker Pro
Application and document preferences A-1
Toolbar comparison A-2
Menu command comparison A-3
Ignored script steps A-5
Stored registry settings A-6
Appendix B
Valid names used in CGI requests for
FileMaker Pro XML data
Generating a –find, –findall, or –findany request B-1
Examples of –find, –findall, and –findany requests B-1
Generating a –view request B-2
Examples of –view requests B-2
Generating a –new request B-2
Examples of –new requests B-2
Generating an –edit request B-3
Examples of –edit requests B-3
Generating a –delete request B-3
Examples of –delete requests B-3
Generating a –dbnames request B-3
Examples of –dbnames requests B-4
Generating a –layoutnames request B-4
Examples of –layoutnames requests B-4
Generating a –scriptnames request B-4
Examples of –scriptnames requests B-4
Generating a –dbopen request B-4
Examples of –dbopen requests B-5
Generating a –dbclose request B-5
Examples of –dbclose requests B-5
Generating a -dup request B-5
Examples of -dup requests B-5
Generating an -img request B-6
Examples of -img requests B-6
Specifying parameters for the request B-6
–db (Database) B-6
–lay (Layout) B-6
–format (Format) B-6
–recid (Record ID) B-7
–modid (Modification ID) B-7
–lop (Logical operator) B-7
–op (Comparison operator) B-7
–max (Maximum records) B-8
–skip (Skip records) B-8
–sortfield (Sort field) B-8
–sortorder (Sort order) B-9
–script (Script) B-9
–script.prefind (Script before Find) B-9
–script.presort (Script before Sort) B-9
–styletype (Style type) B-9
–stylehref (Style href) B-10
–password (Database password) B-10
field name (Name of specific field) B-10
Appendix C
FileMaker Pro values for error codes C-1
Index I-1