Developer’s Guide
Table Of Contents
- Contents
- Chapter 1 Introducing FileMaker Developer 5
- Chapter 2 Customizing your database solution
- About the custom solution examples
- Using the FileMaker Developer Tool
- Binding your databases into a runtime database solution
- Displaying databases in Kiosk mode
- Renaming your databases
- Removing design access to your databases
- Customizing the About, Help, and Scriptsmenus
- Adding the FileMakerPro extension to database filenames
- Saving your settings in the Developer Tool
- Chapter 3 Preparing files for a custom solution
- About the Relational Example
- General steps for preparing your solutionfiles
- Issues to consider before creating a runtime database solution
- Opening files in Kiosk mode
- Design tips for navigating in Kiosk mode
- Creating startup scripts
- Using button image samples
- Documenting your database solution
- Design tips for cross-platform solutions
- Creating a consistent appearance
- Simulating outline and shadow text styles
- Using common character sets
- Designing text layouts for cross-platform solutions
- Using a common color palette
- Using graphics in cross-platform solutions
- Using QuickTime movies in cross-platform solutions
- Showing the status bar in Windows
- Using separate scripts for printing
- Using the Status (CurrentPlatform) function
- Creating platform-specific scripts
- Protecting your runtime database solutionfiles
- Testing before and after creating yoursolution
- Converting and upgrading solution files
- Chapter 4 Distributing FileMakerPro runtime database solutions
- Chapter 5 Creating custom layout themes
- Chapter 6 Publishing your database on the Web
- Moving forward using open web standards
- Using the FileMakerPro Web Companion
- Displaying a custom home page
- Using a custom home page with Instant Web Publishing
- Monitoring your site
- Exporting data to a static HTML page
- Testing your site without a networkconnection
- Opening password-protected databasesremotely
- Using the Web Security Database
- Chapter 7 Using FileMakerPro XML to deliver your data
- About the XML examples
- General process for custom web publishing using XML
- Generating an XML document
- Using the FMPDSORESULT grammar
- Using the FileMakerPro Extended XMLgrammars
- About UTF-8 encoded data
- Generating FileMakerPro CGI requests for an XML document
- Using style sheets with your XMLdocument
- Comparing CSS, XSLT, and JavaScript
- Looking at the XML Inventory example
- Chapter 8 Using Java and JDBC to deliver your data
- About the JDBC examples
- About JDBC
- Using the FileMaker JDBC Driver
- SQL supported by the FileMaker JDBCDriver
- FileMakerPro support for Unicodecharacters
- About the FileMaker JDBC Driver interfaces and extensions
- Example 1: Looking at the FileMakerPro Explorer application
- Example 2: Creating the JBuilder Inventoryapplication
- Example 3: Creating the Visual Cafe Inventory application
- Using the FileMaker Java classes
- Chapter 9 Custom web publishing using CDML
- About the CDML examples
- General steps for custom web publishing using CDML
- About CDML format files
- Generating FileMakerPro CGI requests using CDML
- Using the CDML Tool and templates
- New and modified CDML tags
- About the CDML Reference database
- Creating error messages
- Using an encoding parameter with a CDML replacement tag
- Planning your web site
- Chapter 10 Writing external function plug-ins
- About the plug-in examples and templates
- Installing, enabling, and configuring FileMakerPro plug-ins
- Using external functions in a calculation
- Requirements for writing an external function plug-in
- FileMakerPro messages sent to theplugin
- Debugging your plug-in
- Avoiding potential MacOS resourceconflicts
- Providing documentation for your plug-in
- Naming and registering your plug-ins
- Appendix A Feature comparison of the runtime application and FileMakerPro
- Appendix B Valid names used in CGI requests for FileMaker XML data
- Generating a –find, –findall, or –findany request
- Generating a –view request
- Generating a –new request
- Generating an –edit request
- Generating a –delete request
- Generating a –dbnames request
- Generating a –layoutnames request
- Generating a –scriptnames request
- Generating a –dbopen request
- Generating a –dbclose request
- Specifying parameters for the request
- db (Database)
- lay (Layout)
- format (Format)
- recid (Record ID)
- modid (Modification ID)
- lop (Logical operator)
- op (Comparison operator)
- max (Maximum records)
- skip (Skip records)
- sortfield (Sort field)
- sortorder (Sort order)
- script (Script)
- script.prefind (Script before Find)
- script.presort (Script before Sort)
- styletype (Style type)
- stylehref (Style href)
- password (Database password)
- field name (Name of specific field)
- Appendix C FileMaker Pro values for error codes
- Index
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Installing, enabling, and configuring
FileMaker Pro plug-ins
Users must install external function plug-in files into the appropriate
folder and enable them in FileMaker Pro before they can use them.
Some plug-ins also require that certain configurations be made—for
example, the FileMaker Pro Web Companion plug-in provides the
Web Companion Configuration dialog box to use when the plug-in
is enabled.
For information on how to use the Web Companion plug-in’s
external functions, see “Monitoring your site” on page 6-8.
To install an external function plug-in:
1 On Windows machines, drag the plug-in file into the System folder
inside the FileMaker Pro folder.
1 On Mac OS machines, drag the plug-in file into the FileMaker
Extensions folder inside the FileMaker Pro folder.
To enable an external function plug-in:
1. In FileMaker Pro, choose Edit menu > Preferences > Application.
2. In the Application Preferences dialog box, click the Plug-ins tab.
3. Select the plug-in in the list.
A plug-in will not appear in the list if it’s not installed in the correct
folder inside the FileMaker Pro application folder.
The plug-in’s description that appears in the Application Preferences
dialog box is defined in the second required resource string. See
“Required string resources” on page 10-8.
To configure an external function plug-in:
1. Select the plug-in in the Application Preferences dialog box.
2. Click Configure.
The Configure button is only available when the plug-in is selected
and if the sixth character in the feature string is “Y.” (See “Required
feature string syntax” on page 10-8.)
3. Click OK to close the configuration dialog box.
4. Click Done to close the Application Preferences dialog box.
FMExtern.h Header file that defines API function and type
definitions.
This file is required for FileMaker Pro plug-in
projects.
FMFlags.h Contains compiler flags so that a project can be
used in both Microsoft Visual C++ and Code
Warrior Pro to produce Windows and Mac OS
versions of your plug-in.
This file is required for FileMaker Pro plug-in
projects.
Resource.h Header file for the FMExample.r and
FMExample.rc resource files.
Code Warrior Pro
example files Description
Click to insert a check mark next to the plug-in
Defined for the
plug-in in the
second required
resource string