Developer’s Guide
Table Of Contents
- Chapter 1 Getting started
- Chapter 2 Using FileMaker Developer features
- Chapter 3 Using the Developer Utilities
- Overview of preparing your solution files
- Modifying database solution files
- Considerations for a runtime database solution
- Binding databases into runtime database solutions
- Saving and reusing Developer Utilities settings
- Converting and upgrading solution files
- Removing full access privileges from databases
- Chapter 4 Distributing runtime database solutions
- Chapter 5 Customizing database solutions
- Chapter 6 Creating custom layout themes
- Chapter 7 Developing third-party FileMaker plug-ins
- About external functions
- About the example plug-in
- Installing, enabling, and configuring the example plug-in
- Description of the FMExample plug-in’s external functions
- Using the example plug-in
- Customizing the plug-in example
- Requirements for writing external function plug-ins
- FileMaker messages sent to the plug-in
- Avoiding potential Mac OS X resource conflicts
- Providing documentation for your plug-in
- Registering your plug-in
- Appendix A Feature comparison of the runtime application with FileMaker Pro
- Index
54 FileMaker Developer’s Guide
FONT The name of the font. More than
one font name can be specified,
separated by commas. The first font
available on a user’s computer will
be used in the layout.
Note Font values are case sensitive
and must be entered in title case
with initial capitals.
FONT = “Times New
Roman”
FONT = “Geneva”
FONT = “New York,
Times, Helvetica, Arial”
Or any other available
font (In
FileMaker Developer,
choose Format menu >
Font to see the available
fonts.)
HINT The name of the platform that the
theme name is edited on and the
character set. This attribute ensures
that any upper-ASCII characters
present in the THEMENAME value
(for example, an accent over a letter
in the theme’s name) will appear in
FileMaker Developer on both
Windows and Mac OS X. Japanese
characters are supported if
SHIFTJIS is specified.
HINT = “WIN”
HINT = “MAC”
HINT = “WIN/ROMAN”
HINT = “MAC/
ROMAN”
HINT = “WIN/
SHIFTJIS”
HINT = “MAC/
SHIFTJIS”
ONOFF Whether a field’s border should be
displayed.
VALUE =“ON”
VALUE =“OFF”
PARTNUM
BER
To distinguish multiple leading or
trailing subsummary parts in a
layout.
This attribute is ignored for all other
parts. FileMaker Developer
supports values 0 through 9 and
ignores any other value.
VALUE =“0”
VALUE =“1”
VALUE =“2”
VALUE =“3”
VALUE =“4”
VALUE =“5”
VALUE =“6”
VALUE =“7”
VALUE =“8”
VALUE =“9”
This
attribute
Is used to describe these
characteristics
And may contain
these values
PATTERN One of 64 valid patterns from the
fill pattern palette in
FileMaker Developer. Used for
background fills in layout parts,
fields, text, and field labels, and for
borders of fields, field labels, and
text.
See “Using values for patterns and
colors” on page 55.
PATTERN = “1”
PATTERN = “47”
PATTERN = “64”
PATTERN = “NONE”
PATTERN = “SOLID”
PATTERN = “LTGRAY”
PATTERN = “GRAY”
PATTERN =
“DKGRAY”
SIDES One to four sides on a field’s
border.
To describe all four sides, you can
combine all four values.
VALUE="TOP"
VALUE="BOTTOM"
VALUE="LEFT"
VALUE="RIGHT"
Or any combination, such
as:
VALUE= “TOP
BOTTOM LEFT RIGHT”
VALUE= “LEFT TOP”
SIZE
(for the
FONT
element)
The point size for a font. Any valid
point size can be specified.
If a font size is unavailable on the
computer or for a particular font,
FileMaker Developer will
substitute the closest size.
SIZE = “36”
SIZE = “12”
SIZE = “9”
SIZE
(for the PEN
element)
Thickness in pixels for the outline
of text blocks, field labels, and field
borders.
The value for NONE is “0” and the
value for HAIRLINE is “-1.”
When applied to field borders, this
pen size also applies to the line
width of an EFFECT attribute (such
as DROPSHADOW) and must
have a value greater than zero.
SIZE = “0”
SIZE = “-1”
SIZE = “1” through
SIZE = “8”
SIZE = “12”
This
attribute
Is used to describe these
characteristics
And may contain
these values