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
Feature comparison of the runtime application with FileMaker Pro 73
Toolbar comparison
The New Database and Open tools in the standard toolbar (in Browse
mode, Find mode, and Preview mode) are not available in the
runtime application.
The Help tool on the standard toolbar in the runtime application is
dimmed unless a custom Help script has been specified.
The text formatting toolbar is the same for both the runtime
application and FileMaker
Pro.
Menu command comparison
The following tables shows the menu commands that are available in
FileMaker
Pro (Pro) and in the runtime application (RT).
1
Press Ctrl+Shift
2
Press Option+3
Windows Mac OS X
File Menu command Pro RT Pro RT
New Database 1
1
Open 1
1
Open Remote 1
1
Open Recent 1
1
Close 1
1
Define 1
1
File Options 1 1 1
1
Toolbars in FileMaker Pro
Toolbars in a runtime application
Change Password 1 1 1
1
Print Setup 1 1
Page Setup 1 1
Print 1 1 1 1
Import Records 1 1 1 1
Export Records 1 1 1 1
Save a Copy As 1 1 1 1
Recover 1
1
1
2
Exit 1 1
Windows Mac OS X
Edit Menu command Pro RT Pro RT
Undo 1 1 1 1
Cut 1 1 1 1
Copy 1 1 1 1
Paste 1 1 1 1
Paste Special 1 1
Clear 1 1 1 1
Select All 1 1 1 1
Find/Replace 1 1 1 1
Spelling 1 1 1 1
Object 1 1
Export Field Contents 1 1 1 1
Sharing 1
Preferences 1 1
Windows Mac OS X
File Menu command Pro RT Pro RT