Development Guide
Table Of Contents
- Chapter 1 Introducing FileMaker Pro Advanced
- Chapter 2 Creating database solutions
- Chapter 3 Customizing database solutions
- Chapter 4 Debugging and analyzing files
- Chapter 5 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
- Appendix A Feature comparison of the runtime application with FileMaker Pro
- Index
26 FileMaker Pro Advanced Development Guide
3. Open the theme file in a text editor.
4. Change the name of a theme by replacing the value of the THEMENAME element with a new name.
<THEMENAME VALUE="Purple and White Screen" />
Important If your THEMENAME value contains any upper-ASCII characters, use the HINT attribute to
ensure that the theme name will appear on both the Windows and Mac
OS X platforms.
5. Change the values of other elements and attributes.
For example, to change the background fill color of the body part in a layout to a light purple, change the
color hexadecimal (hex) value to #9933CC:
<BODYPART>
<FILL COLOR = “#9933CC” PATTERN = “2” />
6. Remove any elements that you don’t want to specify.
Be sure to remove the entire single-line or multi-line element including its start and end tags.
7. Scroll down to the next FMTHEME element and repeat these steps to change the THEMENAME value
and other elements.
8. Save the file in text format with the filename extension .fth in the Themes folder.
Each new THEMENAME value will appear in the New Layout/Report assistant as a Layout Theme
option.
9. In FileMaker Pro Advanced, choose Layouts menu > New Layout/Report to use your theme.
Follow the instruction in the New Layout/Report assistant. Names of custom themes appear as options.
The third panel presents you with a list of themes to select from.
If your new themes don’t appear in the New Layout/Report assistant, you might have made a syntax
error.
Multi-line
element
Single-line
element
Attributes