Developer’s Guide
Table Of Contents
- Chapter 1: Installing FileMaker Pro Developer Edi...
- Chapter 2: Binding solution files
- The binding process—an overview
- Before binding
- Binder and runtime terminology
- Specifying the primary file
- Naming the runtime solution
- Assigning the binding key
- Choosing auxiliary files
- Choosing binding options
- Assigning the three-character extension
- Specifying a location for solution files
- What happens during binding
- Binding cross-platform solutions
- Changing solutions
- Chapter 3: Preparing and managing runtime soluti...
- Chapter 4: Distributing your bundled solution
- Appendix A: Feature comparison—runtime Appendix ...
- Appendix B: About the TechInfo database
- Index
4-4 FileMaker Pro Developer’s Guide
In Windows 3.1, Windows for Workgroups 3.11, and Windows NT
3.51, items in the
\Runtime Files\4winsys folder will be moved
to the
Windows\System directory when the runtime application is
first opened. The empty folder is then deleted. On Windows 98,
Windows 95, and Windows NT 4.0, the folder is not necessary and is
automatically deleted if you have provided it in your solution folder. For
more information, see “Installing Win32s” on page 4-9.
Installing Runtime Files in the Mac OS
Drag the \Runtime Files\FileMaker Extensions folder into
the root level of your solution folder.
Drag the
\Runtime Files\Files for System Folder folder
into the root level of your solution folder. When the Mac OS runtime
application is opened, the Files for System Folder items are moved into
the end user’s System Folder.
Tip You can add folders and items inside Files for System Folder, and
they will be moved to the appropriate location on the end user’s hard
disk. For example, if you create a Fonts folder in the Files for System
Folder folder, and place a font in it, the font is moved into the Fonts
folder on the end user’s hard disk.
Contents of the Runtime Files folder
The following tables describe the files and folders inside the Runtime
Files folder
Developer Edition CD\FileMaker Pro
Binder\Runtime Files. Items in this folder should be distributed
along with your bound solution files and the runtime application in the
runtime solution folder.
Distribute the following files or folders with Windows runtime solutions.
File or folder Description
Location on Developer
Edition CD-ROM
Preferred location on
end user’s hard disk
System folder Place in same folder as runtime
application to enable data importing
FileMaker Pro Binder\Runtime Files Solution folder
Fmbmp32.flt BMP graphic filter FileMaker Pro Binder\Runtime
Files\System
Solution folder\System
Fmcgm32.flt CGM graphic filter FileMaker Pro Binder\Runtime
Files\System
Solution folder\System
Fmdrw32.flt DRW graphic filter FileMaker Pro Binder\Runtime
Files\System
Solution folder\System