Development Guide
Table Of Contents
- Chapter 1 Getting started
- Chapter 2 Customizing database solutions
- Chapter 3 Customizing menus
- Chapter 4 Creating custom layout themes
- 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
- Registering your plug-in
- Chapter 6 Debugging, analyzing, and optimizing files
- Chapter 7 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 8 Distributing runtime database solutions
- Appendix A Feature comparison of the runtime application with FileMaker Pro
- Index
38 FileMaker Pro Advanced Development 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 Pro Advanced,
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 Pro
Advanced 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”
This attribute
Is used to describe
these characteristics
And may contain
these values
PARTNUMBER To distinguish multiple
leading or trailing
subsummary parts in a
layout.
This attribute is ignored for
all other parts. FileMaker
Pro Advanced 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”
PATTERN One of 64 valid patterns
from the fill pattern palette
in FileMaker Pro Advanced.
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 40.
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”
This attribute
Is used to describe
these characteristics
And may contain
these values