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
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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
Pro Advanced 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
STYLE Character styles for text in
fields, text blocks, and field
labels. More than one style
can be specified, separated
by commas or spaces.
No error checking is done
for contradicting styles,
such as UPPERCASE and
LOWERCASE.
The PLAIN style value
overrides all other style
values.
STRIKEOUT and
STRIKETHRU values are
the same.
STYLE = “PLAIN”
STYLE = “BOLD”
STYLE = “ITALIC”
STYLE = “STRIKEOUT”
STYLE = “STRIKETHRU”
STYLE = “SMALLCAPS”
STYLE = “UNDERLINE”
STYLE =
“WORDUNDERLINE”
STYLE =
“DBLUNDERLINE”
STYLE = “UPPERCASE”
STYLE = “LOWERCASE”
STYLE = “TITLECASE”
STYLE = “SUPERSCRIPT”
STYLE = “SUBSCRIPT”
STYLE = “CONDENSE”
STYLE = “EXTEND”
STYLE = “ITALIC, BOLD,
SMALLCAPS”
This attribute
Is used to describe
these characteristics
And may contain
these values