zippScript for Script Triggering and Scheduling

by Michael Gaslowitz

The zippScript plugin is no longer available for download, but there are more script-triggering plugins for you to use. (2009.03.22)

If you are not using script triggers in your solutions (or have no idea what I am talking about), go download the amazing zippScript plug-in and install it right now. From the zippTools website:

Simply add a zippScript trigger in a calculation dialog to:

  • Perform a script when a field is modified
  • Perform a script when a record is committed
  • Perform a script when a field is displayed
  • Perform a script when the mouse is over a field (FM8 and later)
  • Call a script with a calculated name
  • Schedule a script to be performed at a specific date and time

The zippScript trigger (external function) you will find yourself using the most looks like:

zippScript_PerformScript( FileName; ScriptName {; Param; Control} )

If you have never used an external function before, you find it when defining a calculation:

Take your time with the sample file that zippScript’s developer, John Kornhaus, supplies, and be ready to use your new-found knowledge in a future post.

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June 5, 2008  •  FileMaker, Plugin  •  2 Comments

2 Responses to “zippScript for Script Triggering and Scheduling”

  1. Bruce Robertson on March 17th, 2009 6:34 am

    You might want to consider changing or removing this article. Due to a legal battle between John and his employer, Zippscript is no longer available.

  2. Michael Gaslowitz on March 22nd, 2009 7:20 pm

    Thanks for the heads-up Bruce.