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AppleScript your FileMaker Pro Advanced Menus

Michael Gaslowitz — Sun, 01 Feb 2009 00:17:47 +0000

The Data Viewer and the Script Debugger are staples in every FileMaker developer’s toolkit, yet there is no built-in keyboard shortcut or script step for either one of them. With four lines of AppleScript, these menus are now within reach:

tell application "FileMaker Pro Advanced"
     activate
     do menu menu item "Data Viewer" of menu "Tools"
end tell

tell application "FileMaker Pro Advanced"
     activate
     do menu menu item "Script Debugger" of menu "Tools"
end tell

To install, we could copy/paste these scripts into a Custom Menu that uses the Perform AppleScript script step (and of course a keyboard shortcut), but that would require us to do that for every database file we create. A better option would be to use a system-wide keyboard shortcut application like Quicksilver, FastScripts, or the built-in Keyboard System Preference.

If you run into problems, make sure your computer is configured properly.

Download the AppleScripts

Shameless Self-Promotion

Michael Gaslowitz — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 15:57:13 +0000

360Works is now selling a Portfolio License that covers all of their products for the low, low cost of $1,995.

The Portfolio License entitles everyone to Enterprise versions of all of 360Works’ products, (SuperContainer fans, this means you), and allows for unlimited use within a single organization regardless of the number of users or locations. Deployment on FileMaker Server and through Web Publishing is included.

Current owners of 360Works products can apply the cost of previous purchases towards the cost (not to exceed 80%) of the Portfolio License.

Video: Reorder Fields and Scripts

Michael Gaslowitz — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 16:45:33 +0000

This post demonstrates how to reorder multiple fields and scripts using the following keyboard shortcuts: Command (on a Mac)/Control (on a PC), with the up and down arrows.

iPod Download (2.0 MB)

Download ReorderFieldsAndScripts.zip

Video: Import Data from the Fake Name Generator

Michael Gaslowitz — Sat, 09 Aug 2008 04:12:32 +0000

This post demonstrates how to use the Fake Name Generator to generate fake data for your real FileMaker databases. Beginners will also learn how to import Microsoft Excel spreadsheets into FileMaker.

iPod Download (8.2 MB)

Fake Name Generator website

Download FakeNameGenerator.zip