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Free and Useful Stuff

Below are a few useful resources that you can download by clicking on the links below.

Helpful Tools

FileMaker Development "Type Ahead"

Do you find "Type Ahead" useful when you are in the browse mode? Would you like to use "Type Ahead" when you are writing a calculation defining a variable, assigning a parameter to a button or a script, etc? Read more and watch the "how to" video...

Find broken layout objects with Mouseposé

In brief, the idea is to use a FileMaker utility file and an AppleScript together with Mouseposé to automatically go to the file and layout and then spotlight the error. see the code

FileMaker To OS X Address Book

A simple example of how to use AppleScript to move data to the OS X Address Book. See the code.

Set FileMaker Field Using Variable for Field Name

Demo script to roll back a data table from a transaction log. Shows how to set a FileMaker field using a variable for the field name. See the code.

NetNewsWire To Firefox

AppleScript that opens a new Firefox browser window from NetNewsWire. See the code.

QuicKeys X2 Shortcut: Arrange_AlignBottomEdges

QuicKeys X2 Shortcut that will align the bottom edges of the selected objects in FileMaker Pro 6 or 7 running on OS X. Continue reading...

Change Type And Creator To FMP5

AppleScript droptlet that is useful for people running FileMaker Server on OS X and developing on OS 9. See the code.

Display Item Path(s)

Here is a little AppleScript droplet that gets the path(s) of the item(s) dropped on it. This is useful when you are writing AppleScripts and want to get the path(s) to files and folders entered fast, easy and correct. See the code.

Open FM DBs with Passwords

Drop a group of FileMaker files that have the same master password on this AppleScript droplet. You will be asked for the password only once. Useful for working with database systems that do not yet have a MainMenu file with an "open all" script. See the code.

AppleScript Preferences

Put this file in your preferences folder and your AppleScripts will display color-coded. This will help you catch any syntax errors that you might make. Download now.

Emailer attacher with FileMaker integration

This AppleScript droplet will create an outgoing Email message for each item dropped on it. The Email sender name and address will be taken from the current record in the specified FileMaker database. It uses Emailer and could be customized to use other AppleScriptable Email clients. Download now.

Utilities

You might need to download StuffIt Expander if you do not already have it.