fmAutoMate Context Menus

fmAutoMate Context Menus

for Script Workspace, Layout Mode & Browse Mode

MBS Plugin Mac only

This functionality is Mac only and requires the MBS Plugin!

Having installed fmAutoMate you have some extra context menus in your FileMaker GUI.

MBS Plugin Script Workspace Context Menu

An Extension of MBS Context Menus

If you use the MBS plugin you may have already noticed the MBS right click menu:

This itself provides some very useful functions, particularly…

  • Copy Selection copies the selected text - the script workspace step text - to the clipboard.
  • Enable/Disable is also useful - at least for German keyboard users - for whom the standard shortcut does not always work.

…but the MBS packs some cool functions to extend this menu and shortcut keys (‘hotkeys’)

fmAutoMate Script Workspace Context Menu

fmAutoMate extends the fantastic MBS Context Menu functionality bringing you extremely powerful tools to your fingertips.

fmAutoMate Script Workspace Context Menu

In the Script Workspace right clicking in the script steps area reveals an extended context menu, something like this…

Under the fmAutoMate > … submenus you can find a small description of each of the menu items.

The basic structure is…

fmAutoMate
help submenus
ChatGPT
Query ChatGPT to get help with your scripts Under Construction
Clipboard
The main clipboard functions like Xut, Xopy and PaXte
Clipboard Copy
Functions to copy FileMaker things to the clipboard
Clipboard Paste
Functions to paste things into FileMaker
Code
Submenus to Analyse, Fix, Multiply, Refactor, Load/Save Snippets of code
Debug
Functions for debugging
Find & Replace
Find and or Replace in the XML of your scripts
fmIDE
Amazing functions made possible only when fmIDE is installed in the file
fmScriptWorkspace
(Deprecated) functions made possible only when fmScriptWorkspace is installed in the file
HotKeys
Functions that are usually triggered by a hot key
MBS Toggle
Toggle lots of MBS options here
Navigate
Navigate between windows, layouts or even FileMaker versions
Test
Use this menu to test your own fmAutoMate functionality
zzz
If displayed, it’s a bunch of sleeping or unimportant stuff - best not to touch!

fmAutoMate Layout Workspace Context Menu

fmAutoMate Layout Workspace Context Menu

In the Layout Workspace right clicking on the layout surface area reveals an extended context menu, something like this…

The submenus in the Layout Workspace are basically the same as those in the Script Workspace.

fmAutoMate Browse Mode Context Menu

There is even a context menu in Browse mode.

fmAutoMate Layout Workspace Context Menu

Right clicking in browse mode reveals the context menu, and is extended by fmAutoMate something like this…

The submenus in Browse Mode are again basically the same as those in the Script Workspace.

If the fmAutoMate fmAM Script Module is installed, you will see further menu entries here.