• Jump Start your FileMaker Experience
  • fmWorkMate
  • fmSyntaxColorizer
  • Pimp your fmWorkMate with fmCheckMate-XSLT
  • fmSyntaxColorizer
  • fmAutoMate
  • fmIDE
  • fmLaunchPad

Jump Start your FileMaker Experience

Getting Started

This page is on it’s way … bit by bit.

fmWorkMate

Once you have Installed and setup fmWorkMate there are some cool things you can do

• Rename things in your code using fmCheckMate’s Find & Replace
  • For example: in your scripts rename variables with fmCheckMate
• Use fmTextMultiplier to Multiply your Code
• Use fmTextConverter to Recontextualise Code

Need to copy code to/from another computer?

• You can transfer code across the ether with fmCheckMate

Building an OnKey trigger script but can’t remember the codes for ←, →, ␛ & co.?

• Use fmKeyPress to get the codes quickly

Working remotely and the modifier keys seem to be sticking?

• Check it out with fmModifierKeys

fmSyntaxColorizer

Want to catch more bugs during development?

• Install fmSyntaxColorizer to brighten up your code with semantic step colours.

Play

…TODO

Pimp your fmWorkMate with fmCheckMate-XSLT

1. Download - from GitHub
2. Install - the fmCheckmate folder into your Documents folder
3. Transform - your work!

Play

Ready for Some fun? …

fmSyntaxColorizer

1. Download - by clicking on fmSyntaxColorizer in fmWorkMate.
2. Install - as a folder next to the fmWorkmate folder
3. Integrate - by opening and clicking [Colorize!]

Play

Ready for Some fun? …

fmAutoMate

1. Download - by clicking on fmAutoMate in fmWorkMate.
2. Install - as a folder next to the fmWorkmate folder
3. Integrate - by opening and clicking fmAutoMate

Play

Ready for Some fun? …

fmIDE

1. Download - by clicking on fmIDE in fmWorkMate.
2. Install - by copying the fmIDE Script into each solution file
3. Allow - make sure fmpurls are allowed for developers
4. Season to taste - by copying the fmIDE Script into each solution file

Play

Ready for Some fun?

• Open a file in FileMaker Pro in full-access / developer mode

• Copy the following url into your browser, adjusting the filename and scriptname as needed(*) and press return

  fmp://$/«filename»?script=fmIDE&$script_name=«scriptname»&$script_step_number=12`
  

  • (*) Note: You may have to escape any special characters for urls (e.g. spaces are %20)

fmLaunchPad

Tired of fmWorkMate files being mixed up with your database files?

Create an extra App and use fmLaunchPad to launch your fmWorkMate files separately.

1. Download
2. Install
3. Setup

Play

Ready for Some fun? …