• Recontextualise code with fmAutoMate
  • Problem
  • Solution
  • Recontextualise Code Directly on the Clipboard

Recontextualise code with fmAutoMate

Same fields, different TO

Problem

You need to change something in some FileMaker code, for example maybe the TO of every field in a portal to the new LayoutTable / PTO.

Solution

For a super-fast fix on a Mac you can use fmAutoMate > Find & Replace > Find & Replace ALL in XML to recontextualise code in place

In FileMaker

⌃⌘A to search and replace within (the XML of) the selected code.

Recontextualise Code Directly on the Clipboard

You can use fmAutomate’s Extended Commands to edit the text on the clipboard directly.

In FileMaker

⌃⌘X to Xut out the code from FileMaker

⌃⌘K to show the fmAutoMate Extended Commands dialog

Extended Command

cba for clipboard all replace

In dialog

enter the search and replace strings + press ⏎ to replace on the clipboard

In FileMaker

⌃⌘V to PaXte the changed code back into FileMaker