Dear Fellow FileMaker Fanatics, As mentioned on the last FileMaker Talk podcast, Dave Ramsey has created a tool that gives the developer access to the field metadata on a layout. It is called FMXRaySpecs, and can very quickly tell you all about your script triggers, conditional formatting, find settings, tab layers and much more. This can save a lot of time when trying to decipher complex layouts and find errant triggers and such. Take a moment to check this out:
Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AncfeCMyMWk Also accessible from the videos page of the apps site: http://workflowdata.com/fmxrayspecs FileMaker Talk podcast with Matt Navarre, John Sindelar and Todd Geist (they talk mainly about GoZynk--which is an interesting discussion of itself--but have a brief discussion of FMXRaySpecs near the end): http://filemakertalk.com/ As it is heavily dependent on AppleScript, PC users will want to buy a Mac just to be able to use this tool! [Full disclosure: I occasionally work for Mr. Ramsey, and I helped Beta test this tool, but it is just SO useful that I had to tell y'all all about it.] j. -- Jonathan Fletcher FileMaker 9 & 10 Certified Developer Fletcher Data Consulting [email protected] http://www.fletcherdata.com 502-509-7137 Kentuckiana's FileMaker Users Group Next meeting: July 26, 12:00 pm to 3:00-ish Blog: http://www.kyfmp.com
