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Overview

When developing a FileMaker solution, working with dialogs feels tedious sometimes.
FMClipboardBroker allows you to edit FileMaker clipboard data with your favorite text editor.

Requirements

• Mac OS X (tested on 10.5.8, 10.6.3)
• FileMaker Pro Advanced 8.0 and later
• An text editor which can handle UTF-8 encoding

Supported data types and required FileMaker version

• Table definition (FileMaker Pro Advanced 8.0 or later)
• Field definition (FileMaker Pro Advanced 8.0 or later)
• Script definition (FileMaker Pro Advanced 8.0 or later, FileMaker Pro 9.0 and later)
• Script step (FileMaker Pro Advanced 8.0 or later, FileMaker Pro 9.0 and later)
• Layout object (FileMaker Pro Advanced/Developer 7.0 or later, FileMaker Pro 7.0 and later)
• Custom function (FileMaker Pro Advanced 11.0)

License

Freeware

Download

FMClipboardBroker 1.1.1.dmg

Release Note

Version 1.1.1

• Failed to load a file as custom function type.
• Build with 10.4 compatibility (not tested).

Example usage

Basic procedures

1. Copy objects in FileMaker Pro.
2. Execute 'Save' in FMClipboardBroker to save the clipboard content to a file.
3. Edit the saved file (XML text) using your favorite editor.
4. Execute 'Load' in FMClipboardBroker to load the file content into the clipboard.
5. Paste modified objects in FileMaker Pro.

Demo: Modify field references when copying layout objects.

Main window

Clipboard to file

File path

The file path where the clipboard data is saved to. An existing file is overwritten.

Open file after export

Open the file automatically when it's saved. You may want to configure application binding in Finder.

Save

Save the current clipboard content to the specified file.

File to clipboard

File path

The file path the clipboard data is loaded from.

Use the same path as export

Use the same file path as the 'Clipboard to file' setting.

Content

The content type of the clipboard data being loaded from the file. The content type of the saved clipboard data type is assigned automatically when 'Use the same path as export' is checked.

Load

Load the file content into the clipboard.

FAQ

Q: Any information about the XML grammar?

A: See the PDF document 'Database Design Report XML Output Grammar' that can be downloaded from FileMaker Product Documentation Center.

Q: Do I need to specify the 'Content' setting manually on executing 'Load'?

A: In the current version, yes. Note that the saved clipboard content type is automatically selected when 'Use the same file path as export' is checked.

Q: Any plan for Windows version?

A: Nope

Q: Why no Windows version?

A: FMClipboardBroker is an AppleScript originally developed for our internal use (that's why it's free :D).

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