FMClips
What is FMClips?
FMClips lets you rapidly copy and paste reusable script steps, layout objects, fields, and
more into your
FileMaker database.
We made FMClips for our own use so we didn't have to recreate 'chunks' of script steps
over and
over. It's
saved us so much time and we thought you might want to use FMClips as well! Now we're also
storing Layout
Objects and Fields in FMClips that we use over and over.
FMClips is a unlocked FileMaker database that uses the free Clipboard Explorer plugin
from
Dracoventions.com. Be sure to check out the Developer Assistant too. Both products have
saved us countless
hours finding text in our FileMaker database scripts, tables and fields!
Also check out the Progress Bar that uses Conditional Formatting created by Honza from
24USoftware!
Several of the clips below include it.
- App - Evernote - Create Note - Script Steps
- Custom Dialog - Buttons - Script Steps
- Custom Dialog - User Input Fields - Script Steps
- Custom Dialog Fields - Fields
- CustomList - Get IDs into Var - Script Steps
- Fields with Repeat - Fields
- Find - Simple - Script Steps
- Loop - Records - Script Steps
- Loop - Records with Progress Bar - Script Steps
- Loop - Variables - Script Steps
- Loop - Variables with Progress Bar - Script Steps
- Loop Progress Bar 101x26 - Layout Object
- ParseData - Custom Function
- Print Preview Simple - Script Steps
- Sort by 1 Field Asc, Dec - Script Steps
- Validation Template - Script Steps
- Window - New with 20px Offset - Script Steps
Overview
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Questions & Answers
Have a Question?If I've created my own clips in the previous version, do I need to do anything special to get them into the new version, or do I just import the records? (I just want to be sure there are no incompatibilities to watch out for.) Thanks!
There's nothing special to do. Just import yours in to the updated version. It's a good idea to set the Group for all your clips to make them easier to manage. I would go to your the version you are using now and delete all of the CampSoftware clips since the new file already has them. Then import the Clips you added to the new version!
I am not sure if this app will do what I want. Simply put, I want to copy a script, then paste it into a different application (e.g. MS Word), in order to make multiple find/replace fixes. Will this do that?
No. FMClips is mean to store anything you can copy and paste in FileMaker and then paste them back into FileMaker. This allows you to keep a library of clips of items that you use over and over. You can also edit the XML to manipulate the clipboard which provides a way to semi-automate development. Just the other day, we needed a portal to be placed on another layout, but on pasting, each field changed to unknown since the context was not correct. We performed a Find/Replace to change the context which make the portal work without having to update all the fields!