The information on this page contains a list of tools which have been created for the purpose of aiding in the development process.
Disclaimer: This site does not promote or endorse any one specific tool over any other. All FileMaker developers (the moderators included) and teams of developers have their own workflow (and opinions).
Comments and feedback about the individual tools are both welcomed and requested in the comments section below. This will both help and encourage the developers of these tools as well as inform and educate the users of said tools.
Database analysis tools
- Platform: Mac & Windows
- Plugin: Yes
- FMP File: Yes
- DDR analysis tool
- Runs in FileMaker Pro
- Requires FileMaker Pro Advanced to generate DDR
- Platform: Mac & Windows
- Plugin: Yes
- FMP File: Yes
- DDR analysis tool
- Runs in FileMaker Pro
- Requires FileMaker Pro Advanced to generate DDR
Development assistance
Layout related
- Platform: Mac Only - Requires Mac OS X 10.6 (Snow Leopard)
- Plugin: No (Independent application (not a plugin)
- FMP File: No
- Extracts the metadata for all the fields on a single layout.
- Works with FileMaker Pro and FileMaker Pro Advanced.
Script related
- Platform: Mac & Windows
- Plugin: Yes
- FMP File: No
- Provides features for searching for values across all scripts
- Provides features for searching for values within table fields
Design related
- Platform: Mac & Windows
- Plugin: Yes
- FMP File: Yes
- Provides features for creating design elements used within Layout mode
5 Comments
Matt Petrowsky
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Anonymous
One additional feature in Developer Assistant that I use all the time is the ability to select a calculation fragment and hit the Evaluate button in DA and have it show me the result. I have found that this saves many (not all) trips to the Data Viewer to test calcs on the spot (field definitions, script arguments, custom functions, etc.).
-- Jonathan Fletcher
Anonymous
One more thing about FMXRaySpecs as well: In addition to giving you a boatload of information about the metadata of every field on your layout, it has a feature where you can double-click on an entry and FMXRS will pop up a wire-frame of your layout and highlight the object in red so you can find it easily. VERY convenient for those really dense layouts popular in industry today.
-- Jonathan Fletcher
Anonymous
FMXRaySpecs works with Lion, now.
--Jonathan Fletcher
Anonymous
Not sure if this is the correct location, but I've created a poster summarizing the basic elements of the coding standards. If it's useful for anyone else, here it is, for your enjoyment.
Filemaker Standards Poster
-Matthew Miller