7-10-2007 - Fremont, CA - .com Solutions Inc. Releases
Updated FmPro Script Diff 1.02 with Support for Enhanced FileMaker®
Pro 9 ScriptMaker™ Features.
FmPro Script Diff 1.02 leverages new ScriptMaker functionality
introduced with FileMaker Pro 9. FileMaker scripts can now be copied
and pasted onto the clipboard with both FileMaker Pro 9 and FileMaker
Pro 9 Advanced. This new functionality means that all FileMaker developers
can now benefit from FmPro Script Diff's ability to search, edit, compare
and search & replace text strings, fieldnames, variable names and
table occurrences within FileMaker scripts.
Changed scripts are compared by FmPro Script Diff on a
line-by-line basis and displayed with color coded tags to the left of
each modified line. Interline changes are also highlighted to indicate
Changed, Added or Deleted text. Each script’s XML source can be
manually edited or updated via the Search & Replace feature, and
pasted back into FileMaker.
Transferring scripts between FileMaker and FmPro Script
Diff is accomplished by copying & pasting the scripts via the clipboard.
No DDR Export is required. The XML code representing each script is
parsed, converted to human-readable text and checked for errors. Each
script is stored in an embedded database within FmPro Script Diff. Selected
scripts can then be copied back onto the clipboard as XML for pasting
back into FileMaker or as RTF formatted text for project documentation.
Each attribute of the script definition is copied onto the clipboard,
including Script Name, Script ID, and Include in Menu status.
FmPro Script Diff improves productivity by helping FileMaker
developers answer questions such as:
What
changes have been made to this ScriptMaker script?
Which
scripts have been changed between two database revisions?
Which
scripts were modified on a particular day?
Which
scripts were modified by a specific developer?
Where
is this global variable modified within each script of my solution?
Is
this field used by any script in my solution (before I delete, modify
or reuse it)?
How
can I find and change a text string, variable, fieldname or table occurrence
within dozens or even hundreds of scripts?
FmPro Script Diff Features:
Colorized
Line by Line Diff Results - Identically named but differing scripts
are analyzed on a line-by-line basis. Changes are highlighted in color
to make it easy to see whether individual lines have been Added, Deleted
or Changed. Changed text within each line is also highlighted.
Easily
Find Changed Scripts - Quickly display only the modified scripts within
a large group of scripts by using the Diff screen menu item Changed
Scripts. If you have dozens or even hundreds of scripts, it can
be a significant time saver to filter the Diff results to display only
the Changed, New, Deleted or Unchanged scripts.
Search
& Replace Text Within Scripts - How long would it take to manually
find and replace a piece of text like a customer name or product name
within dozens or even hundreds of scripts? FmPro Script Diff can perform
these types of search
and replace tasks within a few seconds. Search & Replace can
be performed on variable names, Tablename::Fieldnames, Table Occurrences
and text strings throughout an entire group of scripts. Updated scripts
can then be pasted directly into FileMaker Advanced. All script attributes
including Script Name, Script ID and Include in Menu status are retained
when transferring scripts via the clipboard.
TAB
to Highlighted Text - When a script is clicked in search mode, the search
text is highlighted in yellow in the Script Text display field. Pressing
the TAB key automatically advances to the next occurrence of the found
text within the field. This timesaving feature is also used for the
Script Errors display, which shows script errors highlighted in red.
For Diff results, the field automatically scrolls and highlights the
first changed line of text, and pressing the TAB key advances to the
next changed line.
The single-user licensing includes a copy of FmPro Script Diff for both
Mac OS X (Universal Binary) and Windows platforms.
A functional demo version of FmPro Script Diff may be
downloaded from www.fmproscriptdiff.com/downloads/index.html.
For more info please see: www.fmproscriptdiff.com/products/fmpro_script_diff
About .com Solutions Inc.
.com Solutions Inc. develops multi-platform graphical applications supporting
FileMaker, Oracle, MySQL, Access, SQL Server, Sybase, DB2, PostgreSQL
and FrontBase developers. FmPro Script Diff, compares and edits FileMaker
ScriptMaker scripts, FmPro Layout Diff, compares FileMaker Layouts.
FmPro Migrator ( www.fmpromigrator.com ) migrates FileMaker databases
to and from FileMaker. FmPro Worksheet sends SQL commands to FileMaker
7 databases. For more information about .com Solutions Inc., please
visit www.dotcomsolutionsinc.net.
