
1-9-2007 - Fremont, CA - .com Solutions Inc. Releases
FmPro Layout Diff 1.0 - New Utility for Mac OS X Compares FileMaker
Layouts, with Support for FileMaker 8.5 Object Names.
.com Solutions Inc., a developer of multi-platform database
migration and development tools, has released a new utility named FmPro
Layout Diff 1.0, FileMaker Layout comparison utility for Mac OS X ($50).
FmPro Layout Diff extracts, summarizes and compares field
info from FileMaker 7/8/8.5 layouts. This info is presented in a columnar
format for viewing, exporting, and comparison. Fields can be compared
by either Field ID or Field Name, with the resulting differences displayed
in a re-sizable, sortable list. FmPro Layout Diff quickly shows FileMaker
8.5 layout object names for an entire layout, without requiring each
and every object to be individually clicked in layout mode within FileMaker.
Large layouts are instantly resized and printed on a single printed
page for documentation and development purposes.
FmPro Layout Diff uses information within a Mac OS X clippings
file to extract information about FileMaker layouts. A clippings file
is created on Mac OS X by selecting all of the objects on a FileMaker
layout, and dragging the objects to the Mac OS X Desktop. The clippings
file includes a PICT image representation of the layout, which is displayed
in the FmPro Layout Diff main window. The other component of the clippings
file consists of XML info from which field information is extracted
and listed within the Info Window. The extracted info includes the FileMaker
8.5 Object Name, Field Name, Field ID and Table Occurrence Name.
FmPro Layout Diff Features:
Instantly
View FileMaker 8.5 Field Object Names - Within FileMaker 8.5, it is
necessary to click on each layout object to determine the name which
was assigned in layout mode. FmPro Layout Diff simplifies this process
by listing all of the fields and their object names in a scrollable
list.
Gathers
Layout Info with No DDR Required - Since FmPro Layout Diff reads XML
info from Mac OS X clippings files, there is no need to create a DDR
with FileMaker Pro 8.5 Advanced. The XML and layout image info is instantly
read directly from the clippings file by FmPro Layout Diff.
Compare
Layouts by Field Name - Layouts can be compared by Field Name in order
to make it possible to compare layouts from different database files,
as the Field IDs will not likely match between different files. The
comparison process also takes into consideration the table occurrence
name along with Field Name.
Compare
Layouts by Field ID - Layouts can also be compared by Field ID, to provide
for the comparison of different layouts or different versions of the
same layout within a single file. The comparison process also takes
into consideration the table occurrence name along with Field ID.
Export
Layout Details as Excel or XML Files - Some layouts may be so large
that it becomes useful to export the info into a spreadsheet or other
application for further processing or for creating user documentation.
Easily
Print Large Layouts on a Single Page - FileMaker layouts dont
always fit neatly onto a single printout. FmPro Layout Diff instantly
resizes layout images to fit on a single page for printing or exporting
as PDF files.
FmPro Layout Diff is a Universal Binary application which is only available
for MacOS X.
A functional demo version of FmPro Layout Diff may be
downloaded from www.fmpromigrator.com/downloads/index.html.
For more info please see: www.fmpromigrator.com/products/fmpro_layout_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 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. Repgen generates Oracle replication scripts on Solaris,
Windows, Linux and MacOS X. For more information about .com Solutions
Inc., please visit www.dotcomsolutionsinc.net.

