6-4-2007 - Fremont, CA - .com Solutions Inc. Releases
FmPro Script Diff 1.0 - New Utility for Mac OS X & Windows compares,
edits, searches and stores FileMaker ScriptMaker scripts.
.com Solutions Inc., a developer of multi-platform database
migration and development tools, has released a new utility named FmPro
Script Diff 1.0, a FileMaker script comparison and editing utility for
Mac OS X & Windows ($100).
FmPro
Script Diff - FmPro Script Diff compares, edits, searches
and stores
FileMaker® ScriptMaker™ scripts. Changed scripts are compared
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
Advanced.
Transferring scripts between FileMaker Advanced 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.
Quickly
Browse Scripts - Each script is displayed in a format which is similar
to the FileMaker script printout format. Script step names and comments
are displayed in bold, options are plaintext, and Tablename::Fieldnames
are underlined. Disabled instructions are displayed in italic text.
Complex script steps with many options are displayed in a multi-line
format, without requiring the opening of modal dialog boxes within ScriptMaker.
Import and Export field lists are especially easy to read as a list
of fields with Match/Import/Export parameters.
Share
Scripts Among Developers - The XML source for any group of selected
scripts can be exported and transferred between developers working on
a project. This file can be archived for historical purposes or imported
by other developers into their own copy of FmPro Script Diff.
Edit
XML Definition for Scripts - The Script XML field allows developers
to browse and modify the XML definition for any ScriptMaker script.
Changes are automatically saved to the embedded database when clicking
outside the Script XML field. The XML is re-parsed into human-readable
text and checked for errors. Every parameter of a script (including
Script ID, Script Name etc.) or individual script step can be modified
by editing the script XML definition. Scripts can also be generated
by external tools and pasted into the Script XML field, for pasting
back into FileMaker Advanced.
Script
Repository Feature - The Script Repository screen can be considered
a longer term storage location where commonly used scripts may be stored
in one convenient location. Scripts can be copied between each screen
by using the same copy and paste mechanism used to transfer scripts
between FmPro Script Diff and FileMaker Advanced.
Copy
Whole Scripts or Script Steps to Clipboard - The default mode for copying
scripts onto the clipboard copies the entire script definition with
all included script steps. Holding down the Shift key when copying scripts
onto the clipboard copies only the individual script steps. This method
enables the pasting of script steps into an existing ScriptMaker script.
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.
