You want more information than any another analysis tool can give you?

Use the CrossCheck “logic” and we’ll give you more! Make a cross check!

CrossCheck is an analysis tool that will give you more information about your solution: Variables, Object Names, Tables,fields, TO’s, Value Lists, and full references of all objects.

You need more team functionality in your analysis tool?

Use CrossCheck and create ToDo’s for yourself or other team members. Every object – Fields, Scripts, Layouts, etc. – can have an “n” number of ToDo’s.

You need a full analysis of your solution with an incomplete DDR?

Use CrossCheck and the missed or wrong information in the DDR will be filled-in and all references will be found.

You want to work with analysis data in a much easier way?

Use CrossCheck because layouts are record-based and the menu gives you all the standard FileMaker options.

You want to customize an analysis tool for your needs?

With a CrossCheck “Master” license, you have full access to the data file. Create your own Scripts, Tables, Fields, Layouts,…

You want to see the differences between two releases?

With CrossCheck you can see the diffences between two analysis and get it as separate DiffReport.

You need more?

Use CrossCheck and you’ll get even more!

Why a new analysis tool?

Analysis tools on the market don‘t allow us to work with the data based on our needs. Not all information relating to a solution can be shown in these products. We can’t use menu commands as needed to work with the data. We can’t customize software with a master access. So we decided to develop a new analysis tool which we can use in our daily work. The result is CrossCheck.

The advantage of CrossCheck

CrossCheck uses a “logic” behind the import, because not all information is included in the DDR-Report. The “logic” fills-in missing and wrong information. This “logic” helps to find unrelated fields on layout; sees all variables and object names as separate information; and can do much more. More information…

The concept of Troi Scout FM might be at first a bit difficult to grasp. It is different from FileMaker plug-ins, in that is starts from outside FileMaker! You start by selecting some text, for example a name in a Safari web page and let Troi Scout find this text in your database with only a keyboard shortcut.

FM Extensions Installer (FMEI) is a FileMaker database that install FileMaker extensions. We provide the full source code so you can integrate its functionality to your own solution. We also include step by step instructions on how to integrate FMEI info your solution in under 15 minutes.

It’s easy to install extensions manually if you are a seasoned FileMaker developer. However it is especially difficult if you need to describe how to install an extension over the phone to someone with less experience.

Deployment Methods

We needed a method to make sure that the users of our products have the latest version of the extensions installed.

FileMaker databases can be deployed three ways: as a single user, using peer to peer sharing, and using FileMaker Server. FMEI can help with all three method of deployment. Single user and peer to peer sharing offer no method to install extensions. FileMaker Server offers this ability, but it is generally not used my most server administrators. FM Extensions Installer works with all three deployments methods.

Setup and Integration

Set up is simple. You import the extension and provide information about the extension such as its name, platform, and such. That’s it. Integrating FM Extensions Installer to your solution is not difficult for developers familiar with moving tables, custom functions, scripts, and layouts from one database to another. We are available to provide this service as well.

How does it work for the end user?

First we find the extensions for the platform being used that need to be updated. If there are extensions installed with the same names, we disable them. Then we copy the new extensions to the FileMaker Extensions folder. Finally, we ask the user to quit FileMaker and relaunch the database.

Benefits

We developed FM Extensions Installer to install extensions into the solutions that we develop. Here are a few benefits:

• Easy – Once FM Extensions Installer is implemented in your solution, you will be able to update your extensions in minutes.
• Consistent – No matter if you are deploying your database via single user, peer to peer, or FileMaker Server, FM Extensions Installer works the same way.
• Multi Platform – FM Extensions Installer works with Mac on PowerPC, Mac on Intel, Windows XP, and Windows Vista.

With its straightforward RedDot / GreenDot scheme, spotting problems is a breeze. If only all our problems were this easy to spot! Search using a comprehensive engine that is fast and searches across all of your solution’s elements. Find a variable (whether it’s a local or global variable or a script parameter) in any calculation, custom functions, auto-enter calculations, regular calculations, even tool tips!

Use Inspector’s hot-linking to drill down to a particular related element or problem. Rich reports, exhaustive searching tools, and more detailed views all make Inspector™ the one-and-only tool you need to dissect your FileMaker solution.

BaseElements is a tool to assist FileMaker Pro developers, and make development easier. It imports the Database Design Report from FMPA to give you a complete cross-reference of every element in your solution. From fields to script steps, layouts to custom functions. Everything is included, everything is cross-referenced.

It’s a database for your database.

Have you ever wanted to see list of all of the layouts in your entire solution? Want to find all of the scripts that do import script steps and print them out? Want to find every button on a layout that’s calling a particular script, and list all of the layouts? Want to see every tooltip calculation across all your files? Want to know every place a Global Variable is used in your solution?

These are just a few examples of the sorts of things possible in BaseElements. Everything in your entire solution is imported, everything is cross referenced, and it’s all open and accessible for you to search, list, sort, display and relate to every other object. If you have a question about your solution you need answered, BaseElements can answer it.

Know Your Solution.

If you’ve ever taken over someone else’s solution, and not known where to start, or worked on a system that is too big to keep in your head all at once, BaseElements is the answer. It knows everything about your solution without you having to. You can look at a field, and know every place it exists in every file in your solution.

Preempt the bug reports.

BaseElements lists all of the items in your system that have errors or that are unreferenced. So you can know – in advance – when you introduce that next new version, that it isn’t full of bugs, and that it’s not overloaded with wasted space.

Plus with version 1.0.5, there is now the option to find potential issues in your solution. The addition of a “Warnings” tab means you can find Relationships using mismatched field types, ValueLists using un-indexed fields, errors in disabled script steps and more.

The complete cross reference.

If you develop in FileMaker you know how easy it is to rename scripts, fields or layouts. Things just keep on working. But what if you want to change the calculation, or modify the way a value list works? How do you know what that change will affect in other files or in the way other scripts or fields work? BaseElements tells you everything need to know in advance.

So what do you get?

It’s a standard set of FileMaker Pro databases, that imports the Database Design Report. Nothing is locked down, you have everything except development access to the files. So you can do as many searches and put up as many new windows as you want. Plus the xslt code to import the data is included, and accessible, and it’s free for your own personal use as part of your licence to BaseElements.

It’s available as both standard .fp7 files for you to open in any copy of FileMaker Pro or Advanced or as a run-time so you can keep BE separate from your solution.

In short, there is nothing to stop you getting the most out of your own solutions.

Why BaseElements?

If it wasn’t for the fact that it’s the most accurate, feature packed and simple to use system around, we’d have to say not much. Oh, except for the fact that it’s super fast at importing your solution. And because it doesn’t dictate how you should use the system, it’s designed to give maximum productivity to it’s target audience : FileMaker Pro Developers.

A common requirement for regulatory compliance and industry certifications (including: Sarbanes-Oxley [aka: Sox, Sarbox], FDA 21 CFR Part 11, ISO 9000) is to maintain a verifiable audit trail for modifications made to IT systems. The unique line-by-line script comparison feature implemented by FmPro Script Diff enables companies to quickly document ScriptMaker changes between any two versions of a FileMaker database solution. Pressing the TAB key within the Diff screen enables an auditor to instantly advance through each of the changed script lines, potentially saving hours of work looking for these changes manually.

Features:

• Line by line script comparisons displayed with colorized result tags and interline highlighting.
• Displays graphical control flow view showing script structure at a glance.
• Search and replace of text strings, variables, fieldnames, and table occurrences.
• Counts and displays highlighted search terms.
• Instantly copies stylized script text into other applications.
• Jumps to highlighted errors or found search terms with the TAB key.
• Exports scripts into a convenient packaged file for sharing among developers or archiving.
• Facilitates database auditing and change management.
• Supports the automatic generation of script definition XML via external tools.
• Stores and exports scripts within open source SQLite3 database files.

Features:

• Works without any requirement for scripting or shadow fields and tables that can add dramatically to a system’s overhead and significantly diminish system performance.
• Simple to set up by creating one field in each table and one setting per table per Privilege Set.
• Creates a complete field-level audit log for all additions, changes, and deletions in any FileMaker Pro 8.5 (or greater) table.
• Provides for roll-back of any one record or multiple records to any state in that record’s history.
• Provides for roll-forward to reconcile last known good backup with current state of database since that backup. Eliminates the problem caused by loss of data changes since the last backup
• Supports adding custom events to the log to track user activities like login/logout, layout navigation or report generation
• Works on hosted files in conjunction with FileMaker Server 8.0v4 (and above)
• Captures all methods of data modification, including Import, Replace Routines, xDBC and Instant/Custom Web Publishing.

You can copy and store objects that have been copied to FileMaker’s own clipboard, and then re-use them later.

You can also easily make batch changes to the clippings in Clip Manager or in your preferred text editor, and then send the updated field, script or layout back to FileMaker’s clipboard.

Features

• Store complete FileMaker fields, tables, scripts, script steps and layouts in an easy-to-use library.
• Send FileMaker elements from your library to the FileMaker clipboard, for easy creation or updating of databases.
• Make batch changes to the clippings either using ‘Find & replace’ within Clip Manager, or using your preferred text editor, and then send the updated field, script or layout back to FileMaker’s clipboard.
• A ‘Clip History’ option allows you to automatically store all elements that are copied in FileMaker in a Clip History database – you can then later search and retrieve them and store them as separate clip files if you like
• ‘Version’, ‘Timestamp’, ‘Author’ and ‘Window name’ fields allow you to add more information to saved clips.

Occurrence Selector is a menu bar item that uses GUI scripting to do the typing for you.

When in the FRG, the “Select Occurrence” menu item will become active, and when you select it, it offers a small input field, where you type ( or paste ) the occurrence you want to select. Press enter or click the button, and the first occurrence that matches your text will be selected. Subsequent “enters” will select the next occurrence. Close the text input window when you no longer need it.

Occurrence Selector is freeware, created by Peter Wagemans, who also developed Clip Manager.

Do you know what all the FileMaker Pro files on your hard disk are all about? Would you open or even convert them just to find out – and by that changing the Last Modified Date?

Simply drag your files onto the application and within seconds you will learn:

• Do all referenced files really exist in the current environment?
• For what systems have Print Setups been defined?
• What are the Import/Export/Sort Orders, and Find Requests?
• What is the Content of a Global Field (text, number, and date)?
• How many times has this file been not properly closed?
• What elements a Formula uses and click on any element for further details.
• New: Script Steps with links to variables, scripts, etc. and vice versa
• Navigate between all elements by clicking as you are used to in a browser.
• How many times has this file been Recovered?
• When was a file Originally Created and on what System and FileMaker version?
• On what System and FileMaker version has a file been used and when last?
• Is this file currently In Use and how many Guests are Logged On?
• Does it open in Kiosk Mode and have edit capabilities been removed?
• What Fonts have been used?
• What are the exact Sizes of Data Records, Fields, Layouts, and Scripts?
• You may apply a Filter to listings of fields, layouts, scripts, and others
• The number of Files read simultaneously is only limited by available memory

And many more details you would have to dig for a long way into FileMaker dialogs, without “touching” (opening and modifying) the file, and in less time…

You may check your files wherever they are – no copying or moving around necessary. It does not matter whether they are currently closed or open by FileMaker Pro or FileMaker Server (Server on Windows 2000 is currently an open issue). As long as you can see them in Windows Explorer or Finder you can check them, even on a network volume.

No need for additional software. No need for FileMaker Developer, plug-in, or database report. FMChecker is a C++ stand-alone application and runs on Mac OS 9, Mac OS X, Windows 98, 2000, NT, and XP.