John It is an app not a plugin. And a very cool little app indeed. "fmXRaySpecs uses AppleScript Objective-C and the Scripting Bridge introduced in Snow Leopard. It would require a ground-up rewrite to make it run in Leopard, and 10.7 is almost out. We will not be releasing a version that works in an OS version earlier than 10.6." Stephen ---------- "An associate producer is the only guy in Hollywood who will associate with a producer." ---Fred Allen On Jun 27, 2011, at 1:32 PM, John Weinshel wrote: > Hi Jonathan, > > This looks like a promising tool. From the website, it implied that it was > not a plugin, but an app, but I didn't see that expressed explicitly. Is > that true? I am wary of adding a plugin for this kind of work, and would > prefer an application that, if it goes down, doesn't take anything else > with it, or that may create very subtle problems that take forever to > troubleshoot. Something we've seen from plugins from some of the most > reliable shops. Seems like nothing is immune to changes to the OS, Java, > or Filemaker itself. > > Thanks, > > John Weinshel > Datagrace > Vashon Island, WA > (206) 463-1634 > Associate Member, Filemaker Business Alliance > Certified For Filemaker 11 > > > > > On 6/27/11 11:12 AM, "Jonathan Fletcher" <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > >> Dear Fellow FileMaker Fanatics, >> >> As mentioned on the last FileMaker Talk podcast, Dave Ramsey has created >> a tool that gives the developer access to the field metadata on a layout. >> It is called FMXRaySpecs, and can very quickly tell you all about your >> script triggers, conditional formatting, find settings, tab layers and >> much more. This can save a lot of time when trying to decipher complex >> layouts and find errant triggers and such. Take a moment to check this >> out: >> >> Video: >> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AncfeCMyMWk >> >> Also accessible from the videos page of the apps site: >> http://workflowdata.com/fmxrayspecs >> >> FileMaker Talk podcast with Matt Navarre, John Sindelar and Todd Geist >> (they talk mainly about GoZynk--which is an interesting discussion of >> itself--but have a brief discussion of FMXRaySpecs near the end): >> http://filemakertalk.com/ >> >> >> As it is heavily dependent on AppleScript, PC users will want to buy a >> Mac just to be able to use this tool! >> >> [Full disclosure: I occasionally work for Mr. Ramsey, and I helped Beta >> test this tool, but it is just SO useful that I had to tell y'all all >> about it.] >> >> j. >> >> -- >> Jonathan Fletcher >> FileMaker 9 & 10 Certified Developer >> >> Fletcher Data Consulting >> [log in to unmask] >> http://www.fletcherdata.com >> 502-509-7137 >> >> Kentuckiana's FileMaker Users Group >> Next meeting: July 26, 12:00 pm to 3:00-ish >> Blog: http://www.kyfmp.com