.com Solutions Inc. Releases FmPro Layout Diff 1.0 For MacOS X - New Utility for Mac OS X Compares FileMaker® Layouts, with Support for FileMaker 8.5 Object Names.
New utility to be demonstrated at MacWorld booth #S1236 in the FileMaker Pavilion
FREMONT, CA., January 8, 2007 – (MacWorld Expo and
Conference) - .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.
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 include:
● 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.
● Gather 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 don’t 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.fmpromigrator.com
Contact Info:
David Simpson
510-490-3482
sales@dotcomsolutionsinc.net
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