HOnza Koudelka of 24U Software
FileMaker Plugin Developer: 24U Software Number of Plugins: 11 FileMaker Plugins HOnza Koudelka is Software Division Manager at 24U Software. When did you first start using FileMaker? In 1991, shortly after I got in first touch with Macintosh. What made you start making FileMaker Plugins? I created a solution for Mac User Group and used [...]
Jesse Barnum of 360Works
FileMaker Plugin Developer: 360Works Number of Plugins: 6 FileMaker Plugins When did you first start using FileMaker? 1992. I enjoyed programming as a hobby, and became interested in FileMaker because Lee Hoong was running a FileMaker SIG (Special Interest Group) as part of AMUG ( Atlanta Macintosh User’s Group ) I attended the SIG meetings [...]
Keith Larochelle of Productive Computing
FileMaker Plugin Developer: Productive Computing Number of Plugins: 11 FileMaker Plugins When did you first start using FileMaker? We have been in business developing professional FileMaker Pro solutions and plug-ins since 1996. What made you start making FileMaker Plugins? A client had a FileMaker Pro system requirement to print tickets to a thermal ticket printer [...]
Craig Saunders of Fusion Plugins
FileMaker Plugin Developer: Fusion Plugins Number of Plugins: 5 FileMaker Plugins When did you first start using FileMaker? A brief stint teaching in 1991, then I programmed in 4D for a few years before “switching” to FileMaker in 1996 which happily coincided with the release of v3, when the relational structure was introduced. What made [...]
Luk Dhondt of myFMbutler
FileMaker Plugin Developer: myFMbutler Number of Plugins: 4 FileMaker Plugins When did you first start using FileMaker? I started using FileMaker in 1986, when the company I was working for had become the Belgian distributor for Forethought (if I remember correctly, the product was then called ‘FileMaker Plus’). Later, we were also a distributor for [...]
Peter Baanen of Troi Automatisering
FileMaker Plugin Developer: Troi Automatisering Number of Plugins: 11 FileMaker Plugins When did you first start using FileMaker? In 1995 when FileMaker Pro 2.1 was the current version. What made you start making FileMaker Plugins? Well, I a happened to read a line in the user guide that plug-ins were now possible. There was no SDK or [...]
Jake Traynham of CNS Plugins
FileMaker Plugin Developer: CNS Plugins Number of Plugins: 11 FileMaker Plugins When did you first start using FileMaker? 1998 What made you start making FileMaker Plugins? My mother owns a collectibles store and my brother and I were creating a database in FileMaker Pro 4 for her to use for inventory and what not. We [...]
Find ( const Text &other, ulong position )
Header: FMXText.h Function: Find Parameters: const Text &other ulong position Return Value: Example Usage:
Are There Any Open Source Plugins?
There used to be some open source plugins for FileMaker 5/6, but I have yet to come across any that are written using the FIleMaker 7+ Plugin APIs. Our plans are to create some simple open source plugins in the future for reference for people to create their own plugins from.
Where Can I Promote My Plugin?
So once you’ve made a FileMaker Plugin, where can you tell the world about it? There are a few places you can submit it and also after a while of being out, some filemaker websites may pick up the news and may post about your plugin if they think their readers would be interested! FileMaker [...]