MacDialog 1.91 review

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MacDialog is a utility for FileMaker Pro developers that allows you to enhance the dialog boxes with up to four labeled fields, two buttons, and password fields with bullets.

License: Demo
OS: Mac OS X
File size: 336K
Developer: Scott Zeigen, M.D.
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Price: $25.00
Updated: 18 Oct 2005
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MacDialog is a utility for FileMaker Pro developers that allows you to enhance the dialog boxes with up to four labeled fields, two buttons, and password fields with bullets.

Here are some key features of "MacDialog":
Up to 4 Custom Button controls each with user-definable labels!
Up to 4 custom input fields!
Up to 4 custom popup/dropdown menus with ability to substitute one with an edit field, or password field.
Ability to choose between large and small sized dialogs.
Mac users can choose between white or gray dialog colors.
Alert messages containing standard icons. Mac users - yours will dynamically size for you! 
Ability to position your dialogs on the fly! 
One input field can be assigned to be a Bulleted password field (no bullet font needed!)
Custom title bar so you can name your dialog box. Developers get rid of "FileMaker Pro" on your dialogs!
When there are no fields defined, you can have one large text dialog with up to 230 characters.
International characters are now supported!
Internal variable storage allows for sharing of data between layouts and databases without the use of global fields or complex relationships!
The same internal  FileMakerPro® scripting drives the Atomic Dialog Plug-ins on all platforms allowing for TRUE CROSS-PLATFORM COMPATIBILITY in all your FileMakerPro® solutions.
Requires FileMakerPro® 4 or higher.
OSX Ready 
Improved Macintosh controls
Pre-Select pop-up menu start values using the "Pre-entered Text" function.
One Download for ALL unlock codes.
FMP6 Ready
Improved pop-up menu storage (pass up to 1 items to the pop-up menus - 250 to each menu or 1 to one menu).
FMP7 Compatible
Allow your users to cancel the dialog using the escape key
Terminal services compatible (Windows only with Mac and Windows users connecting)
Improved speed
FMP4,5,6 users -  WinDialog is the ONLY Windows dialog plugin that redraws Filemaker's screen allowing your users to move the dialog around the screen without "erasing" the FileMaker window. (Both Mac and Windows versions redraw the screen).

Requirements:
FileMaker Pro 4 or later

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