DialogMagic 6.0.2 review

DialogMagic is a FileMaker Pro plug-in that allows developers to script data entry and automate button selection within FileMaker's dialogs in ways that FileMaker Pro does not normally make available.

License: Demo OS: Mac OS X File size: 0K Developer: New Millenium Communications Buy Now Price: $99.00 Updated: 09 Mar 2006

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DialogMagic is a FileMaker Pro plug-in that allows developers to script data entry and automate button selection within FileMaker's dialogs in ways that FileMaker Pro does not normally make available.

Here are some key features of "DialogMagic":
Automate imports and upgrades - Ability to open files with special passwords, update serial numbers and rename old files
Time Saving - Save yourself from spending hours changing passwords file by file in a multi-file solution when you can script the process and execute the same task with one click of the mouse
Dynamically export data - Set file names and and data formats from within your scripts
Automate template creation by precisely scripting the creation of clones
Easily move, rename, and delete files from within your solutions
Launch related or referenced files such as client correspondence, spreadsheets, reports, etc.
Control FileMaker's passwords - Create your own custom login solution
Maintain image catalogs - Automate inserting pictures, specifying whether images should be stored or referenced only, with saved or dynamically calculated file paths;
Continue or cancel paused scripts - Within a script or field calculation!

What's New:
Compatible with FileMaker Pro 6! - and also with FileMaker 5.5 and 5.0
(A beta version of DialogMagic 7 that works with FileMaker 7 is now available in the DialogMagic 6 download.)
Available for Mac OS X for the first time!
Create Shortcut or Create Alias - allows selection of a file and dynamic creation of a shortcut (Windows) or an alias (Mac)
Automate FileMaker's Send Mail function to allow dynamic file attachments