2empowerFM Developer Assistant 2.3 Beta

Made for FileMaker developers.<br /><br />Developer Assistant is a plug-in for the FileMaker?*A* Pro database that helps FileMaker developers save time and be more productive. Developer Assistant lets you search inside of scripts, tables, fields, and lists, evaluate selected text, and more.<br /><br />Find every function call.<br /><br />Say you need to modify every call to a CriticalFunction(), but how can you find all the scripts that use it? Developer Assistant's Toolbox lets you search for "CriticalFunction", and it even opens the script and highlights the next script step matching your search:<br /><br />Developer Assistant Finds a String in a Script<br /><br />Search almost anywhere.<br />There are so many other places you can search:<br /><br />Use RegEx<br /><br /> * Search in FileMaker???*a*?s Manage Database window to highlight tables or fields containing your search string. In FileMaker Pro Advanced, the search even includes text associated with the tables or fields, such as field auto-enter and validation calculations.<br /> * Search in almost any List that appears in a FileMaker dialog, such as lists of fields, layouts, watched expressions, and so on. The search includes all columns in multi-column lists.<br /><br /><br />Wildcard matches.<br /><br />The Use RegEx option lets you search with Perl-compatible regular expressions. These expressions can be used like wildcards, so searching for the regular expression "Make.*" would find "MakeWidget()", "MakeGadget()", and so on.<br /><br />Instant-evaluate selected text.<br /><br />Developer Assistant Evaluates Selected TextYou wonder what the value of Get(SystemPlatform) is on your system. Instead of searching through the help file, drag over the expression to highlight it, then click Developer Assistant's Evaluate button to find its value immediately.<br /><br />Think how much time you'll save by highlighting and instantly evaluating any expression as you're writing or debugging scripts.<br /><br />Move multiple lines.<br /><br />FileMaker uses lists of fields, script steps, and so on where each line is prefixed by a double arrow List line arrows indicating the line can be dragged up and down. Macintosh FileMaker allows you to select more than one line and drag them up or down together. Newer Windows versions of FileMaker allow the same thing, but not in all lists.<br /><br />Developer Assistant lets you move lines as a group in any Windows FileMaker dialog. Simply highlight a group of lines and click Mark:<br /><br />Marks Lines to Move<br /><br />Click another list line, such as "Contacts", then click Move <br /><br />The marked group is moved below the "Contacts" line you selected:<br /><br />Move complete<br /><br />Moving groups of lines can save a lot of time in larger databases when you want to organize many fields or change the order they are exported in.<br /><br />Windows-like keys.<br /><br />It can be exceptionally frustrating for those used to hitting the Home key to move the cursor to the start of the line to instead have the text view scroll all the way to the top in Macintosh FileMaker. Developer Assistant fixes this problem by allowing you to remap the Home, End, Shift-Home, and Shift-End keyboard combinations on Macintosh FileMaker to work like they do on Windows.<br /><br />What developers say.<br /><br />"The Developer Assistant is a brilliant tool that has already saved me loads of time. And by allowing me to quickly find every reference to a script, field, table, or layout, I am much more confident that changes I make will not create bugs in my production solutions."<br />- Morgan Jones of One Part Harmony<br />"Man, this is elegant... I've used many tools, but this is so far the only development helper tool that I've found useful."<br />- J.P.

Requirements:	No special requirements
Platforms:	Mac, Mac OSX
Keyword:	Assistant,  Click,  Developer,  Expression,  Expressions,  Field,  Fields,  Filemaker,  Group,  Highlight,  Includes,  Lines,  Lists,  Macintosh,  Script,  Search,  Tables
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