FMDesign 2.0 - View and Report Design Information

[jscooper]

FMDesign 2.0 has been released for FileMaker Pro.

View, print and export reports on the various design aspects of FileMaker Pro databases. Stop flipping through layout after layout trying to find where a field exists. No longer print ugly screen shots when trying to get a hard copy of your value lists. FMDesign will report on just about everything available via FileMaker's own Design Functions!

- Report on field names, types, formats and locations

- See layout names and information

- Show value lists and list items

- List relationships

- List scripts

- Cross-reference fields, layouts and relationships

- Print and export reports

- Files remain open and in-use while being examined

- For FileMaker Pro versions 5.5 and up (6.0 recommended)

New version 2.0 features...

- Redesigned interface

- Preview reports before printing

- Select which design information to collect

- Sort data by any column, forward or backward

- Includes Help file

Available for download from http://www.compudude.com

Price: $19.95 - Free Demo

[Charles Delfs]

So how is this different or better then the other design analysis tools out there including the one included with FM Developer?

Charles

[jscooper]

Since it uses the Design functions and not a Design Report, you don't need Developer. Plus, it's a bit cheaper than some others I've seen. Also, you can export the reports. I actually used this function this morning when a client wanted an excel spreadsheet of all his value lists -- about 30 of 'em; some custom, some from fields. It took me about two minutes. Additionally, you don't need the master password, as long as the file is open you can examine it -- though you do need to be able to browse records in order to see items of value lists based on fields.

[Charles Delfs]

no master password? Does that limit what you can do? eg: can you still read scripts and the field calc definitions?

Charles

[jscooper]

You cannot read the scripts and fields definitions as they're not available via the Design functions. However, you can see a list of script names and field names. Also, you can see the field type, the data type and the field style for each layout it's on.