Developer7 plug in

[Slobey]

I have been told there is a plug in on the developer 7 disk that will allow me to initiate a script when exiting a field. Is this true and how can I do it? I found a plug in called FMExample and I installed it, but there is no documentation on it. HELLLLLLLLLLP!!!!!!

[Reed]

check out databasepros.com.

There is an example file that uses the plugin.

[CobaltSky]

Hello Slobey,

Whilst it is true that the example plug-in can trigger scripts when a field is modified (though not merely when it is exited), you should use considerable caution in using it in a real solution. This is because it is waht it says it is - an example - rather than a fully functional solution.

One of the chief shortcomings of which it is best you are aware is that should the user leave the field by navigating to a different record, the script will no longer be on hte same record by the time the script runs. For a few purposes this may not matter, but for many if not most, it will, possiblyleading to data errors and integrity problems at the least.

Commercially available plug-ins typcially address this problem by providing the option to pass a parameter (eg record number, primary key etc) to the script. But the example is more rudimentary and omits this crucial functionality.

If you want to implement script triggering safely, and you do not want to acquire one of the commercially available third-party plug-ins, then it may be in your interests to seek out one of the several freeware script triggering plug-ins that are available (such as ZippScript by John Kornkaus, or Eventscript by Software4humans)