I wanted to use a FileMaker script to register my license of the ScriptMaster plugin rather than using:

Edit > Preferences > Plug-Ins > 360Works > Configure...

Other plug-ins I have installed use a function to register, I have searched and am unable to find a function for ScriptMaster do they have one?

Scriptmaster has a free and a pro version. If you use the free version you do not need to enter any registration information.

If you purchase the pro version of the plugin you can register either through the plugin configuration tab (as you mention) or by calling the SMRegister function in a script/calculation.

You can read about all of the functions for running and using scriptmaster in the Doucmentation.html file which was included with your download of the plugin.

Hi Smef,

According to the documentation.html you pointed me to

“SMRegister ( licenseKey; registeredTo )

The SMRegister function is used to register plugins that you generate with ScriptMaster Advanced. It will only appear when you are using plugins generated with ScriptMaster Advanced, it is not used to register the ScriptMaster Advanced plugin itself - do that in the plugin preferences dialog (in FileMaker Application preferences / plugins ).”

I am not using a custom plugin. I am using the script master advanced plugin specifically the “execute SQL” only available in pro (registered) version of ScriptMaster Advanced.

Have I misunderstood the documentation ?

Hope this makes sense.

This is intentional. Remember, ScriptMaster Advanced is not licensed for distribution with your solution. You can freely distribute regular ScriptMaster (which does not require a license key), as well as plugins generated by ScriptMaster Advanced (which have a registration function), but ScriptMaster Advanced itself is only intended for installation on developer computers that are using it to generate plugins, therefore it seemed inappropriate to include a registration function for registering it in a startup script.

Hi Jesse Barnum,

So from my understanding I need to create a custom plugin duplicating the “executeSql” functionality then register that custom plugin in my solution using SMRegister.

Can you clarify this?

Thanks for your help.

That is exactly right.