FUBAR Posted October 19, 2001 Share Posted October 19, 2001 I'm interested in creating my own plug-ins for FileMaker but I only have FileMaker Pro 5.5 and not the Developers Edition. Am I out of luck or is there a way for me to still create anything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LiveOak Posted October 19, 2001 Share Posted October 19, 2001 Take a look at www.filemaker.com/products/plugin_developer_faq.html for information on developing plug-ins. The Developer's Edition does contain resources for creating a plug-in. You will, however, also need resources such as CodeWarrior (mac) and an equivalent PC resource to perform the programming required for this task. I would first make sure that the plug-in you need does not already exist (usless your primary interest is to create a product). -bd Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FUBAR Posted October 19, 2001 Author Share Posted October 19, 2001 Thanks for you reply... Already looked at that and the only thing interesting there was that FileMaker Developer contained the API needed to create the plug-ins. All I have is FileMaker Pro and am trying to figure out if I can still create my own plug-ins (i.e. get the API since I don't have it and if FileMaker Pro can even use plug-ins since I'm not sure if its a "Developers Edition" only feature.) With regards to finding the plug-ins, I have found others but am not interested in paying for them. Another factor in my decision is that I'm a co-op student so creating my own plug-ins would be an interesting experience (I have experience with Java and am just beginning to learn C++) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FUBAR Posted October 26, 2001 Author Share Posted October 26, 2001 Bring To Top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newbies Mouken Posted November 27, 2001 Newbies Share Posted November 27, 2001 You need the developer version to create plug-ins, but not to use them. The developer version contains a number of files that are necessary to compile a plug-in which aren't available (legally!) elsewhere. Once you've made a plug-in, you can use it with the "regular" FileMaker Pro. [ November 26, 2001: Message edited by: Mouken ] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newbies AyseCABI Posted March 12, 2004 Newbies Share Posted March 12, 2004 "The developer version contains a number of files that are necessary to compile a plug-in" which are these and how do I compile my plug-in? please help me!!! Version: Developer v6 Platform: Windows XP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
costello_ryan Posted March 15, 2004 Share Posted March 15, 2004 With Windows XP, you should use MS Visual Studio C++ 6.0. With this, you can open the sample plug-in that is included and compile it to a plug-in. The plug-in is just a DLL that has the extension .fmx. From there, you can see how the plug-in is constructed and alter it to do what you want. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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