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FMrobot - 1.7.1

automate table & field creation in FileMaker

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This Version:	Not rated (0.0)
Current Version:	1.7.1
Release Date:	2008-06-13
License:	Update
Downloads (this version):	770
Downloads (all versions):	2,674
Price:	$199.95

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Product Description:

FMrobot automates the creation of tables and fields in a FileMaker Pro file. This includes bringing over fields with their field types and their field definitions (calculations, auto-enter values, validations, etc.). FMrobot can also move Custom Functions, Value Lists, and Privilege Sets from one file to another.

FMrobot gives you the power to:

Move tables from one file to another
Create a standard library of fields to put into any table
Create a library of "template tables"
Duplicate a table
Consolidate many tables into a single file
Add fields to an existing table

What's new in this version:

Fixes a problem that could cause Extended Privilege checkbox settings to be incorrectly replicated in the target file’s privilege sets.

Operating System Requirements:

This product is designed to run on the following operating systems:

Mac OS X 10.4 PPC
Mac OS X 10.3.9
Mac OS X 10.3
Mac OS X 10.2
Mac OS X 10.1
Mac OS X 10.0

Additional Requirements:

FileMaker Pro/Developer 7/8/8.5/9

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Essential for copying Custom Functions - Version: 1.7.1, 6/14/2008 07:42AM PST

Ward44

I first started using FMrobot 0.8.3 in 2005 to copy Tables (or selected field definitions) from one FileMaker database to another. When table cloning became a built-in FileMaker feature, I stopped using FMrobot because FileMaker was so much easier and faster. But I still miss FMrobot's superior reporting when encountering errors (e.g., references to undefined items). Since FileMaker silently turns undefined references into comments, it's easy to overlook these errors.

I'm still using FMrobot, now at 1.7.1 on Mac OS X, because it's the only practical way to copy Custom Functions from one FIleMaker file to another. I have a huge investment in hundreds of Custom Functions, and I can't imagine how I'd manage with raw FileMaker. Copy-n-paste is way too tedious and error-prone.

FMrobot loses a star in my rating because the Mac OS X feature set perpetually lags behind the Windows release.

We need a review! - Version: 1.6.1, 3/7/2006 12:10PM PST

Kent Durvin

The price is $199 for 1 Mac user. The demo only does what FileMaker Pro Advanced already does: copy field definitions. I am not willing to trust it to do everything else without a working demo, or a few positive reviews.