Thu Oct 23rd | 10:45 am - 12:00 pm
“The greatest script ever written before AI.”
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"DDR Layout Fields" — Learn how to create comprehensive layout documentation with a single FileMaker script that generates unix-style reports through the Data Viewer. This custom solution automatically captures essential field information including comments, data types, field styles, positioning coordinates, and source table relationships for every field on your layouts.
Perfect for developers who need quick, text-based documentation for database analysis, client deliverables, or troubleshooting layout issues without running full DDR reports.
Concepts:
- Generate repeating variable names based on time
- Data Viewer with monospaced secret you need to know about
- Looping report generation
- Hard spaces in reports using UNIX-style scripting and math
- Easily portable copy/paste script you can use in all your solutions
- Additional concepts
Script on GitHub:
https://github.com/usermac/ddr_layout_fields on GitHub.
Perfect for developers who need quick, text-based documentation for database analysis, client deliverables, or troubleshooting layout issues without running full DDR reports.
Concepts:
- Generate repeating variable names based on time
- Data Viewer with monospaced secret you need to know about
- Looping report generation
- Hard spaces in reports using UNIX-style scripting and math
- Easily portable copy/paste script you can use in all your solutions
- Additional concepts
Script on GitHub:
https://github.com/usermac/ddr_layout_fields on GitHub.
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