Seaford Services uses third party FileMaker plugin software as well as custom programming to add specialist features to it's business software developments. Recent projects have included adding dynamic AppleScript script creation and execution from FileMaker. We've also developed AppleScript based OSX Applications that executed UNIX terminal commands as well as F-Script scripts.
FileMakers software plugin capabilities
As FileMaker's software plugin architecture allows us to add third party software that is written in C+, a plugin can be written to do almost anything within FileMaker. Below is a list of plugins that have been used by the Seaford Services Programming Department on business solutions:
- ApertureToFileMaker.
- SecureFM.
- Troi-file-plug-in.
FileMakers computer language capabilites
Through the use of FileMaker's AppleScript script step, FileMaker can execute any AppleScript, UNIX command/script or F-Script. This adds a huge amount of power to FileMaker. The Programming Department at Seaford Services has programmed FileMaker to use:- AppleScript - Create thumbnails of images in a FileMaker Pro database.
- AppleScript - Create HTML gallery pages from images in a FileMaker Pro database.
- UNIX - Do a Spotlight Meta Data Find for a list of file-types and process results into FileMaker Pro.
- UNIX - Make a "TAR-Ball" (a split file compressed backup of large data source).
- UNIX - FTP files from FileMaker using the UNIX CURL command.
- F-Script - Setup a synchronisation between Market Circle's DayLite database and FileMaker Pro.
FileMaker's logical reading capabilities
FileMaker can be quickly programmed to read and process any language whether it be a language of humans or a language of machines. The Programming Department at Seaford Services has programmed FileMaker Pro to:
- Read Image meta-data then process, read/write vCard format.
- Read email from auto-responders and process data into a FileMaker database.
- Read and process iCal fomat into a FileMaker database as well as writing appointments in iCal format.
- Access then read System Profiler and obtain and process the CPU Serial Number into FileMaker.
