24U SimpleDialog Plug-In 2.8

This ReadMe file contains some important information about 24U SimpleDialog Plug-In, such as system requirements, installation guide, quick start, troubleshooting, license notice, contact information, and copyright statement.
 


1. Introduction

24U SimpleDialog Plug-In is a FileMaker Pro plug-in. It allows your FileMaker Pro databases to display dialog boxes with text prompts, text fields, password fields, check boxes, radio buttons, and pop-up menus, based on real-time data from your database. You can use this plug-in to promt user for required data input just the same way you are used to work with the built-in Show Message command and Status(CurrentMessageChoice) function. Starting with the version 2.0 you can also display progress dialogs to indicate work progress to user.


     

2. System requirements

Recommended configuration:

    Power Macintosh G4 with Mac OS 10.4 Tiger, and FileMaker Pro 7v3 or newer
    or
    Pentium PC 1 GHz with Windows 2000 or newer, and FileMaker Pro 7v3 or newer.
 

Minimum requirements:

    Power Macintosh G3 with Mac OS 10.2.8, and FileMaker Pro 7
    or
    Pentium PC 300MHz with Windows 2000, and FileMaker Pro 7
 

3. Installation

To install 24U SimpleDialog Plug-In, follow these easy steps:

On Macintosh:

  1. If you did not do this yet, download and mount the 24U SimpleDialog Plug-In image.
  2. Open the 24U SimpleDialog Plug-In image.
  3. Move the "24uSimpleDialog.fmplugin" file to your FileMaker "Extensions" folder.

On PC:

  1. If you did not do this yet, download and unzip the 24U SimpleDialog Plug-In archive.
  2. Open the 24U SimpleDialog Plug-In folder.
  3. Move the "24uSimpleDialog.fmx" file to your FileMaker "Extensions" folder.

 

4. Quick Start

24U SimpleDialog Plug-In is designed to be very easy to use. To learn how to use 24U SimpleDialog Plug-In, open the file "SimpleDialogTutorial.fp7" inside the "Documentation" folder and go through the steps provided. To learn complete function syntax of the plug-in, look into the "SimpleDialogSyntax.html" file inside the "Documentation" folder.

If you are new to FileMaker plug-ins, start by checking the UsingFMPlugIns.html file inside the "Documentation" folder. It briefly explains what plug-ins are, why they are useful, and how they are usually used. You can also find the most up-to-date version of this document at http://www.24uSoftware.com/support/UsingPlugins.
 

5. Troubleshooting

Before you contact our technical support regarding problems or difficulties using 24U SimpleDialog Plug-In, please check if your issue is not listed below:

SDialog_InputDialog returns a non-zero number as its result
If some SimpleDialog function fails, it will return a non-zero error code as its result. This can be caused by a system error, but more likely the reason will be an incorrectly specified dialog definition.

The plug-in functions return an "?" as a result
The 24U SimpleDialog Plug-In is probably not installed or deactivated in your application preferences. Open the Application Preferences from the Edit menu, click on the "Plug-Ins" tab, and make sure that 24U SimpleDialog Plug-In is there and that it is enabled.

I get a "Powered by 24U Software" splash displayed when quitting FileMaker Pro
Developer licenses and some special promotional licenses cause a splash dialog to appear on the screen for 2 seconds at the quit time of your solution. The splash helps you to comply with our License Agreement without having to design your own about screen. If you don't want your solution to show the splash dialog, send us samples of your about screen and license agreement to registration@24uSoftware.com. We will send you instructions for disabling the splash as soon as your solution is proven to comply with the developer license's sublicensing conditions.

If your problem is not listed above or if the recommended solution does not work for you, please contact our technical support at http://www.24uSoftware.com/support.php for assistance.
 

6. Shareware Notice

Please note that 24U SimpleDialog Plug-In is SHAREWARE. That means it is not free and you have to pay a license fee if you want to keep it. You can install 24U SimpleDialog Plug-In and try it out for the period of 14 days. After this period, 24U SimpleDialog Plug-In can stop working and require a registration code. You will get your registration code after you pay for your license.

You can freely distribute 24U SimpleDialog Plug-In as long as you distribute the original compacted archive untouched and you don't charge money for the distribution. If you want to distribute 24U SimpleDialog Plug-In on a physical medium, such as CD-ROM, or if you want to distribute it in other form than the original compacted archive, you must ask for our permission. If you are a solution developer you can also bundle 24U SimpleDialog Plug-In with your products and sublicense it to your customers, provided you have purchased a developer license.

Please find detailed registration instructions in the file named "HowToRegister.html".

You can find detailed license terms in the file named "LicenseAgreement.html". Individual license types are described in the file named "HowToRegister.html".
 

7. Contact Information

You can contact us at one of the following addresses. We prefer being contacted via e-mail, but you can use any other method if e-mail is not good enough for you.

E-mail:   info@24uSoftware.com   general information about our products and our company
eval@24uSoftware.com free evaluation codes registration
sales@24uSoftware.com paid licenses ordering and registration
support@24uSoftware.com technical support and bug reports
 
WWW: http://www.24uSoftware.com/
 
Phone/Fax: +420-224 910 892
 
Snail mail: 24U Software
Skochovická 88
252 45  Zvole u Prahy
Czech Republic


8. Copyright

The software 24U SimpleDialog Plug-In is copyright ©2000-2006 24U Software. All rights reserved.

Portions of the software are © 1984-2006 FileMaker, Inc. All rights reserved.