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zippScript is a very powerful script triggering plug-in. You can use it to trigger scripts based on actions within the FileMaker user interface (your layouts). You can trigger scripts based on record creation or deletion, when you edit a record or exit a field.

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zippScript 2.0 adds powerful script triggering and script scheduling toolsto your programming toolbox.

With this plug-in you can:

• Perform a script when a field is modified
• Perform a script when a record is committed
• Perform a script when a field is displayed
• Perform a script when the mouse is over a field (FM8 and later)
• Schedule a script to be performed at some future time
• Call a script with a calculated name
  … and much more.

The original zippScript was one of the first FileMaker® Pro 7-native plug-ins to be released and the first free script-triggering plug-in to provide the critical ability of passing a parameter string to the triggered script.

zippScript 2.0 builds on this solid foundation by adding the ability to schedule a script to be triggered at some future time and adding functions to temporarily disable script triggering while performing scripted record updates.

zippScript 2.0 is compatible with FileMaker Pro 7 and later, and will run natively on Mac OS X (PPC), Mac OS X (Intel) and Windows. It is a drop-in replacement and upgrade for zippScript 1.1.

Commercial developers are encouraged to consider making a donation to help fund continued development and support of this and other FileMaker utilities. If the functionality of this plug-in adds value to your solution, please click the “Make a Donation” button and contribute whatever you feel.

Download zippScript 2.2