FileMaker Pro 8/9/10 Plug-in interface for .NET

DotNet2FM is a FileMaker plug-in that enables you to build a FileMaker plug-in using the Microsoft .NET Frameworks and the programming language of your flavour.

Why?

FileMaker Pro is a great tool for not only making a relational database, but also to make a user interface, and also making whole applications. Although it is simple to build almost any database driven application, you sometimes come to a full stop, realizing FileMaker can’t give you what you need. You might need a specialized dialog or encryption, or even take a picture from your webcam, and FileMaker won’t help you with that.
What you need is a plug-in.
But FileMaker plug-ins are written in C++, and a quite complicated and undocumented API it is. What are the options? Two! You can either buy all the plug-ins you need for your application or:
DotNet2FM - Build your own plug-in using the Microsoft .NET Framework and the programming language of your flavour in other words: Visual Basic, C#, J# or even C++ but with a simpler and more documented interface.

How?

Follow these simple steps and you will be on your way in no time:

• Download the free full featured installation file and install it onto your system.
• Create a .NET "Class Library" project using any programming language.
• Reference DotNet2FMInterface.dll located within “DotNetPlugins Examples” folder.
• Create a new class and implement IPlugin
• Compile and copy to the DotNetPlugins folder of your FileMaker installation.
• Done!

Or, view the supplied example!

Features

• When writing your plug-in you have the freedom of using any .NET class and any Windows OS function.
• Make call-backs to FileMaker using either “Evaluate” or “StartScript”
• Write your own settings dialog, visible from within the DotNet2FM settings dialog.
• And more…

Free Examples

Try out our free examples on the next page.