Install Plug-In File

Purpose

Installs or updates a plug-in file from a container field onto your computer.

Format

Options

Select Specify target field or click Specify to specify the container field with the plug-in that you want to install or update. If no field is specified, FileMaker Pro installs the plug-in in the current container field in the active table.

Compatibility


Where the script step runs	Supported
FileMaker Pro	Yes
FileMaker Server scheduled script	Yes
FileMaker Go	No
Custom Web Publishing	Yes
Instant Web Publishing	Yes
Runtime solution	Yes

Originated in

FileMaker Pro 12.0

Description

You must insert the plug-in in a container field before you can install or update the plug-in. For more information, see Insert File or Installing plug-ins.

FileMaker Pro installs plug-ins in the following locations:


On this operating system	Plug-ins are installed in this folder:
Windows XP	C:\Documents and Settings\user_name\Local Settings\Application Data\FileMaker\Extensions\
Windows Vista or Windows 7	C:\users\user_name\AppData\Local\FileMaker\Extensions\
Mac OS X	Macintosh HD/Users/user_name/Library/Application Support/FileMaker/Extensions

Only FileMaker plug-in files can be installed. If a non-plug-in file is located in the target or active container field, no action takes place when the script runs. Plug-in files have the extension .fmx (Windows) or .fmplugin (Mac OS).

Compressed plug-in files in .zip format or plug-in files in .tar format can’t be installed.

You can use the Get(InstalledFMPlugins) function to identify the name, version, and enabled state of an installed plug-in. This function can help you determine whether the installed plug-in is newer or older than the plug-in required by the solution file. See Get(InstalledFMPlugins).

Plug-ins must be enabled in the plug-in preferences for FileMaker Pro to recognize them. If the Install Plug-In File script step installs a plug-in update but the plug-in is disabled in the plug-in preferences, FileMaker Pro installs the update but does not enable the plug-in. See Setting plug-in preferences.

Note The system administrator can use the personalization file during a volume license installation to disable plug-ins and prevent plug-in updates from installing in FileMaker Pro. For more information, see the FileMaker Pro Network Install Setup Guide.

Examples

The following script installs a plug-in file in the Sound container field in the Media table.

Install Plug-In File[Media::Sound]

The following script installs a plug-in in the same field.

Go to Field [Media::Sound]

Install Plug-In File[]