24U SimpleHighlight Plug-In 2.0

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


1. Introduction

24U SimpleHighlight Plug-In adds highlighting and picture manipulation functions to the FileMaker database. Portion of the plug-in is distributed as free, open source sample code desribing 24U FM Template usage and FileMaker Pro Plug-Ins programming. Advanced functions are distributed as a shareware.


     

2. System requirements

Recommended configuration:

 Macintosh platform:
  Power Macintosh G4 with Mac OS 10.4 Tiger and FileMaker Pro 7v3 or newer
  or Intel Macintosh with Mac OS 10.4 Tiger and FileMaker Pro 8.5 or newer

 PC platform:
  Pentium PC 1 GHz with Windows 2000 or newer, and FileMaker Pro 7v3 or newer.
 

Minimum requirements:

 Macintosh platform:
  Power Macintosh G3 with Mac OS 10.4 and FileMaker Pro 7
  or Intel Macintosh with Mac OS 10.4 and FileMaker Pro 8.5

 PC Platform:
  Pentium PC 300MHz with Windows 2000, and FileMaker Pro 7
 

3. Installation

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

  1. If you did not do this yet, download and expand the 24U SimpleHighlight Plug-In archive.
  2. Open the expanded 24U SimpleHighlight Plug-In folder.
  3. On Macintosh: Move the "SimpleHighlight.fmplugin" file to the "Extensions" folder in your FileMaker application's folder.
  4. On Windows: Move the "SimpleHighlight.fmx" file to the "Extensions" folder in your FileMaker application's folder.

 

4. Quick Start

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

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 SimpleHighlight Plug-In, please check if your issue is not listed below:

It took very long time to make a picture with SLight_GeneratePicture
SLight_GeneratePicture is not appropriate for pictures larger than 320x240 pixels because it uses internal FileMaker calculation call for every pixel which takes a long time.

How can I create RGBA pixel color from R,G,B,A color components?
Use SLight_RGBA function to create it.

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 SimpleHighlight 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 SimpleHighlight Plug-In and try it out for the period of 14 days. After this period, 24U SimpleHighlight 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 SimpleHighlight 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 SimpleHighlight 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 SimpleHighlight 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: +420-224 910 892
Fax: +420-242 487 778
 
Snail mail: 24U Software
Skochovická 88
252 45  Zvole u Prahy
Czech Republic


8. Copyright

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

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

Used libraries:
    libTiff library, Copyright (c) 1988-1997 Sam Leffler, Copyright (c) 1991-1997 Silicon Graphics, Inc.
    jpeg library, Copyright (c) 1991-1998, Thomas G. Lane, Work of the Independent JPEG Group.
    z compression library, Copyright (c) 1995-2004 Jean-loup Gailly and Mark Adler.