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Subtopics:24U SimpleDialog Plug-In
24U SimpleHelp Plug-In
24U PlaySound Plug-In
24U Preferences+Globals Plug-In
24U Transcoding Plug-In
24U SimpleTalk Plug-In

Plug-Ins Compatibility

A lot has changed since the release of FileMaker Pro 4 Developer Edition, the first version of FileMaker supporting 3rd party plug-ins. FileMaker's support for plug-ins is being constantly expanded and enhanced. Unfortunately, this evolution also brings compatibility issues you might be concerned about. This page is supposed to give you an up-to-date overview listing which plug-in version best suits concrete FileMaker Pro version.

There is a brief summary of plug-in compatibilty.

  FM Pro 4 - 6 FM Pro 7 FM Pro 8 FM Pro 8.5 FM Pro 9
24U SimpleDialog Plug-In 2.7.2 3.1.1 3.1.1 3.1.1 3.1.1
24U SimpleChart Plug-In x 1.1 1.1 1.1 1.1
24U SimpleFile Plug-In 0.1 1.1 1.1 1.1 1.1
24U SimpleSound Plug-In 2.7.2 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.0
24U SimpleTalk Plug-In x 1.1 1.1 1.1 1.1
24U VirtualUser Plug-In x 1.0.1 1.0.1 1.0.1 1.0.1
24U SimpleHASP Plug-In x 1.1 1.1 1.1 1.1
24U SimpleHelp Plug-In x 3.1 3.2.1 4.0 4.0
24U SimpleCode Plug-In 1.0* 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0
24U SimpleHighlight Plug-In x 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0
24U Preferences+Globals Plug-In 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0
24U FM Template 1.1 2.2 2.2 2.2 2.2
24U Plug-In Autoinstaller 1.1.1 2.2 2.2 2.2 2.2

Notes:

  • *Version 1.0 of 24U SimpleCode Plug-In is called 24U Transcoding Plug-In
  • 24U Preferences+Globals Plug-In is an "old-style" PowerPC plug-in. It will work on PowerPC Macs and Windows. For more info see paragraph below

There is a big step between FileMaker Pro 6 and 7. All plug-ins were rewritten and adjusted to a new environment. That means plug-in versions for FileMaker Pro 7 will not work in lower versions of FileMaker Pro. On the other hand "old-style" FM Pro 6 plug-ins will work on higher versions of FM Pro on PowerPC Macs. These plug-ins will work even on Intel-based Macs but only in FileMaker Pro PowerPC binary not in FileMaker Pro universal binary.

All plug-in versions compatible with FileMaker Pro 8.5 and above are universal binaries which work natively on both PowerPC and Intel Macs (except 24U Preferences+Globals Plug-In).

All plug-ins work on Mac OS X and Windows platforms. All plug-ins are compatible with Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard except 24U VirtualUser Plug-In which will be repaired shortly. Meanwhile 24U VirtualUser Plug-In works only on Mac OS X 10.3.9 and 10.4.x.

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