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• Introduction
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• View Results
• Access the Plug-in
• Script Explanation
• How to recreate in your solution

Access the Plug-in

When using plug-ins (not just ours), they do not add new script steps, but instead add new functions that are available in the calculation engine.

To see a calculation that tells the plug-in what to do, go to the "Scripts" menu, choose "ScriptMaker" or "Manage Scripts". Next, double click the script you want to view. Note that we are using the "Set Field" script step which consists of two settings. The "Specify target field" button allows you to choose which field you want to set. In our case we want to set the "Result" field. The second specify button is where the POP3it Pro calculation exists. Click this button to see the calculation that is used to tell the plug-in what to do.

The "Specify Calculation" window as shown in the image above is found in many different places in FileMaker. The most common places to use the plug-in is within the "Set Field or "Set Variable" script/button steps.

In FileMaker's "Specify Calculation" window, the plug-in is accessed using the "POP3it_FunctionName" functions. To find a list of these in FileMaker, click "View" menu in the top right corner of a "Specify Calculation" window, select "External Functions", and then scroll through the list until you find the plug-in name. There are many functions available that allow you to do a variety of different things. For a complete listing of the functions and help for each one, see the Functions tab of the POP3it Pro Knowledge Base.