Important News for our Analyzer Customers

Because Analyzer only works properly in legacy versions of FileMaker Pro, we've decided to discontinue the product. The schedule for this is as follows:

• Cross Platform
  Analyzer is fully compatible with Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X, and Mac OS 9, so whatever your platform of choice, you'll feel right at home.


• Dependency Tracking
  In addition to the details about each element, Analyzer tracks how the elements depend on one another. For instance, when looking at the details of a script, Analyzer also shows you every script that calls it. It is possible to instantly see every place any element is used.


• Comparison Reporting
  As your solution evolves, you can "analyze" it more than once. When you do, Analyzer makes it easy to view old and new information about your databases. When you need to see the big picture, Analyzer's Comparison Report fits the bill. It shows all the changes from one version to another in a single report.


• Cost Reporting
  Since Analyzer is keeping track of all your changes, it can help you figure out how much to charge your clients too. You simply assign a cost value to each kind of change (you can supply different charges for each solution) and let Analyzer calculate the total. Analyzer will print a nicely formatted cost report complete with change details.


• Problem Dots
  Analyzer automatically detects over 20 common FileMaker Pro problems, flagging them with clear red indicators, and explaining the problem in plain English. Problem Dots appear for all sorts of problems, including missing fields, missing scripts, missing layouts, and relationships with non-matching key field types.

• Comprehensive Documentation
  Analyzer records every detail of every element in your solution, from the Validation Options of your fields to the pixel-coordinates of the buttons on your layouts. You can add multiple notes to any element to track how it changes over time. If you need documentation, simply print the element reports. With Analyzer 3.6, you can print a single report containing all your notes. This report puts all your functional documentation together in one place.
  


• Instant Searching
  Analyzer's built-in search engine instantly searches for elements that match your criteria across every database in your solution. You can find every "Show Message" script step, or every layout named "Layout #1." It's also a breeze to find every script or field that uses a certain plug-in. When you've found what your looking for, you can even print a report of the results. If you need to make a change across your whole solution, it is a life saver to print the report and mark things off as you go.


• Script Tracing
  Analyzer makes following scripts easy. Each "Perform Script" step is a hyperlink -- one click takes you to the script being called.To get the big picture, use the Script Trace report. It replaces every "Perform Script" with the contents of the script itself. Instead of clicking to see the script, you see it right there, nicely indented and color-coded. This report makes understanding complex scripts dramatically easier.


• List Filtering
  If your solution contains many elements, you can type the first few letters of the element name and Analyzer displays the matches instantly.