Installs or updates a plug-in file from a container field onto your computer.
Specify target field specifies the container field with the plug-in that you want to install or update. If no field is specified, FileMaker Pro Advanced installs the plug-in in the current container field in the active table.
Product | Supported |
FileMaker Pro Advanced | Yes |
FileMaker Go | No |
FileMaker WebDirect | Yes |
FileMaker Server | Yes |
FileMaker Cloud products | Yes |
FileMaker Data API | No |
Custom Web Publishing | Yes |
Runtime solution | Yes |
FileMaker Pro 12.0
You must insert the plug-in in a container field before you can install or update the plug-in. See Insert File or Installing plug-ins.
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. In Windows, plug-ins have the extension .fmx (32-bit FileMaker Pro Advanced) or .fmx64 (64-bit FileMaker Pro Advanced). In macOS, the plug-ins have the extension .fmplugin.
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 Advanced 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 Advanced installs the update but does not enable the plug-in. See Setting plug-in preferences.
For files hosted by FileMaker Server or FileMaker Cloud for AWS, the server administrator must enable the Install Plug-In File script step in Admin Console. See FileMaker Server Help or FileMaker Cloud product documentation in the Product Documentation Center.
•FileMaker Pro Advanced can only install plug-ins that match the FileMaker Pro Advanced application's architecture. For example, the 64-bit version of FileMaker Pro Advanced can only install 64-bit plug-ins. Use the Get(ApplicationArchitecture) function to determine the current application's architecture.
•The system administrator can use the personalization file during an installation on multiple computers to disable plug-ins and prevent plug-in updates from installing in FileMaker Pro Advanced. See FileMaker Pro Advanced Network Install Setup Guide.
•This script step is not supported in server-side scripts performed by a FileMaker Cloud host.
Installs the Video plug-in.
Show Custom Dialog ["Do you want to install the latest version of the Video Plug-In?"]
If [Get ( LastMessageChoice ) = 1]
Install Plug-In File[Plugins::Video]
End IfDetects the application architecture, then installs the appropriate version of a plug-in.
If [ Get ( ApplicationArchitecture ) = "i386"]
Install Plug-In File [Plugins::32bit]
Else If ( Get ( ApplicationArchitecture ) = "x86_64"]
Install Plug-In File [Plugins::64bit]
End If