Engineers at FileMaker Inc. have finally dispelled a rumor.

During the recent FileMaker Developer Conference in San Francisco last
month, quite a few attendees approached us asking whether a statement
heard in one of the sessions was true or not. It seems one of the
presenters from FMI suggested the idea that Excelisys' now famous drag-
n-drop technique was not necessarily reliable and should be used with
caution.

The statement was made in recognition of the fact that the technique,
which allows you to create a once-impossible user interface feature,
is based on what engineers call an "unexpected behavior" which could
possibly change in future versions of FileMaker Pro. However, this
behavior is NOT a bug, and is in fact considered a feature by many
developers.

The behavior in question is the fact that an auto-enter calc will
trigger before a script trigger is executed. Discovering this behavior
was a surprise to many, including FMI engineers.

We wanted to set the record straight, so we spoke with FileMaker
engineers. The word finally came down from them this week that there
is almost no likelihood of this behavior changing anytime soon. Of
course, FMI can't guarantee the low-level behavior will persist in
future versions, nor would we expect them to. But we are confident
that such a change is highly unlikely.

So relax and integrate this amazing technique into your solutions with
confidence. The advice to use with caution is generally made when any
technique is dependent on an unexpected behavior. But with a
confirmation direct from the "horse's mouth", as it were, we consider
this a green light.

Thanks Christo!  But you forgot to include a URL for the demo file and 
white paper.

http://www.excelisys.com/web/downloads/files/Drag-and-Drop.zip

I implemented this technique just last week for a new solution I'm 
working on, and it works miraculously.  I never, ever would have come up 
with this method by myself...so HUGE thanks to Excelisys for making this 
technique available!


Christo wrote:
> The behavior in question is the fact that an auto-enter calc will
> trigger before a script trigger is executed. Discovering this behavior
> was a surprise to many, including FMI engineers.

On Tue, 22 Sep 2009 13:33:50 -0700, Howard Schlossberg wrote:
>  Thanks Christo!  But you forgot to include a URL for the demo file and 
>  white paper.
> 
>  http://www.excelisys.com/web/downloads/files/Drag-and-Drop.zip

And forgot to mention that it's FMP10 only?