OK, it's not polished, it is not error-free, but it's here and it's mind-blowing.

fmCheckMate XSLT Library (BETA) is now available for download on the downloads page.

The fmCheckMate XSLT Library upgrades fmCheckMate from a Super-Tool to a Mega-Tool.

For those who are new here: fmCheckMate is the main tool in the fmWorkMate toolbox for converting copied FileMaker objects to XML and back.

Important notice before we go any further: 

The fmCheckMate XSLT Library is work in progress, this means:

• Some things work, and some things don't (& it's not terribly well documented)
• It is not guaranteed to do a) what it says, b) what you expect, c) what I expect, d) any good. But it might.
• The bits of it I use are in a "it works for me" state - please help me to get it into a "it works for you" state!
• If you have questions, suggestions, input, corrections, uncertainties or anything else, please contact me (e.g.: using the contact button on this website)

Here's how to use it:

1. If you don't have fmWorkMate yet, download that first from the downloads page.
2. Download the fmCheckMate XSLT Library from the downloads page.
3. Unzip it to your documents folder. (~/Documents/CheckMate)
4. Start fmWorkMate and then fmCheckMate.
5. Copy some FileMaker objects and use fmCheckMate to convert them to XML (an fmxmlsnippet).
6. Press Command+T (on Windows Ctrl+T) to open the XSLT Transformation window.
   (Note: If you are updating your version of the fmCheckMate XSLT Library press the reload button)
7. Click an interesting looking transformation (see note below on abbreviations used in the names).
8. If the result is an anlysis just look at, copy or save the text.
9. If the result is a further fmxmlsnippet, press the [-> FM] button to convert the result back to FileMaker objects then paste them back into FileMaker.

    

About the XSLT file names

The XSLT files names have the following form:

{SourceType}_{ResultType}_Functionname.xslt

The SourceType and ResultType describe the type of object expected: 

• XMAA - Any/All FileMaker object types
• XMLO - FileMaker 11 Layout Objects
• XML2 - FileMaker 12 Layout Objects
• XMTB - FileMaker Table Definitions
• XMFD - FileMaker Field Definitions
• XMSC - FileMaker Scripts
• XMSS - FileMaker Script steps

Note: Script step (XMSS) transformations often also work correctly on scripts. Ditto Fields and tables.

The following terms are also used:

• Text.List - Produces a list of information, usually limited to one result per line
• Text - some other text result.