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fmSyntacColorizer has fallen a bit behind the times!

• new/changed steps?
• new/changed functions?
• new/changed deprecations?
• new/changed MBS possibilities?

inc.

• Syntax entries
• Example scripts
• Add new MBS developer utilities
• Add new color names?

…since when?

There seems to still be some German lingering around in the app, for example Abbrechen in dialogs.

I'm not sure that the Dark Mode colour palette is very practical: check with Dark Mode users and season to taste.

You can select a color in the Color Menu, but right clicking on the color and selecting a Text Color does not work.

That's what happens when an old developer forgets to reset his own settings in the release script ☺.

I wonder how many people have big fonts in their FileMaker solutions because of me? ;-)

There are two aspects to this issue

1. In the Formula Colors there is no "field color" entry
2. When added the fields are not colored as expected

Also reported, with thanks, by Martin Kuhn

I find comments are not different enough from control steps in the default palette.

It seems to be blank

The first script of the file contains the list of changes.

Normal User privs only allows for this script to be executed but not to be modified.

That means users can't read what has changed.

Since the Changes.md file tells the reader that the changes are documented there ... well that's pretty mean!

Solution -> Make the changes script modifiable by users, who can then look at it in the Script workspace just like the rest of the example scripts.

Duplicate palette creates an empty palette.

Reported thanks to Martin Kuhn.

In the little window where users can add a search term to highlight it is too easy to forget the wildcard asterisks that must surround the word.

A prompt and auto correction would help!

The fmDynamicColors Module (also from MrWatson) provides more flexible ways of defining colours.

Maybe the possibility to also define colors using RGB 100 ; 200 ; 123 or HEX FFaa00 or Javascript notation #ccc - or even in JSON {"red":123,"blue":255,"green":0} - would make it easier to define the colours users want?