The currently supported file formats (and we'll be adding more) are:

• PDF (.pdf)
• Microsoft Word Documents (.doc)
• Microsoft Excel (.xls)
• Rich Text Format (.rtf)
• Plain-text (.txt)
• HTML (.html, .htm)
• Jpeg EXIF data(.jpg)

If you have a database with word documents, and you want to be able to search on the contents of those documents, you need Textractor! Just store the extracted text in an indexed field in FileMaker, and do searches on that.

Since Textractor can read from URLs, it also works great with SuperContainer.

What does the FileMaker community think of Textractor?

John Sindelar told us about his use of Textractor for entering data into forms. "We're using this to read PDF forms into FileMaker and it works great. With a little scripting we feed FileMaker a blank form so it knows where are the "questions" in the form are at, and then we can feed it completed forms and it grabs the form contents very easily. This way non-technical people can teach the system about new forms or changes to forms."

"I am still in awe with both SuperContainer and Textractor, I had spent so many hours trying to achieve these features for my clients and now it's all so easy" —Robin Ledward, Ican Ltd.

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Questions and Answers

Will it run on Windows/Mac? What version of FileMaker is required?

Yes, all of our plugins are designed to run on Mac OS X (PowerPC and Intel) as well as on Windows.

Our plugins take advantage of the plugin features of FileMaker 7 and later, such as attaching styles to text, and are compatible with the most recent version, FileMaker 10. In addition, the Mac versions of all of our plugins ship as universal binaries, and will run at full speed on both PowerPC and Intel Macs.

	Mac OS X 10.4 or later on PPC	Mac OS X 10.4 or later on Intel	Windows XP or later
FileMaker 4-6	FileMaker Pro 7 or later required
FileMaker Pro 7	X	Won't run in Rosetta	X
FileMaker Pro 8	X	Won't run in Rosetta	X
FileMaker Pro 8.5	X	X	X
FileMaker Pro 9	X	X	X
FileMaker Pro 10	X	X	X
FileMaker Server Advanced 7	X	X	X
FileMaker Server Advanced 8.0v4	See note below	See note below	X
FileMaker Server Advanced 9	X	X	X
FileMaker Server 9	X	X	X
FileMaker Server 10	X	X	X
FileMaker Server Advanced 10	X	X	X

FileMaker Server Advanced 8.0v4: Unfortunately, a bug in FileMaker Server Advanced 8.0v4 disables all plugins in the Web Publishing Engine on OS X. This affects all plugins, not just ones from 360Works. FileMaker, Inc. is aware of this bug.

Rosetta: Rosetta is not supported. If you are running FileMaker 7 or 8 on an Intel Macintosh, we strongly recommend upgrading to FileMaker 8.5 or later; the speed and stability improvements are very significant.

What about Web Publishing and FileMaker Server?

If you purchase the Enterprise License (see below), then you will be able to use the plugin with the FileMaker Web Publishing Engine. This means that when you use our plugins in your FileMaker scripts, they will work the same way with Instant Web Publishing (IWP). It also means that your Custom Web Publishing applications (with XSLT, PHP, or any other web technology) can call FileMaker scripts that use our plugins.

If you're using FileMaker Server 9 or later, our plugins are compatible with the FileMaker Server scheduled script feature.

Can I use this plugin with my FileMaker runtime solution?

Yes, all of our plugins work in FileMaker runtimes solutions, just copy the plugin to the runtime's Extensions folder.

What kind of licenses are there?

Most of our plugins are available in 3 licenses: a Demo version which works for 2 hours every time you launch FileMaker, a "WorkGroup License" for 10 or fewer users, and an "Enterprise License" for unlimited users within a single organization.

There are more Questions and Answers on our product support site.