New to FM. Not new to development

  

1. You can't

2 & 3. You need the Advanced version of the software. I have Filemaker 9.0 Advanced. With this, you can go through scripts step by step to debug them, insert break points, etc.

  

1- How can I view all the code at once. Not individual scripts

With FMP advanced, you can list out all the scripts in a single database design report in HTML format. It's not perfect, but it's a big help when working with complex interrelated scripts.

   FMP advanced is virtually identical to the regular FMP, but with a small number of very valuable (to developers) added features. If you are familiar with FMP 10, you'll find using FMP 10 advanced to be very familiar territory. If you're not familiar, downloading the FMP 10 trial is not a bad place to start.

  

"How can anyone say it is easy to create applications with this."

 

We can say that because we have created applications using MANY MANY other tools.  And FileMaker *is* rapid development tool.

  

it's clunky, but it does the job. I wish for a PHP type environment myself. Where you can type out your code.

 

But then, it wouldn't be "easy" 

  

"I suppose it may be a good solution for non-developers."

 

Oh!  I didn't realize you were clairvoyant and that you knew everyone that uses FileMaker and knew everyone's background!!  Wow!!  How impressive!!!!

  

Since FMP 3 at least, developers have asked for a text based script editor. While many improvments have been made, that hasn't been one of them :smileysad: .

 

I suspect that FMP is concerned that a text based script editor would make FMP "too difficult" for "non-developers". I'd suggest that one approach doesn't rule out the other, they could keep the current script editor in regular FMP and add a text based version to FMP advanced.

 

When I compare working with FMP to working with MS Access, I find I can usually roll out a working solution in FMP much more quickly than I can with MS Access. Other aspects of FMP's design out weigh this lack--at least when it comes to how fast I can develop.

 

PS. At least we can copy and paste script steps, import scripts from another file, print the script in a reasonably straight forward format, and we no longer have to delete a bunch of unwanted script steps everytime we start a new script. These are all past complaints that FM Inc. has finally corrected.

   What if the advanced version only, had a text based script editor??

   you need FMP advanced