| Extension | Description | Compatibility |
4SightTalk
|
The 4SightTalk external provides Omnis developers with client connectivity to 4-Sight
Fax v5 and v6 servers. The external adds 16 commands to Omnis, with which you can request a
list of available servers, their platforms and versions; request a list of cover pages
from a server; switch to the 4-Sight Fax driver so your Omnis report generates a TIFF
file, and restore the previous driver selection; create a fax message with the TIFF file,
address and send it; and query the status of faxes that have been sent to the server.
(demo available)
You must of course buy the 4-Sight Fax server software separately
from Soft Solutions, Inc. )
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Omnis 7.3
Omnis Studio
Mac/Win32
|
| CallProc |
The CallProc extended function lets you call procedures from inside a report. By
putting an invisible calculated field in the report format, and using the function
in the calculation, you can cause an Omnis procedure to execute while the report field
is being evaluated. That procedure can perform any task that won't upset the report
generator. It can't print another report, for example, or do things that upset the
report's file indexing. You might use it to keep track of complicated subtotals in
fields outside the report format, or to perform complex logic that isn't easily done in
regular report fields. Any memory-only or read/write fields you calculate in the called
procedure are available to the report, and previously calculated fields from the
report are available to the called procedure.
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Omnis 7.1
Omnis 7.3
Omnis Studio
Mac/Win32
|
| CharBits |
CharBits lets you perform logic operations on boolean
strings of zeros and ones. You can manage all your flags
in a single character field, and test for certain
combinations all at once. There are operators for AND, OR,
XOR, BTST, BSET and BCLR, so you can test, set or clear
one or several bits at a time.
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Omnis 5
Omnis 7
Omnis Studio
Mac only
|
| CopyFiles |
CopyFiles lets you copy a single file, or a folder and all
its contents, from one place to another under procedure
control. Useful with RemoteMount for doing late-night
remote file transfers... Also good for automating datafile
backup when your application quits.
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Omnis 5
Omnis 7
Omnis Studio
Mac only
|
| CRBStack |
CRBStack can function as a stack for values in the Current
Record Buffer or a list. If you need to suspend an Enter
Data operation, you can preserve the current values with a
'Push' call to CRBStack, go deal with other records, then
resume the enter data and restore the first record's
values with a 'Pop' call to CRBStack. The values are kept
in special stack resources. You can also store partial or
entire lists in stack resources. A 'Push' call to CRBStack
can take a snapshot of the CRB, and later a 'Compare' call
can tell you if anything changed, letting you avoid
unnecessary file updates. These are all things you can
accomplish currently by using dummy files, but CRBStack
can do them without taking up the extra file slot, and
faster, without accessing the datafile and increasing
network traffic. User configuration information can be
stored locally, independent of the datafile, and large
look-up lists of semi-static records can be built from the
datafile over the network at launch and stored locally for
quicker runtime retrieval without bogging the server down.
Recent improvements: the capabilities of the pCache
external have been added to CRBStack, including optional
encryption of the stack resources and selective reading
and writing of a sub-range of lines in list stacks. New
commands have been added to open, close and initialize
separate files for storing the resources, to fix the
conflict with read-only permission in Omnis 5 v1.104 and
up. Custom animated cursors can be displayed during longer
list Pushes, Peeks and Pops. A new 'get info' call returns
the size of a stack resource and the field definitions
used to create it.
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Omnis 5
Omnis 7
Omnis Studio
Mac only
|
| CTBPorts |
CTBPorts lets you overcome the limits on using only the
modem or printer port with the Omnis serial commands.
It shows you all the serial ports added through the
CommToolbox, and you can redirect the modem port or the
printer port, or both, to any other equipped port.
Useful with serial port expander cards, USB adaptors, etc.
(demo available)
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Omnis 5
Omnis 7
Omnis Studio
Mac only
|
| Cursors |
Cursors lets you change the cursor's appearance to any of
the standard cursors, or to any custom cursor you create.
For example, if you have a piece of code that takes some
time to execute, and a watch cursor isn't displayed for
you by Omnis during the execution, you can force the
cursor to be a watch, then change it back to an arrow when
you're ready. You can also animate a cursor. Recent
improvements: a new auto-animate call uses a VBL task for
smooth automatic cursor animation, based on an 'acur'
resource which specifies the timing and cursor 'frames'. A
new tracking call lets you define rectangular areas of a
window where special cursors will appear as the mouse
moves across them.
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Omnis 5
Omnis 7
Mac only
|
| Dial |
Dial lets you dial a modem connected to a serial port, or
create touch tones for dialing a HyperDialer-type device
connected to the sound port. Outside-line delays and sound
volume are adjustable for speaker dialing. Commands for
modem dialing allow automatic Hayes-standard or manual
control. Recent improvements: added specific calls to open
and close the serial port for better modem-dial control.
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Omnis 5
Omnis 7
Mac only
|
| DoStuff |
DoStuff lets you call on the StuffIt Engine™ to add or
extract files in an archive. The StuffIt Deluxe™ product
from Aladdin Systems, Inc., or another product that includes
the StuffIt Engine™, such as StuffIt Expander, is required, and is NOT
included. Working with StuffIt, the DoStuff external lets
you compress files, such as reports printed to disk, and
save them in a standard StuffIt archive file. You are also able
to expand compressed archives of any type supported by the engine,
and to encode/decode binHex...
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Omnis 5
Omnis 7
Omnis Studio
Mac only
|
| dClick |
dClick is an event handler that can help to capture
double-clicks on list fields when the processing of the
first click takes so long that double-clicks are sometimes
missed. This event handler is also being placed into
Public Domain.
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Omnis 5
Mac only
|
| dMouse |
dMouse enforces the standard modal dialog behavior,
preventing users from pulling down menus or typing menu
key equivalents during dialogs and enter data operations.
Clicks outside the top window are greeted with beeps. A
new key click combination gets you out of lockouts caused
by a quit all procedures during development. This event
handler has been placed in the public domain.
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Omnis 5
Omnis 7
Mac only
|
Dragster
|
The Dragster component gives you horizontal and vertical splitter
controls, letting you dynamically resize and reposition window objects.
It also gives you a way to respond dynamically during window resizing.
(demo available)
|
Omnis Studio
versions 4 & 5
Mac/Win32
|
| Effects |
Effects provides graphic transitions from one window to
another. Snazz up your About window, and create effects as
other windows switch. You can dissolve, zoom in or out,
and pull or wipe from any edge. Basic QuickDraw is used,
so some of the effects can be too slow for large color
windows...
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Omnis 5
Omnis 7
Mac only
|
| ExecuteScript |
ExecuteScript is a set of extended commands for Omnis 7 or Studio
that lets you compile and execute AppleScripts. You can precompile
scripts and store them in binary fields for quicker execution later,
or you can just pass the script and have it compiled and executed in
one operation. There's also a parsing command that helps dissect
complex results returned by the scripts.
(demo available)
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Omnis 7.1
Omnis 7..3
Omnis Studio
Mac only
|
ExpandTags
|
The ExpandTags external gives you a way to process text that includes
tags which are to be expanded with live data before use. The simplest
example would be a block of text that contains "My name is <tag>DATANAME</tag>."
If you configure ExpandTags to recognize those delimiters
using the SetTags command, you can pass this block of text to the
DoSubstitutions command and it will be expanded to "My name is Joe."
Custom keywords can be used instead of fieldnames, if you provide a mapping.
Calculations and method calls can also be tagged and performed during expansion.
Filenames can be tagged and the file will be inserted in place of the tag,
with or without performing a recursive tag-expansion on its contents..
(demo available)
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Omnis 7.3
Omnis Studio
Mac/Win32
|
| FlagWatch |
FlagWatch is an event handler that resembles a timer
procedure. It examines a flag field in the datafile at
selected intervals, and calls a procedure when it finds
the flag set. It uses a single-file-find on the RSN field
of the flag's file, so Enter Data isn't disturbed. Use it
as a second timer procedure, or when a timer procedure is
inappropriate. It allows one workstation to trigger events
on another.
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Omnis 5
Omnis 7
Omnis Studio
Mac only
|
| FontMapper |
FontMapper has two functions. The first is to build a list
of fonts in the system. The second function is to remap
the fonts on subsequent reports. To turn remapping on, you
set up a list of mappings and load the external, and to
turn it off you unload the external.
Some developers have wished for the ability to use
indirection when defining fonts in reports. That way their
users could select from the set of fonts equipped locally
without the need for reports customization. FontMapper
will allow you to do this to some degree. It works best
with outline fonts when reports are sent to a laser
printer or to the screen of a machine equipped with
TrueType. Scaling of bitmapped fonts can produce poor
results, and some fonts will align better than others, but
if the user has the ability to tweak them, they can work
with what they have, and choose a satisfactory combination
of fonts for a given report. You can provide an interface
to the user that lets them assign different fonts to
different aspects of your reports from a list of their
fonts. You might design a report whose heading section was
Geneva and whose detail section was Monaco. The user could
then designate Palatino headings and Courier details for
that report. Only the font can be changed; there is no
provision for changing the size.
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Omnis 5
Omnis 7
Mac only
|
| GeoDraw
|
GeoDraw allows you to draw lines, shapes and text into
an Omnis picture field. On Mac it can save the result
as a PICT file, and on Windows, as a BMP file.
There are commands to set the image size, erase to a
given background color, draw lines, draw and fill ovals,
arcs or rectangles, and to draw text in a particular font,
size, color and style. There are also batch commands to
generate a picture field or file from a list of drawing
specifications.
(demo available)
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Omnis 7
Omnis Studio
Mac/Win32
|
| GetIconList |
Returns a list of 'cicn' resources found in a given file.
Includes the name and resource ID, and the icon in a
picture field.
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Omnis 7
Omnis Studio
Mac only
|
| GetPICT |
GetPICT is used to import PICT resources and 'cicn'
resources into Omnis 7 picture fields.
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Omnis 7
Omnis Studio
Mac only
|
ImageBox
|
The ImageBox component gives you a scrolling display of a list of images.
You can adjust the aspect ratio, add labels, and choose between vertical and
horizontal orientation. Several properties are available to control label size
and coloring, as well as frame margins, sizes, shape and color.
It also gives you a static method for obtaining thumbnail versions of images.
(demo available)
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Omnis Studio
versions 4 & 5
Mac/Win32
|
| Jockey |
Jockey allows you to use more than one event handler at a
time. Jockey becomes the single installed event handler so
far as Omnis knows, and Jockey manages the loading and
unloading of the other event handlers, and passes events
to each one in turn. Recent improvements: added intercept
of self-unloading event handlers for increased
compatibility with other third-party event handlers, and
fixed the conflict with read-only permission in Omnis 5
v1.104 and up.
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Omnis 5
Mac only
|
| LightsOut |
LightsOut is an Event Handler external for Omnis 5 and 7.
It will monitor the system clock, and when a preset
time arrives, it will call a designated procedure. It was
written to provide a way to cause renegade workstations to
quit Omnis at 2 AM, to get them off the datafile before
automated backup procedures began... In such a case, the
procedure called would end with the Quit Omnis command,
perhaps doing some clean-up work first. This event handler
isn't limited to such use, it will simply call the
procedure at the appointed time (within the next 24
hours). It's up to you what happens next.
The new v2.0 is cross-platform, and comes with extended commands
for setting and clearing up to ten simultaneous 'timers', each
scheduled to call different procedures at different intervals.
Intervals beyond 24 hours are now supported, and a reset call
makes periodic scheduling easier. Version 2.1 adds a new
command to fetch a list of scheduled procedures, increases the maximum
number of scheduled procedures from ten to twenty, and provides a way
to increase timer resolution on Windows to allow shorter intervals
between calls - it still defaults to a 5-second resolution but can be
reduced to as little as .25 seconds - Macs get time even more frequently.
(demo available)
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Omnis 5
Omnis 7
Studio v2.1+
Mac/Win32
|
| Mapper |
Mapper gives you the coordinates and pixel depths of all
attached monitors, and lets you test points to see if they
lie within a visible screen. It returns the coordinates
and titles of any or all open windows for reopening them
in a remembered position (improved TopLeft), the position
and button state of the mouse, and the state of the
modifier keys. It also lets you control the positioning of
OK messages, working messages, print dialogs, etc.
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Omnis 5
Omnis 7
Mac only
|
| MaxMem |
Used to find out the size of the largest contiguous block
of memory available in Omnis. Can also compact the heap.
Placed into the public domain.
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Omnis 5
Omnis 7
Omnis Studio
Mac only
|
| MenuNames |
MenuNames returns the menu item name for a given menu
number and item number. Useful to find out if long/short
menus are enabled. Placed into the public domain.
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Omnis 5
Omnis 7
Mac only
|
| MoveText |
MoveText will read a text file into a character field or
into the clipboard, write the clipboard to a character
field or to a file, or write a character field to the
clipboard or to a file. Writing to files will either
replace or append text to the current contents, good for
maintaining one or more log files. Useful to import text
while preserving original carriage returns, etc. Allows
secondary calls to read files larger than 32K. See the
ParseFile external below for more versatile text file
access.
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Omnis 5
Omnis 7
Omnis Studio
Mac only
|
| Movies |
Movies is used to play QuickTime movies (including sound-
only movies). Movies can be displayed in an Omnis window,
or in a separate external window. The play-controls can be
hidden or shown, and there are commands to start and stop
the movie, and to set or read the current position. You
can also grab the current frame or the 'poster' frame into
an Omnis 7 picture field or onto the clipboard for Omnis 5.
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Omnis 5
Omnis 7
Mac only
|
| NoCtlKey |
NoCtlKey is an event handler that will prevent accidental
Control keypresses from inserting control characters in
data entry fields. Some (not all) methods of exporting
Omnis data will convert such control characters to spaces,
but NoCtlKey prevents them from getting in there in the
first place. I've placed this one in the public domain.
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Omnis 5
Omnis 7
Mac only
|
| Notify |
Notify provides access to the Notification manager. It
lets you notify the user if Omnis has just finished
running a long task in the background, for example. You
can cause a flashing small icon to appear over the Apple
in the menu bar with a diamond marking the Omnis
application in the menu, a beep or 'snd ' resource can be
played, and an alert can be shown on top of the current
application.
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Omnis 5
Omnis 7
Omnis Studio
Mac only
|
| OmDex v5.0 |
OmDex 5.0 is an event handler for Omnis 5 and 7 Mac. You
can use it to create very fast lists in your applications,
used for data entry or general browsing. When the need to
find a record arises, the user can instantly be shown a
list of all the records on file, which can be quickly
searched by name, or re-sorted and searched by code.
Command keys can be set up to open certain lists on
demand, or you can open one with a procedure call. Use
them to find and enter client, inventory or accounting
codes, or to select from a list of 'standard choices'...
The same list that looks up client codes can display their
telephone number for reference, and could also display a
balance, or other info from any file format. The list
pictured above can be zoomed or grown to view the phone
number columns, and if the user has clearance, the balance
columns. Any useful information in a loaded OmDex list is
accessible to your procedures without server traffic, and
since they're read into RAM from a file in a single
operation, you can have lists of several thousands of
records loaded from the server in a few seconds when the
application starts up or changes context.
An open list responds to typing like a standard Open file
dialog, scrolling to match on the sorted column as you
type. Selecting a line can close the window and cause a
portion of that line to be auto-typed into the current
entry field in an Omnis window, optionally followed by a
tab or return character to trigger the field's #AFTER
processing. Or it can cause a procedure to be called after
a part of the selected line is placed into a CRB field.
This way you can implement 'browse' lists that update the
window behind them with the selected record..
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Omnis 5
Omnis 7
Omnis Studio
Mac only
|
| OmDex v6.0
|
OmDex 6.0 is an extended area for Omnis 7 Mac and Windows. You
can use it to create very fast lists in your applications,
used for data entry or general browsing. It has all of the same
features as version 5 described above, but version 6 is cross-platform
and, being an external area, is implemented a bit differently.
(demo available)
Version 7 is under construction, as a Studio 2.x component...
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Omnis 7
Mac/Win32
|
| OmnisTWAIN
|
OmnisTWAIN is a set of extended commands for Omnis 7 and Studio
Mac and Windows. You can use it to initiate a scan and collect
the resulting image in a picture field or a file (default is PICT on Mac or
BMP on Windows; if the device supports the IMAGEFILEFORMAT capability setting,
other formats like JPG and TIFF are possible). The command set lets you query
the scanner for the properties it supports and the value ranges you can assign.
You can then set the various properties before starting a scanning process.
Tested with Epson, HP, Agfa and Acer scanners; theoretically it should work
with cameras that support TWAIN too, but so far that's untested...
(demo available)
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Omnis 7
Omnis Studio
Mac/Win32
|
| ParseFile |
ParseFile can read text files into one or more fields in
the CRB, using specified tab, comma or custom delimiters,
or byte ranges for packed files. It can read a byte range
or up to a delimiter into a single field, or read a line
at a time into one or many fields, optionally ignoring
selected fields or columns. It can strip control
characters as it imports, it converts imported non-
delimiter tabs into single spaces, and it strips leading
and trailing spaces from field data. An index positioning
field allows you to back up and re-read, or skip ahead, as
you require.
The new version 4.0 is cross-platform, implemented as extended commands,
and adds the ability to parse backwards in a file - handy for reading
recent entries in log files, for example... (demo available)
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Omnis 5
Omnis 7
Omnis Studio
Mac/Win32
|
| PassKey |
PassKey is an event handler that allows you to use a
normal entry field as a password field. Loaded on entry
into the field, it keeps track of the real input and
passes it back to you in a hidden field, and the entry
field displays apples instead. You unload it when the user
leaves the field. You can change fonts or modify the
external to get something besides an apple to be
displayed...
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Omnis 5
Omnis 7.1
Mac only
|
| PICTfile |
PICTfile is an event handler that allows you to display
PICT files in a non-modal scrolling, resizable window. A
pop-up menu provides commands to copy or print all or a
drag-selected part of the picture, or to zoom resolution
in to 800% or out to 12.5% in three steps each way. Files
can be specified by the call, or the user can be given an
Open dialog to select one. A batch-printing mode allows
you to print one or several PICT files without opening a
window. Drawing tools planned for a future revision.
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Omnis 5
Omnis 7
Mac only
|
| PICTPaper |
The PICTPaper external routine allows you to overlay
printed Omnis 5 and 7 Mac reports with black & white,
grayscale, or color PICT files containing forms designs,
logos, or DEMO stamps. The Omnis report can provide
everything but the graphics, which you can keep in PICT
files. They can be updated as needed without replacing the
application, and the user can provide or modify them on-
site. The external provides registration control for
precise alignment, and it gives you a choice of overlaying
just the first page of the report or all the pages.
|
Omnis 5
Omnis 7
Mac only
|
| PickPrinter |
PickPrinter picks direct connect or AppleTalk printers
without opening the Chooser, so your various reports can
be sent to the appropriate printers. You can read the
current Chooser choice, save it, select a different
printer, print a report and restore the Chooser choice.
Lets you create, edit and select custom 'PRNT' resources
containing page and job setups, with which you can control
the orientation and other criteria for different printing
jobs. Custom ImageWriter paper sizes can also be
controlled. Recent improvements: added new commands to
open, close and initialize separate files for storing the
PRNT resources, fixing the conflict with read-only
permission in Omnis 5 v1.104 and up. Extended PRNT control
to include the bin settings for BDT sheet feeder
attachments. Added System 7 compatibility. Added
LaserWriter 8.x driver compatibility.
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Omnis 5
Omnis 7
Omnis Studio
Mac only
|
| PictChanged |
This external compares two picture fields for exact match.
Used to sense that an Update files is not needed for a
picture field that hasn't changed.
|
Omnis 7
Omnis Studio
Mac only
|
| PlaySnd |
PlaySnd plays regular and 3:1 or 6:1 compressed 'snd '
resources which can be created with digitizing hardware
and software, or copied from stacks, etc. The sounds play
asynchronously while your procedures continue to execute.
Commands are provided to start and stop the sounds and
control the volume. Version 4 adds capabilities for
recording sounds, storing them in Om7 binary fields, and
playback from binary fields.
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Omnis 5
Omnis 7
Omnis Studio
Mac only
|
| Pops |
Pops is an event handler that puts pop-up menus in your
windows. The menus can track the value of an associated
field in the CRB, so that a Next will redraw the pop-up to
reflect the new record's value. Menu selections update a
field in the CRB (you decide which field) with the text of
the menu choice, the number of the choice, or an alias
code for the choice, and call the pop-up menu's 'field'
procedure. Recent improvements: a new TellPops routine
sends commands dynamically while Pops is installed. You
can add/remove/disable menus at any time, disable or
retitle items too. Any font and size can now be used,
supports invisible pop-ups, and has new inputs for the
full range of RGB colors and a custom check-mark
character. Menus now display the downward triangle if
enabled, a gray frame if disabled.
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Omnis 5
Omnis 7
Mac only
|
| PortPICT |
PortPICT provides commands for importing and exporting PICT
files. You can import a named PICT file into a picture
field, or index through a folder of PICT files whose names
you don't necessarily know. Their names and creation dates
will be returned in separate fields. You can export a
picture field to a PICT file with control of the file's
name and creator signature.
|
Omnis 7
Omnis Studio
Mac only
|
| PrintPDF |
PrintPDF provides commands to switch to the Adobe PDFWriter
driver, print a report as a PDF document, and switch back
to the user's current printer driver. The external gives
you control over the output file names and locations,
suppressing the usual modal dialog for naming the file.
|
Omnis 5
Omnis 7
Omnis Studio
Mac only
|
| PrintWindow |
PrintWindow is used to send the top Omnis window to the
printer, or to a field, or to the clipboard. When sent to
the printer, it will rotate if needed to avoid scaling, or
it will scale and output as portrait. Options to include/
exclude the title bar, or send to clipboard or picture
field instead of the printer.
|
Omnis 5
Omnis 7
Omnis Studio
Mac only
|
| pwMenus |
Omnis 7 external routine for assigning command key
equivalents to the screen report window's pop-up menu.
|
Omnis 7
Mac only
|
| QR |
Studio xcomp for producing QR code images from data.
Output is a PNG image, as a binary field or a .PNG image file.
(demo available)
|
Studio 4,5,6,8
Mac/Win32
|
| ReplaceText |
ReplaceText lets you substitute text for patterns found in
a text field. Useful for expanding keywords into html
markers, or for manipulating SQL query text, etc. Written
originally for Gary Connor, and placed into the public
domain by Directline Technologies.
|
Omnis 5
Omnis 7
Omnis Studio
Mac only
|
| ResTool |
ResTool is used for importing and exporting various kinds
of resources. Any resource type can be handled as a black
box, imported into and exported from a binary field. PICT
and 'cicn' resources can be imported into picture fields,
and picture fields can be exported to PICT resources (not
cicn). STR, STR# and TEXT resources can be moved to and
from text fields (and lists of text fields for STR#).
Sound resources ('snd ') can be moved to and from binary
fields, and those binary fields can be played by the
PlaySnd external. There are also commands for deleting
resources, and for getting lists of resources or resource
types contained in a file. (useful for inspecting all the
STRs and STR#s in Omnis itself..)
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Omnis 7
Omnis Studio
Mac only
|
| SCDialer |
SCDialer is used to control Sophisticated Circuits' ADB
Desktop Dialer devices. Neat device, you can dial/redial,
and it takes the number and waits for you to pick up the
handset, then it mutes your earpiece while dialing. Also
detects on-hook, off-hook and ringing, so the event
handler part can call different procedures when those
events happen. Good for timing calls.
Sophisticated Circuits Inc.
19017 120th Ave. NE, Suite 106
Bothell, WA 98011
800-827-4669 or 206-485-7979
|
Omnis 5
Omnis 7
Omnis Studio
Mac only
|
| sdocListener |
The sdocListener event handler and extended commands
let Omnis 7 or Omnis Studio applications on Macintosh
respond to CGI requests from WebSTAR and other conforming
servers. Up to 19 parameters from the 'sdoc' AppleEvent
are placed in designated fields, a procedure/method is
called, and the response generated by that procedure is
collected from another designated field and returned to
the server in the sdoc reply event.
|
Omnis 7
Omnis Studio
Mac only
|
| SendPage |
SendPage is used to send wireless pager messages to the
Notify! server from Ex Machina. It sends the pager
message(s) and their destination address(es) to the server
for processing.
|
Omnis 5
Omnis 7
Omnis Studio
Mac only
|
| ShowPICT |
ShowPICT shows color or black & white PICTs in modal
windows, and waits for a click or a keypress before
closing them up. The windows can optionally be used as
menus by reading the click location or key typed to close
the PICT. Allows up to 8 PICTs at once, or up to 7 text
strings drawn on top of one PICT, or combinations of PICTs
with text...
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Omnis 5
Omnis 7
Mac only
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| ShowText |
ShowText is an event handler that displays text files in a
non-modal scrolling window, with an optional Find feature
available to users that can also find text and scroll to
it automatically as the file opens, for use in providing
context help. The filename can be specified in the call,
or chosen by the user via a standard Open file dialog.
Three highlighting choices for found strings and four font
choices for display. Shows only the first 32K of files
larger than 32K. Print features let you specify the font,
size, justification and margins of your choice, and print
either from view mode or in a batch mode (without opening
a window), with optional mail-merge capability. Recent
improvements: control which folder is opened to when
selecting files.
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Omnis 5
Omnis 7
Mac only
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| splitstring |
With the splitstring extended function, you can pick apart
tab- or comma-delimited strings in a couple different ways.
One way dissects the delimited string until it's gone, similar
to the strtok() function. The other way lets you fetch the nth
token, leaving the original string untouched.
Public Domain (free download)
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Omnis 7.1
Omnis 7.3
Omnis Studio
Mac/Win32
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| StdFile |
StdFile does standard Open and Save file dialogs. Use it
in place of any Omnis 'prompt for' command. Returns the
full pathname of the selected file in the field of your
choice, with a limit of 255 characters. Your users can
select or enter filenames for import or export, or select
new datafiles or applications, using the familiar methods
to specify volumes and folders. Supports file type
filtering to allow only desired files to show up. Recent
improvements: you can now supply a prompt in the Open
dialog, change the title of the Open or Save button,
control which directory the dialog initially opens to, and
position the cursor or selection in the default 'save as'
filename entry field, selecting all but the suffix, for
example. Version 4 adds a folder selection dialog, and
commands for deleting a file, changing its type or
creator, and getting a list of all files and/or folders
within a folder.
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Omnis 5
Omnis 7
Omnis Studio
Mac only
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| StdThumb |
Presents a standard file dialog ala StdFile, but with the
preview option active, and it returns a thumbnail of the
selected PICT file to an Omnis picture field.
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Omnis 7
Omnis Studio
Mac only
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StringJockey
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StringJockey is a collection of 36 extended functions
for doing a variety of text manipulations...
splitstring(), indexedPart() and indexOfPart() for parsing delimited strings;
stripNullBytes() and reduceToAlphanumeric() for stripping out bytes;
wrapLinesWith() for wrapping and quoting reply text;
setLinebreaks() for converting platform-specific linebreaks;
howMany() for counting characters or patterns;
filenameOfPath() and folderPartOfPath() for isolating path parts;
and many more for doing checksums, blowfish encryption, base64 encoding and decoding,
making MD5 digests and CRAM-MD5 responses, extracting numeric values from packed data...
(demo available)
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Omnis 7
Omnis Studio
Mac/Win32
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StringList
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StringList flattens a list into a character field for
exporting, and un-flattens the char field later, parsing
it back into the list. It's also useful for importing a
tab- or comma-delimited file into a list, and for turning
a list into a fomatted/delimited text file.
(demo available)
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Omnis 5
Omnis 7
Omnis Studio
Mac/Win32
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| SubLaunch |
SubLaunch lets you leave Omnis and start up another
application with a document to open or print, and when
that application quits, you'll come back to Omnis, even in
single Finder... It can open documents even if the
application is already open in another layer.
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Omnis 5
Omnis 7
Mac only
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| Sync2Server |
Sync2Server is a combination of an INIT and an external
routine for Omnis 5 and 7 Mac. You can use it to
synchronize all the workstations' system clocks with one
particular server on the network. The TimeServer INIT is
installed on the server. An application on the workstation
can call the Sync2Server external to query the INIT across
the network to fetch the server clock's date and time into
fields in the CRB, or to set the workstation's clock to
match the server's, or both.
You can supply the name of the zone where the TimeServer
INIT is found. The external will look there first, and if
necessary it will scan other zones until it finds a
TimeServer. It returns the name of the zone where the
TimeServer was found, which can be used in subsequent
calls to avoid the need to scan multiple zones. This means
wide-area networks can have TimeServer INITs installed on
Macs in different time zones, and you can do both local
and remote timestamping as required.
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Omnis 5
Omnis 7
Omnis Studio
Mac only
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| SysInfo |
SysInfo returns the host machine's system software
version, AppleTalk version, system folder pathname, free
RAM & disk space, name and size of the current datafile,
hardware information like which model, which
microprocessor, which keyboard, and presence or absence of
color and coprocessor. Some, but not all of this info is
available using sys() function calls. Recent improvements:
added separate calls for each type of information, a new
call for finding the pathnames and sizes of all open files
of a given type, datafiles or otherwise, along with the
free space on their volumes, a new call for finding the
names and free space of all mounted drives, new calls for
stack and System heap free space, total RAM, AppleTalk
network number and node ID, and access to the Gestalt
system information.
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Omnis 5
Omnis 7
Omnis Studio
Mac only
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TCPTalk
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TCPTalk is an event handler and a set of extended commands that allow
Omnis to run as an HTTP server, eliminating the need for cgi middlemen.
You can also use TCPTalk to serve other protocols of your own design,
so that one Omnis library can listen for requests from other libraries
and respond in whatever fashion. Commands include the basic socket
primitives, specialized commands for things like setting up a list to
receive all the POST arguments automatically, sending or receiving
directly from or to a disk file or an Omnis list, encoding and decoding
base64, and more, making it possible to write an IMAP client, for example.
New in version 3 are commands to scan for and to publish Bonjour services,
making it possible to talk to custom applications on iOS devices. UDP support
has also been added.
(demo available)
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Omnis Studio
versions 4 & 5
Mac/Win32
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| TestForFile |
Tests for the existence of a file. Written because the
built-in Omnis command unintuitively reports file doesn't
exist, if it finds that the file is currently busy.
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Omnis 5
Omnis 7
Omnis Studio
Mac only
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| TextPicture |
Given some text, a font and font size, and a pixel width,
TextPicture calculates the number of lines that will
result when the text is wrapped in that wide of an area.
Returns the number of lines (useful for anticipating
report output). The other command actually returns the
wrapped text as a picture, so you can place it in reports
and control the way it wraps.
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Omnis 7
Omnis Studio
Mac only
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| Tickers |
Tickers is used for adding clocks (real time, elapsed
time, countdown) to Omnis 7 windows, with optional alarm
procedures and sound-playing at intervals. You can display
real-time or elapsed/countdown timers, start/stop/query
the time, set the font/size/color/bkgdColor for the
display, set up procedures to be called when a certain
time arrives or the countdown hits zero, etc. and you can
have sounds played at intervals...
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Omnis 7
Omnis Studio
Mac only
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| TimeText |
TimeText converts Omnis military time values into
formatted 12-hour strings. It can also evaluate partial
input and translate it into formatted time strings and
Omnis military time values. You can convert an Omnis time
field's value of 17:36 to a formatted string " 5:36 PM"
for display, or you can type "536" into a field and
convert it to both a formatted string of " 5:36 PM" and
the Omnis equivalent of 17:36. Times with single-digit
hours are formatted with a space in front to help columns
line up. The AM or PM can optionally be suppressed.
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Omnis 5
Omnis 7
Omnis Studio
Mac only
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| Tweaker |
Tweaker is a grab bag of commands to tweak various things.
There are commands to hide and show the menu bar, to
control the user text-highlighting color, to alter STR#
resources in Omnis (to change the default Print file name,
or the list-build lockout constant, for example), to
substitute custom icons in large OK messages, to eject
floppy disks, and even to cause an immediate shutdown (
intended for dedicated-use machines like POS).
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Omnis 5
Omnis 7
Mac only
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| Vector |
Vector is an event handler that can call procedures in
response to command keys, function keys and other extended
keyboard keys. You don't need to use a menu item with a
key equivalent. Recent improvements: a new TellVector
routine allows keys to be defined or removed at any time.
New syntax allows all combinations of the modifier keys.
New calls to remap keys temporarily, making return act
like a tab, for example. New call to intercept ALL
keyboard traffic and report it to a selected procedure.
New call to test which modifier keys are down when buttons
or menus are selected. New call to send key events, for
triggering macros or positioning the cursor in non-empty
entry fields.
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Omnis 5
Omnis 7
Mac only
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| WindowKeys |
WindowKeys is used for controlling #UL procedurally. It's
called just before a Prompt for Password, and it causes
the password window to open offscreen, then it auto-types
the password you prime it with, followed by a return that
closes the off-screen window. So you can implement user
passwords, look up the level desired, and set that level
per one of your 8 hard-coded passwords.
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Omnis 5
Omnis 7
Mac only
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| ZipPlus4 |
ZipPlus4 is used for talking to the ZP4 zip code CD-ROM.
It lets you pass addresses to the ZP4 app for cleaning.
ZP4 corrects misspelled street names, adds/corrects the +4
part of the zip code, returns info on carrier routes, etc.
Good for mailing list apps, etc. You need to purchase a
CD-ROM subscription from Semaphore Corporation, makers of
ZP4.
Semaphore Corporation
207 Granada Drive
Aptos, CA 95003-5007
(831) 688-9200 fax (831) 662-2717
Email help@semaphorecorp.com
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Omnis 5
Omnis 7
Omnis Studio
Mac only
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| zlibCompression |
The zlibCompression extended commands use Jean-loup Gailly's
zlib compression libraries to compress binary field data.
Given source and destination binary fields, the commands
will compress or decompress data quickly and efficiently.
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Omnis 7
Omnis Studio
Mac/Win32
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