Idle Call
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You can have FileMaker call your plugin during the standard system idle call. During this time, you can execute call backs to FileMaker, including Script and/or SQL callbacks.
NOTE : Be careful that your idle code doesn't take too much time - it's called frequently and any time it takes reduces the overall performance of FileMaker.
Step One - Enable Idle Time Flag
Set the 'Want idle time' flag in the plugin Option String to be 'Y' (the third to last flag)
#define IDMA_Plugin_OptionString "IDMA1nnYYnn" // ^--^ || | |---- // No Win32s support // | || |------ // Want idle time // | ||-------- // No old external functions // | |--------- // Has preferences dialog // |-------------- // 'IDMA' plug-in ID
