Show info from other applications

Information of files in the Finder

Informator works together with the Finder. This means that you only have to activate a file within the Finder and the info within Informator can be shown (automatic or manual, as selected).
This function can be activated for other applications, too.

Information about files within other applications
To show information of files from other apps a special "enabler" is needed. If an enabler for the wanted app is placed within the f-info folder you can activate the "show info from this app" function (and deactivated it ,too). To do so click onto the little arrow on the right top of the main window and chose the app from the popup menu or activated it within the prefs.

Creating own Enabler with apple script
If you would like to use f-info within applications no enabler is available for you can create one yourself.
The application you want to create the enabler for should be scriptable and you should know a little bit about apple scripting. To create an enabler please download the "Enabler Maker" from our website and follow the instructions within the "read me" file.
http://www.end-if.de/Downloads
Enabler Maker: Read me

Applicaton Enabler samples

Quark XPress
Click with the content tool onto a referenced image in your Quark XPress dokument and than click onto "get selection" within the Informator window.
Do not change the name of the file within f-info, please. Otherwise Quark XPress will lose the reference.

Adobe InDesign
Click with the content tool onto a referenced image in your InDesign dokument and than click onto "get selection" within the Informator window.
If you edit the file within Informator you should update it within the ndesign document afterwards.
Do not change the name of the file within f-info, please. Otherwise InDesign will lose the reference.

Apple iPhoto
Information of the activated images are shown as you selected (iPhoto version 2.0 or higher).
Please notice that iPhoto does not work with the original file while editing. It works with a copy. All IPTC meta data are lost if the image is edited with iPhoto (of course these information still exists in the original file).
If you use functions of informator to edit a photo (e.g. rotate a JPEG) iPhoto will not update the shown preview, although the file has changed.
Do not change the name of the file within f-info, please. Otherwise iPhoto will lose the reference.

Filemaker

Information of image files which where added with reference to the database can be shown. But Filemaker gives no hint, which field of the activated record is selected. Therefore you have to determin within the script which field the information should be taken from. In the sample "cell1" is chosen. Please edit this according to your database.
Please read the following section "Creating own enabler with apple script", too.

The latest enabler can be downloaded from our website:
http://www.end-if.com


Enabler compile errors
Before using an enabler it is tested whether the enabler communicates with the wanted application. If an error occurs a message is shown instead of the wanted info.
Reasons for this might be:
- There is an error within the Enabler script. Check it with the "Enabler Maker", please.
- The version of the wanted application does not match the needed commands.

If you've problems with an Enabler, write to us, please: support@end-if.com