# \#compression

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## [Reducing file size](https://the.fmsoup.org/t/reducing-file-size/2588)

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**Author:** [@xochi](https://the.fmsoup.org/u/xochi)\
**Replies:** 15\
**Last updated:** [October 22, 2025, 8:05am UTC](https://the.fmsoup.org/t/reducing-file-size/2588 "2025-10-22T08:05:25Z")

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Is there a plugin or tool which can determine the size-on-disk of various parts of a FileMaker file, such as field data, index, empty space, etc? I have a file which has grown quite large, and I'd like to put efforts in…

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## [Compress and Send](https://the.fmsoup.org/t/compress-and-send/4173)

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**Author:** [@MonkeybreadSoftware](https://the.fmsoup.org/u/MonkeybreadSoftware)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [July 7, 2024, 7:31am UTC](https://the.fmsoup.org/t/compress-and-send/4173 "2024-07-07T07:31:04Z")

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If your user needs to compress one file and send it via email, they can compress the file in Finder or Explorer and attach the file to an email and send it off. But what if you ned to do this 100 times and you need a scr…