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Claris FileMaker 2023 Under the hood webinar - June 27, 2023
rmtietge posted a topic in Announcements of FileMaker Product, Services or Resources,
On June 27, many members of the Claris Engineering team, including Lucy Chen and Clay, will join me for an under the hood look at Claris FileMaker 2023. Two sessions: 9:00 a.m. PDT and 4:00 p.m. PDT. [Register here](https://content.claris.com/claris-fm2023-webinar-uth-fmforums).- 0 replies
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Work flow complete before bottom of second cup of coffee.
Ocean West posted a topic in AI Programming,
The task at hand was finding an API for one of our clients that could provide a comprehensive list of their clients stores. The goal was to cross-reference this with our database, ensuring each store was accounted for. Despite my efforts, the search came up empty. However, their website presented an intriguing alternative: a detailed directory segmented by state and country.
My initial approach was to examine the website's HTML, yet this only yielded the default data. Attempts to append the URL to load data from different countries proved futile. The website's dropdown appeared to use JavaScript to pull varying data sets. My initial assumption was that each selection triggered a new query. However, upon closer inspection, I discovered a JSON object nestled just before the closing body tag. Rather than querying anew each time, the JavaScript simply drew from different arrays within this pre-loaded object.
Enter ChatGPT, OpenAI's conversational AI.- 0 replies
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[ANN] Claris Engage 2024
rmtietge posted a topic in Announcements of FileMaker Product, Services or Resources,
Claris's VP of Marketing Ann Devens just announced Claris Engage - February 6-8, 2024 on the Apple campus in Austin, Texas.
We'll share more details about registration, speaking, hotels, and exhibiting soon.
I hope to see you there!- 0 replies
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Five By Six ( Wordle in FileMaker)
Ocean West posted a file in Solutions,
This is essentially a port of WORDLE built-in FileMaker there are many who are addicted to this daily challenge.Picked By
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David Attenbruh's World of FileMaker™ - Episode 2 - Primary keys
everythingFileMaker posted a topic in Community Videos, Tips, & Techniques, Articles.,
A brief explanation of primary keys. This video is for newbies/intermediates to FileMaker™ and is the 2nd in a series explaining key concepts in an entertaining and easy-to-understand way.
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Secret #2 to Claris FileMaker Database Speed Performance with Jonathan Ray
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By Todd Geist in Proof+GeistDiscover the newest insights from Claris Engage 2024, where our team delved into AI, productivity enhancements, and developer strategies – watch the videos now!
The post Check Out Proof+Geist’s Claris Engage 2024 Speaker Sessions! appeared first on Proof+Geist.
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By Todd Geist in Proof+GeistDiscover the frustration of dealing with bugs that strike only at specific times and how logging can unveil the hidden causes behind these intermittent issues, offering crucial insights into debugging strategies for API interactions and server scripts.
The post Woes of Temporal bugs appeared first on Proof+Geist.
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Spreadsheets really suck!... Long live spreadsheets, they're super useful! This simple contradiction, however, is likely a part of our technological lives for the rest of time. Unless AI removes the need for people to directly interact with data, spreadsheets are likely here to stay. And, for good reason. They're actually super useful!
As a software/database developer you need to realize that not everyone intuitively understands the solution you've created. In fact, the learning curve, may just be too painful - at least relative to what they may already know. Most users will tend to default to what they feel comfortable with. In the not so distant past, managing data was actually just words on paper. In fact, there's a word you're probably familiar with, it's 'list' - a very common development term. Yep, we still use lists.
Did you notice that? I referenced the fact that you're developing software and you can't really create software WITHOUT using lists. So, why not simply accommodate users' needs to simply default to using a spreadsheet. You just need a simple way to get the data in and out of your solution. Fortunately, this has all been solved by the tab and comma characters. If your users are using a lot of spreadsheets, then enjoy this video article and the associated technique file as we work with the MBS plug-in's super powerful Matrix.* suite of functions for some super functionality. Let's just Copy/Paste that spreadsheet data into a virtual spreadsheet and manipulate the data to fit our needs.
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Just because you can click the Create button to add a new container field doesn't mean you should do it. In fact, you might want to consider never adding a single container field to your main solution's tables. "Really?", you ask. Yes, because there are many advantages to segmenting a solution into multiple distinct parts. Most media, images, video and audio, is considered "heavy data" and that data comes with a big cost.
It may be that you're unfamiliar with how you can best structure your data within FileMaker. With images, you're often better served by handling that data in a very specific and dedicated way. This video, and the associated technique file, shows you how to approach the situation of handling images. It also addresses the display of those images. For the sake of images, you certainly need to see the image for the value it provides. However, you rarely need to transfer the full image which was capture or imported.
Watch this video in order to gain a full understanding of how it may be best to both store and view your images within a FileMaker solution.
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Providing users with some type of indication about where they are within the current layout is always a nice thing. People don't typically like that feeling of being lost and there are multiple ways to indicate where the user is. A simple header or label is always one of the easiest ways, but, what if you're using disconnected objects. In that case, the navigation itself can often act as the indicator.
The combination of either multiple buttons or a Button Bar, with a tab panel or slider is a very common thing within a more complex FileMaker layout. In this video, I walk through the process of adding some navigational indicators to an existing solution which is provided for free by Soliant Consulting. There's a lot to learn with regards to object management, some object naming and related trickery and making that disconnected situation between buttons and panels a connected one which will facilitate navigation that clearly indicates where you are within the layout.
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