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Hierarchical JSON Viewer / Editor
By Andy Persons & Doug West
One of the standout new features of FileMaker Pro 16 is native support for the JSON data-interchange format. In addition to providing easy integration with a host of online services, it also provides developers with the tools to create robust hierarchical structures for use entirely within FileMaker. This hierarchical JSON viewer / editor file provides some tools for visualizing, manipulating, and leveraging JSON text.
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Security is always a big topic when it involves data, or people, or possessions. Recently, over on the FileMaker Community, there was a very beneficial discussion regarding security. Unfortunately, that discussion was the victim of a necessary action...and was deleted. It was deleted, because the discussion was tied to a video that, as was det
Author’s note: Inevitable comparisons will be drawn between the new While function and the venerable CustomList custom function, which I wrote about at length several years ago. Preliminary testing indicates that CustomList is faster under certain circumstances and While is faster under others. In my opinion, both of them belong in your developer tool kit. […]
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GoDraw3 is a FileMaker drawing tool for users. For FileMaker developers, however, it is full of customization. A developer can do with it what she wants.
The post GoDraw3: Hack the Heck Out of It appeared first on Geist Interactive.
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Part 2: What Should You Consider When Selecting a Development Partner? What Questions Might You Ask a Potential Developer?
Hiring a developer is about creating a working relationship. You want someone who gets your business and gets you. Having a good working relationship often determines the success or failure of a development project. Hire someone you are comfortable with who also has the skills necessary to make your project successful. Beyond the quality of the working relationsh
The Layout Objects palette was an absolutely WONDERFUL addition to working in FileMaker's Layout Mode. If you've not given yourself the time to fully explore what's possible with it then this video will give you a great reason to do so.
In this video, I walk through a re-work I needed to do on a database project which had a ton of extra layout objects. I show you how I used the Layout Objects palette in the most effective way possible. The tips and tricks provided may very well save you a ton o
Dave Ramsey sat down with Dan and Nick from Adatasol to discuss FMPerception, a tool that went from "Hey, can I process XML outside of FileMaker?" to an invaluable part of the FileMaker Developer's toolbox.
The post Dave Ramsey on the Adatasol Podcast Talking FMPerception appeared first on Geist Interactive.
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Dave Ramsey sat down with Dan and Nick from Adatasol to discuss FMPerception, a tool that went from "Hey, can I process XML outside of FileMaker?" to an invaluable part of the FileMaker Developer's toolbox.
The post Dave Ramsey on the Adatasol Podcast Talking FMPerception appeared first on Geist Interactive.
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We love FileMaker DevCon and GoDraw3, so we're putting on a contest to find the most creative use of the product. Join us and GoCreate!
The post GoCreate: A GoDraw3 Contest at FileMaker DevCon 2018 appeared first on Geist Interactive.
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We love FileMaker DevCon and GoDraw3, so we're putting on a contest to find the most creative use of the product. Join us and GoCreate!
The post GoCreate: A GoDraw3 Contest at FileMaker DevCon 2018 appeared first on Geist Interactive.
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The new Master-Detail portal is a portal, but it is a found set list. There've been some questions going around the forums about this new feature. Since it is a new feature, it does require some new thinking. Read on.
The post Common Questions: The FileMaker Master-Detail Portal appeared first on Geist Interactive.
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David Nahodyl from Blue Feather will be presenting on the new features in FileMaker 17. Come learn about the new scripting, behaviors, functions, and completely overhauled FileMaker Server interface which come as part of the latest version of FileMaker.
The post FileMaker 17 New Features – Atlanta FileMaker Developers Group 7/11/18 appeared first on Blue Feather - FileMaker Developer, Android, Web.
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One of the challenges I love the most within FileMaker is creating something which requires less time and effort than the "older way" of doing the same thing.
Such is the case with a tabbed list view. I recently came upon a sample file showcasing how to do something in multiple list views. It was using an older method of "simulated" tabs by simply placing clickable buttons in a horizontal row and making one of the buttons look different on each respective layout.
So I thought to myself, "Why
In this article we cover how to make your FileMaker do even more for you by integrating with one of the largest e-mail platforms! Importing e-mails from gmail into your database makes contact management that much easier! https://dbservices.com/blog/filemaker-gmail-integration
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Have you ever gone back to modify a script six months later and wondered what the heck you did? Even with all the commenting and documentation, it still takes you a while to relearn the script. And, what if you want to move the script to another solution. You have to modify it to match the layout, field and table names in the new database. Dynamic scripting is about creating smart solutions. If you program a script with intelligence, it can adapt to layout, field, table and file modifications. I
Have you ever gone back to modify a script six months later and wondered what the heck you did? Even with all the commenting and documentation, it still takes you a while to relearn the script. And, what if you want to move the script to another solution. You have to modify it to match the layout, field and table names in the new database. Dynamic scripting is about creating smart solutions. If you program a script with intelligence, it can adapt to layout, field, table and file modifications. I
The face of computing and data access has changed enormously over the past decade. In an always-on, connect-from-anywhere, mobile-device-driven world, the network perimeter has disappeared. With that disappearance has come a variety of new security and business process challenges to the Confidentiality, Integrity, Availability, and Resilience of organization digital assets. Coupled with growing regulatory strictures, business reputation management requirements, and customer or client trust, mo
You know me. I enjoy working with JavaScript. I learned it from my context of a FileMaker developer, and I think everyone can and should consider using it in some aspect of their work. We all can adopt a FileMaker integration. This year I’m lucky to teach a training session at DevCon, where I’ll guide […]
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Joe Martin from 360Works demos their new product, 360Deploy 2. He shows how you can use 360Deploy 2 to automate deployment of your development files to your production servers with the click of a button. His demo also includes how to set up the 360Deploy 2.
360Deploy 2 can be purchased from 360Works.
The post Atlanta FileMaker Developers Group 6/6/18 – 360Deploy 2 appeared first on Blue Feather - FileMaker Developer, Android, Web.
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John Greene of United Acceptance Inc. presents on considerations regarding web scraping from FileMaker Web Viewer. Specifically, he addresses what happens when you loop through many hundreds or thousands of records and how to mitigate the risk of overwhelming the executing systems resources.
The post Atlanta FileMaker Developers Group 5/2/18 – Web Scraping and Web Viewer Performance Issues appeared first on Blue Feather - FileMaker Developer, Android, Web.
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Every craftsman should know how to use his or her set of tools effectively. When you know all the various uses and features of a given tool you then become more efficient at your trade.
In FileMaker Pro Advanced, now available to pretty much everyone in version 17, there's one tool which helps you both understand what's happening and figure out what's not happening. The Script Debugger is an absolutely essential tool.
Creating a well functioning script is a lot like Michelangelo creating David
The new FileMaker default fields feature in the latest release of the platform makes our development that much easier. Let's consider their effective use.
The post Common Questions: FileMaker Default Fields appeared first on Geist Interactive.
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Last June at dotfmp 2018 in Berlin, we had the great honnor to welcome an esteemed Californian member of the FileMaker developer community, Kevin Frank (@FileMakerHacks) Besides being a long time friend -I remember the old times when participating in our ‘Friday Night Chat’ at 3AM CET wasn’t an issue for my young, fast-recovering body- […]
Cet article Client Side Virtual List est apparu en premier sur 1-more-thing.
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Acknowledgement: As always a huge thank you to Bruce Robertson, for inventing virtual list, and for many other contributions to the FM community over the years. Introduction As a follow up to my recent “Virtual List on Steroids” presentations at DIG-FM and dotFMP, today I want to take a fresh look at using JSON arrays […]
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FileMaker comes with 6 Starter and 16 Sample templates that assist in starting a new application and allow you to customize it to your business needs. In this article we provide an overview of the starter solutions and how they can assist you in your innovation! https://dbservices.com/blog/filemaker-17-starter-solutions
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For folks who are experiencing FileMaker DevCon for the first time, we provide a guide to the entire conference so that you know how to take advantage of all that the conference has to offer.
The post Don’t Mess with FileMaker DevCon: A First-timer’s Guide appeared first on Geist Interactive.
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The Discovery Phase:
Taking the Final Leap: Define the Scope & Approve the Plan
When it’s time to actually begin development the tendency is to want to just get started. A lot of time and effort has gone into getting to this point, so there can be a lot of eXcitement about finally making things happen. However, there is one last step to take before your developer puts fingers to keyboard. The “discovery” phase is where the requirements gathering is done. It is the all important planning
Imagine receiving a file from a client, or your boss, with improperly delimited data. It's actually quite common. Just because someone can build a database, doesn't mean they can properly structure it. A common scenario is for the first and last name fields to be in the same column but you never know what you are going to encounter so it's best to be well versed with the text functions in FileMaker. In fact, data parsing can actually assist in creating features that weren't otherwise possible! T
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