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The FileMaker Script Debugger is powerful. Its features are often overlooked. In this post we examine the buttons that control stepping through a script.
The post Like a Boss: Using the Script Debugger to its Full Potential appeared first on Geist Interactive.
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Hacking Your Own FileMaker Platform Solutions
Should FileMaker Platform developers mount hacking attacks on their own solutions? At first glance, this may seem an odd question. But I believe that the answer is “Yes, we should.”
Consider this. As developers we see our solutions from a totally different perspective than Threat Agents see them. Without practicing our own hacking skills, we can become blind to the vulnerabilities a Threat Agent can exploit to compromise the Confidentiality
WidgetStudio makes it easy to use, design and share powerful interface widgets, like calendars, gauges, charts, and timers. Pick from the constantly growing set of included widgets or build your own. Freely share them with your customers or friends.
The post Announcing WidgetStudio – FileMaker WebViewer Widgets appeared first on Geist Interactive.
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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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The FileMaker Let function is your tool to make a calculation readable, well formatted and easy to debug. Let us discuss how it can be used.
The post Like a Boss: Let us Discuss the FileMaker Let Function appeared first on Geist Interactive.
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tl;dr: Plug-in developers can now update their plug-ins to run in 64 bit mode.
There’s an undocumented change to how the Web Publishing Engine runs that affects where to install plug-ins to be run by CWP.
A few weeks ago FMI released the FMS 12 v2 update, adding support for 64 bit plugins used by CWP solutions. FMI also released a new software developer’s kit (SDK) for plug-in developers. Until this SDK, there was no way for plug-in devs to update their plug-ins to run in 64 bit mode. So some
In July and August we explored several esoteric value list techniques. This time around, and over the next few postings, we’re going to step back from the cutting edge, identify some common value list challenges, and propose some solutions to those challenges. A few thoughts before we begin: Some of the material in this series [...]
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Upcoming Events
Here are some happenings in September and October:
TOMORROW- Friday, September 7th, FM Academy Free Webinar
Join us from 1pm - 2pm (CST) for DEVCON 2012 RECAP: WHAT YOU MIGHT HAVE MISSED.
Register here.
Did you make it to Miami this July for FileMaker’s DevCon? Even if you did, you could not have been everywhere at once! Join Anvil Dataworks and the rest of the FM Academy crew as we provide a recap of key sessions and happenings behind the scenes.
We're seeking help from you, the FileMaker community, to bring our FileMaker Go solution, GoBillit, to market. You can support us on Indiegogo at http://www.indiegogo.com/gobillit! Every contribution is greatly appreciated.
We've also created a group on LinkedIn for FileMaker Go developers to come together, learn from each other, and work towards better mobile solutions. Check it out at http://www.linkedin.com/groups/Filemaker-Go-12-4575157?trk=myg_ugrp_ovr. Feel free to join!
Recently a question came up on one of the lists asking about intermediate-to-advanced FileMaker Blogs. Here are some I’m aware of, and I’m sure I’ve missed some good ones, so I apologize in advance for any inadvertent omissions. Cimbura – http://cimbura.com/tech/blog DB Services – http://www.dbservices.com/articles FileMaker ’n’ the Web: Lessons Learned – http://blog.jsfmp.com FileMaker Weetbicks [...]
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Reminded today that deciding to do one thing is deciding not to do something else–that the root of the word “decide” is similar to that for suicide.
As a small business, the opportunity costs for even your best decisions are huge: the best gig you’ve got is another customer you didn’t meet.
Proud of our latest decisions, and hope I’m up to owning the consequences.
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You may have noticed a lack of article postings over the last couple of months, and fewer articles overall this year. Please don't panic for it has not been through laziness or lack of content. Instead, I have been somewhat pre-occupied with other things that I would like to share with you now.
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Editor’s note: Today it’s my pleasure to present a guest article written by Beverly Voth. Like many other developers, I have enjoyed and benefitted from her ongoing contributions to the FileMaker community. I do a lot of text manipulation for EDI (Electronic data interchange – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electronic_data_interchange) and plain text exports with fixed-width field data. Some [...]
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Portals have come a long way in Filemaker Go. With just a bit of thought though, we can make them even better.
You may have noticed that if you try and scroll beyond the content in iOS that you reveal a cross hatch pattern that appears to be in the background.
Website scrolling in iOS
Filemaker Go even mimics this behavior in some circumstances. If you resize a layout to be smaller than the screen by pinching, or if you scroll past the content in list view you will notice this same
A screen shot from some custom work we’re doing: construction inspections using GoZync for FileMaker Go with some custom map work in the webviewer.
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As promised last time, today we’re going to look at a technique from Dr. Osamu Noda, which uses FM 12′s ExecuteSQL to create what appears to be a value list when in fact there are no value lists defined at all. This technique, like some of the others we’ve seen recently, is decidedly esoteric, but [...]
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FileMaker DevCon: My Rash is Gone...
I hope you had a great time at DevCon. I did and came home with a rash to prove it.
If you're anything like me, you've returned from DevCon and gotten back to your daily grind. You're doing what you do and all the high-mindedness of DevCon is gone - just like my rash.
Most of us leave DevCon with a list of things we want to try, practices we want to implement, routine processes we want to improve. Once we return home, we spend a day or two playing '
Hey guys!
Thanks for your support with GoBillit. We're happy to see some of you really like the app, which we created from the ground up in FileMaker Pro. We encourage more of you to download the free 30-day demo. No payment info needed, just your name and email address to send you the download link! We know you'll love the app, and if you have friends who work as on-the-go professionals be sure to let them know about GoBillit.
Any and all feedback will be greatly appreciated. Fe
One of the things I love about FileMaker is how many different ways there are to skin the proverbial cat. Following our recent look at “Magic Value Lists“, I received thought-provoking FileMaker 12 demos from John Ahn and Dr. Osamu Noda. I’m going to save Dr. Noda’s files for next time, but today we have [...]
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Did You Hear What Happened at DevCon?
FileMaker concluded its 17th annual Developer Conference aka DevCon on July 19th in Miami, Florida. This year’s conference did not disappoint, hosting a variety of interactive exhibitors, over 70 speaker sessions, vendor demonstrations, ‘unconference’ meetings, entertaining social events - all showcased at the infamous Fontainebleu Hotel surrounded by a beautiful beach resort.
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Creative Innovations Group is pleased to introduce GoBillit, an invoicing system for business owners directly on your iPhone or iPod.
It consists of 6 features: customer database, quotes, invoices, reports, product list, and a to-do list. Quotes and invoices can be instantly emailed to customers including before & after pictures.
GoBillit was designed for on the go businesses in mind.
Watch a demo video on YouTube here: youtu.be/GCpDyB7BA4Y
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Folks, we have a superb demo today (MagicValueList), which comes courtesy of Andries Heylen of BH&A… But first a bit of background. Prior to July 18, 2012, if anyone had told me you could base a value list on an unstored field, my response would have something along the lines of… What app are you [...]
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Just got this great screen shot from Shawn Mayers who has integrated our calendar into his solution.
Nice work! Here is what Shawn had to say about it:
I am working on a solution for a doctors office and one of the features is to have an electronic appointment book. I chose your solution, SeedCode Calendar, to made this request. I was excited about how smoothly the integration worked; so I am sending this email. I have attached a screen shot of what I am working on.
Thank you for d
We’re thrilled to announce all of our development team have passed the FileMaker 12 Certification Exam withimpressive results, making Linear Blue the largest FileMaker 12 Certified team in the UK. Remaining at the very forefront of the FileMaker Development Industry is key to our company ethos, ensuring cutting edge database solutions are consistently delivered to our clients. We have tested and analysed the...
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Yesterday I had the pleasure of co-presenting a DevCon “Unconference” session with John Ahn on the topic of ExecuteSQL. I wasn’t sure if there would be much interest in this somewhat geeky subject, but the room was packed, and the audience ran the gamut from SQL newbies to SQL power users. We started out with a [...]
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The ostensible purpose of FM Chat is “chat” –letting your FileMaker users chat and collaborate in a searchable environment that respects FileMaker’s access privileges.
But we think the killer feature of FM Chat is “workflow” –alerting your users of events, and presenting them opportunities to take action.
We’ve recorded a short movie of a simple example: using FM Chat to send invitations to an event, and record who’s accepted:
Going Further. While we created the chat by hand in this
The other day I had a question about some nuance involving script triggers. The details of that particular question aren’t important, but I recalled that when script triggers were first introduced, Wim Decorte had produced a detailed, color-coded reference. I wondered if he had updated it for FM 12, and it turns out that he [...]
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