Using FileMaker JSON Functions Have you tried the new FileMaker 16 JSON functions? If not, you are in for a treat. I hadn’t taken the time to explore them depth, mainly because I did not have a client needing the work who had FileMaker 16. That changed, so I started doing research, and found a […]
Scaling FileMaker This Indiana FileMaker Developers Group presentation was by Jeremiah Hammond on scaling FileMaker to handle a very large set of data in one table. Some of the lessons learned include: What common operations are disk-bound and which are processor bound Difference between 32-bit and 64-bit in regards to dealing with this amount of data […]
FileMaker Relational Design Jeremiah Hammond from DB Services on FileMaker Relational Design, something every aspiring FileMaker developer needs to understand at a deep level: Understanding how to use the relationship graph is fundamental for custom app development in FileMaker. Developers must understand both relational design—tables, keys, and how to use keys to relate tables—and context. […]
The FileMaker Community Product Ideas Space Check out FileMakers Product Ideas Space, a place where you can add your ideas for new product features and up or down vote other people’s ideas. This is a great idea and is getting a lot of use by the FileMaker Community: ABOUT THIS SPACE Welcome to the Product Ideas […]
DB Services dug deep into the new Script Workspace feature of FileMaker 14: It’s been a long time coming. FileMaker Inc. has revamped, redesigned and reengineered the scripting and calculation environment in FileMaker 14, modernizing the development experience, reducing the learning curve for new developers, and increasing the productivity of everyone. This new environment, the […]
IF YOU’VE NEVER used BaseElements free plugin, you’re not doing yourself any favors. It a great plugin that just been enhanced by DB Services with new encryption functionality: Just as we’ve needed HTTP POST many times over the years, we’ve also needed field-level encryption. So, as history tends to do, we repeated ourselves by sponsoring the […]
ON THE ROAD, no time to read right now, but this article from DB Services looks interesting: If you’re anything like me, you’ve had moments where you needed to modify an icon in an inherited FileMaker solution, but couldn’t, because you couldn’t get the icon out of FileMaker. Embedding an image in a layout is, […]
Bart Bartholomay: Maybe I'm missing something, but why go through hoops when you can simply right-click copy the image in FileMaker layout…
EfficientBizz: … and before you start searching: deactivate/activate a script step within a script now is in top menu "Edit" or…