Connecting FileMaker to an Apple Watch
The future of FileMaker is in it’s connectivity with the rest of the world.
And FileMaker has opened the channels of communication to the rest of the world with a variety of tools:
- FMP Urls
- ODBC
- PHP
- API access
- XML
- CWP
- WebDirect
FileMaker is a great tool for controlling what happens in your environment. It’s easy to get started, has plenty of powerful features, and it let’s you produce features faster than other programming languages.
But FileMaker can’t exist alone.
So when I see someone like Robert Samnegård of FileMakerBloggen connecting FileMaker to an Apple Watch via a third party program like Workflow, I know I am seeing the future:
A while ago I wrote an article about how to control a scoreboard from a distance with Bluetooth headset and I joked a little bit about waiting for the imaginary Go app to Apple Watch. In this article I use Apple Watch in combination with FileMaker.
I am using an app called Workflow. With this app it’s possible to script different tasks on iPhone or iPad. I have made a workflow as the picture show to the left. The Workflow app makes it possible to run workflows on Apple Watch.
Imaginative thinking (aka ‘outside the box’ thinking) connects different tools together to make something not seen before–in this instance using FileMaker, PHP, and WorkFlow to track time on an Apple watch.
Imagine applying that thinking to your client’s needs, and mastering what you need to know to make it happen.
That’s when the magic happens. For both yourself and your clients.
Click the link below and open your mind to the possibilities in front of you.
Source: Time tracking with FileMaker and Apple Watch | FileMakerBloggen
Michael Rocharde
September 30, 2015 @ 10:10 am
This is very clever but, really, what’s the point! The AppleWatch, which I still can’t see the point of, has a screen that is simply too small. Since you have to have your iPhone in your pocket to use your AppleWatch, why not use Go on the iPhone instead of trying to get the data you want on the AW.
Don Clark
September 30, 2015 @ 10:44 am
Hey, Michael, good to hear from you! Hope things are going well. My whole point is for developers to push the envelope when it comes to hooking up to other devices, website, services, etc. FileMaker can’t continue to thrive without integrating these capabilities.
Robert Samnegård
October 5, 2015 @ 5:19 am
Hi Michael,
My point is that a lot of craftsmen don’t think it’s practical to fetch the phone deep down in the pocket. The watch is always on the arm. Also the user interface is minimalistic only doing the task of reporting time and optionally describing the job with help of voice recognition.
Regards,
Robert