The journey to downloading a link from Zoom using Zoom API’s On a new project recently, I needed to capture information from Zoom phones using their API’s. The use case was simple: A client wants to use the Zoom Phone service to record calls and Zoom sessions, and be able to easily download and review […]
Part 2 – Connecting FileMaker to Kartra In Part 1 of this series, we took a look at the overall project of connecting FileMaker to Kartra and WordPress. In Part 2, we’ll get into the details of connecting FileMaker to Kartra’s inbound API. Specifically, the ability to import updated information, such as sales data, lead […]
Updated Methods for Passing Script Parameters Makah Encarnacao’s DevCon 2018 presentation on passing script parameters is a great instructional source for both new and experienced developers. As new capabilities are added to FileMaker, new methods are also added for passing script parameters. Here’s the list from Makah’s presentation: Using a Return Delimited List Using a […]
3 Different Looks at JSON The First Look The first look is from Kevin Frank of FileMaker Hacks. Frank has written 3 different blog posts on JSON: Source: Thinking About JSON, part 1 | FileMakerHacks Part one is a great primer on what JSON is, how to identify and test possible JSON objects, how to […]
JSON Help Kevin Frank, of FileMakerHacks.com fame, posted part 1 of a new series about JSON, Thinking About JSON. His post explains the basics of JSON from basics to pretty advanced, and includes a free FileMaker Example file, json-sandbox.fmp12, as well. I’ve been working on a couple large JSON projects over the last few months, and with the […]
Hourly Billing is Nuts For FileMaker developers looking to break out of the hourly billing cycle, check out Jonathan Stark’s offerings at the link. The price is reasonable and posts I’ve read in the past by him are worth your time. Source: Hourly Billing Is Nuts by Jonathan Stark The State of API Integrations […]
Why Use JSON with FileMaker? Using FileMaker and JSON together opens a whole new world to your users. JSON (JavaScript Object Notation) is, first and foremost, a simple means of exchanging data between a browser and a server. JSON is a text only tool with some interesting characteristics: It’s a lightweight data-interchange format (data exchange […]
How to Automatically Create Variables from JSON Data in FileMaker Mislav Kos wrote an incredibly powerful, free custom function for parsing data from JSON files, something you’ll definitely want in your tool chest for the future (as the future will include a lot of JSON for most developers). If you have data stored as JSON, […]
A novel twist on the Separation model: The Function-Separation Model John Renfrew, Director at Attitude in the UK, wrote about using the new FileMaker 16 Card window function in a unique way: Add new functionality by calling a separate function file that does all the work (you send it parameters), returns the info to the […]
FileMaker 16: Artificial Intelligence and JSON FileMaker 16 and Artificial Intelligence from Joris Arts of Clickworks: Watch this video to discover how easy it is now to integrate FileMaker with Artificial Intelligence using the new features of FileMaker 16. We use an AI for image recognition with a FileMaker custom app for a commercial casting bureau. […]
FileMaker DevCon 2017 – Geist Interactive Interview Join me with Dave Ramsey and Hailey Kurfess at the Geist Interactive booth at DevCon. Topics include a new Carbon application, basically a free business starting point for larger database systems (I could not find this on the website, so no link), Generator, a free program that make […]
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 […]
FileMaker to Slack, Dropbox, Trello, MailChimp, ZenDesk and back. Automatically. At FileMaker DevCon 2016, I caught glimpses of the future for FileMaker and FileMaker developers. And Salvatore Colangelo’s Devcon2016 presentation drove it home by showing how FileMaker’s role in this future it to act a central information hub for a variety of web services: FileMaker to […]
FileMaker Developer Interviews – Todd Geist Sit down and get ready to learn about one of the FileMaker Community’s more resourceful members, Todd Geist of Geist Interactive. Geist is the definition of busy, with a new product release–FM Perceptions–and two presentations at DevCon2016. Todd is very personable, contributes plenty to the FileMaker community, and started, […]