FileMaker CopyFitting with JavaScript Aaron Giard shows how to use HTML5 Canvas and JavaScript to make FileMaker Copyfitting – the ability to automatically resize text make it larger or smaller to fit a designated space – a realty: There is a free downloadable file at the link, so pop on over and grab a copy. Source: […]
Aaron Girard of Scarpetta Group discovered the power of Applescript on OSX, and the ability of FileMaker to call an Applescript. This allows FileMaker to communicate, in varying degrees, with the Mac operating system and with other Mac apps. In this instance, he generates a notification in Yosemite: The AppleScript Below is our base […]
For the more adventurous developers out there, Aaron Giard brings the fourth in his series on using jQuery inside a FileMaker webviewer to build and display charts. But don’t be intimidated! Using jQuery for charts can be broken down into a discrete set of actions: Download the Chart.js library from Github (there is a zip download […]
AARON GIARD of Scarpetta Group posted part 2 of his series on extending FileMaker’s capabilities with jQuery: For those of you who who have not read it, click to read part 1 of this series to get a preface on some of the techniques I am using to make this happen. I want to create a slider […]
FOR SOME PRETTY GOOD REASONS, many FileMaker developers are hesitant to use any third party tools to extend it’s capabilities. Incompatibilities in new versions, troubleshooting code in other programming languages, or just not wanting to learn so much new stuff all the time are just a few of the reasons. However, it’s time to embrace […]
HAVING TROUBLE remembering which FileMaker icon is for V12 and which is for v13? You’re not alone. FileMaker, for reason unknown to mere mortals, did not change the icon between the two versions, causing many to waste time opening, then closing, the wrong version. Not to worry! Aaron Giard of the Scarpetta Group has the […]