There are changes to what is popular – and working – in Form Design And these changes apply to what you need to know about form design in FileMaker. And I think this is a good thing, as form design (and readability) suffered from the Flat Design fiasco that swept the design world a couple […]
Synching FileMaker Mobile Apps Synching FileMaker mobile apps with the hosted file is not one of the more glamorous topics to cover, but is a necessary one to address as a developer. Katherine Russell, Senior Consultant at NightWing Enterprises, presented on this topic at FileMaker DevCon 2016: The environment of each file involved in a syncing […]
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Integration with rest of the world is increasingly important for FileMaker developers. There are many instances where that integration requires fetching data and bringing it into a FileMaker database. There are many established ways to to make data available for other developers to fetch: XML, JSON, .csv files, etc. Today’s topic is JSON and FileMaker. JSON (JavaScript Object Notation) uses name/values pairs […]
Version 0.73 is the latest, and this new release includes improved Python list & set support, and allows additional parameters to shell commands. So, what is bbox, you might ask? It’s a free FileMaker plugin from Beezwaz for Mac users: bBox FileMaker external plug-in is a toolbox of functions freely available to all developers. Use it to extend […]
bBox is a free plugin for FileMaker from Beezwax. Beezwax just announced version 0.63: bBox FileMaker external plug-in is a toolbox of functions freely available to all developers. Use it to extend the reach of your Mac OS X-based FileMaker solutions to programs, code libraries, or OS X functions that are normally outside your reach. Consisting of […]
VINCENZO MENNANO OF BEEZWAX shows off a new way to set up button image masks in FileMaker, replacing image tables and global fields. Another great benefit: a website that provides free icons of the type needed to implement this technique: iconsdb. In layout mode create a square object. Click on the appearance tab in the inspector and […]
Re-Thinking is the new Rebuilding Posted by vince 06/18/2013 at 11:22AM Republished from the original InspectorPro Wiki article. Sometimes you just need to start over and to take a fresh look at how you are doing things. Many of you know that I usually like to start things anew, but its also understandable that this […]
Had not thought of this angle – good tip! Cancel a FileMaker Script – with Easy Clean-up Posted by vince 09/21/2013 at 01:10AM As FileMaker developers, sometimes we write scripts that take a long time to process data. Maybe it’s because we’re looping over many records gathering up a report. Or maybe we have set […]
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Re-Thinking is the new Rebuilding Posted by vince 06/18/2013 at 11:22AM Republished from the original InspectorPro Wiki article. Sometimes you just need to start over and to take a fresh look at how you are doing things. Many of you know that I usually like to start things anew, but its also understandable that this […]
Button Up 2: Building State-Aware Buttons Posted by Brian 06/03/2013 at 11:16PM Our previous post highlighted the new capabilities of the venerable FileMaker button. In FileMaker 12’s Design Surface, the once-humble button gains newfound expressive power, enabling it to respond fluidly to user hovers, taps, and clicks via what we termed interactive formatting. The catch: interactive buttons — whether in […]
Posted by Brian 06/03/2013 at 11:16PM Our previous post highlighted the new capabilities of the venerable FileMaker button. In FileMaker 12’s Design Surface, the once-humble button gains newfound expressive power, enabling it to respond fluidly to user hovers, taps, and clicks via what we termed interactive formatting. The catch: interactive buttons — whether in FileMaker […]
Gianandrea Gattinoni: Very interesting, but unfortunately, I found some errors in the demo file (field definitions, queries, etc.) f.i. invoice::number and invoice::total…
Don Clark: Good catch! I don't normally have time to dig into these files until I need to use them.