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Script Triggers in FileMaker 13
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Hi everyone. Today I am going to discuss an unexpected behavior I found with the new FileMaker 13 slide controls under the Classic theme. This issue involves aligning an object within the slide control...
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Two Calculations on the Same Object
Hi, everyone. I wanted to discuss an odd feature I discovered in FileMaker 13 that may be surprising for a number of you. As described in the title, you are able to have two calculations exist on the...
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Writing the Doctrine Integration for Apigility
All the buzz at ZendCon 2013 was Apigility. From the previous ZendCon where the message was "mobile first" came the realization that without an API to run the mobile first there was not a reason to...
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FileMaker 13: The Field Picker
Taking Advantage of the Improved Field Picker In the recently released FileMaker 13, one of the features I have mostly overlooked is the Field Picker. I have been developing with FileMaker for a long...
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A Taste of Applescript
Hey everyone. This is JohnAustin here with some cool FileMaker functionality that may be helpful for future projects that need to interact with applications outside of FileMaker on the Mac. There are...
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FileMaker 13: Working with Base 64
Working with Base 64 FileMaker 13 introduces a couple new functions, Base64Decode and Base64Encode. Base64 is a commonly used method of encoding binary data as text. For example, it is a standard means...
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A Performance Tool: Network Link Conditioner
Hi Everyone, Recently, I attended DevCon and came back with a variety of new tools and ideas to use in my future development. Today, I wanted to briefly talk about a tool mentioned during one of the...
View ArticleTest Data Generator
Manual Entry of Test Data Discourages Testing When testing the functionality of a solution, software developers frequently have to create test records, which requires them to enter in test data. If the...
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FileMaker 14 Script Triggers
Script triggers are a straightforward concept, but there's a lot of detail to learn for each one. This post will break this detail down in several different ways with the intent to organize the...
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Script Triggers in FileMaker 13
Script Triggers Drawn Out (updated for FileMaker 13) A while back I wrote a blog post on how FileMaker 12 script triggers function. Here's an update for FileMaker 13: (Most of the writeup is the same,...
View ArticleClassic Slide Control Object Issue
Hi everyone. Today I am going to discuss an unexpected behavior I found with the new FileMaker 13 slide controls under the Classic theme. This issue involves aligning an object within the slide control...
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Two Calculations on the Same Object
Hi, everyone. I wanted to discuss an odd feature I discovered in FileMaker 13 that may be surprising for a number of you. As described in the title, you are able to have two calculations exist on the...
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Writing the Doctrine Integration for Apigility
All the buzz at ZendCon 2013 was Apigility. From the previous ZendCon where the message was "mobile first" came the realization that without an API to run the mobile first there was not a reason to...
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FileMaker 13: The Field Picker
Taking Advantage of the Improved Field Picker In the recently released FileMaker 13, one of the features I have mostly overlooked is the Field Picker. I have been developing with FileMaker for a long...
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A Taste of Applescript
Hey everyone. This is JohnAustin here with some cool FileMaker functionality that may be helpful for future projects that need to interact with applications outside of FileMaker on the Mac. There are...
View ArticleClik here to view.
FileMaker 13: Working with Base 64
Working with Base 64 FileMaker 13 introduces a couple new functions, Base64Decode and Base64Encode. Base64 is a commonly used method of encoding binary data as text. For example, it is a standard means...
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A Performance Tool: Network Link Conditioner
Hi Everyone, Recently, I attended DevCon and came back with a variety of new tools and ideas to use in my future development. Today, I wanted to briefly talk about a tool mentioned during one of the...
View ArticleTest Data Generator
Manual Entry of Test Data Discourages Testing When testing the functionality of a solution, software developers frequently have to create test records, which requires them to enter in test data. If the...
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FileMaker 14 Script Triggers
Script triggers are a straightforward concept, but there's a lot of detail to learn for each one. This post will break this detail down in several different ways with the intent to organize the...
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