Category: FileMaker 18

bBox for FileMaker v0.95 Now Available

by Simon Brown
Posted in bBox, FileMaker, FileMaker 18, FileMaker Server, Integration, JavaScript, Python, Tools & Add-ons, Unix

We are pleased to release bBox version 0.95. bBox is a free utility plug-in to extend FileMaker solutions to easily use code libraries and macOS-based functions from Python, JavaScript, PHP, Ruby, AppleScript, Bash/sh, XPath, and SQLite. Also included is a demo file that has over 210 examples of how you can put bBox functions to work for you.

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I Once Was Lost, But Now Am Found: InspectorPro 7 Global Search

by Christopher Edwards
Posted in FileMaker, FileMaker 17, FileMaker 18, InspectorPro, Tools & Add-ons

When I am working in the Bay Area, I often carpool to Beezwax’s Cupertino and Oakland offices with Vince Menanno, the creator and lead architect of InspectorPro. Over two years of commuting, I have been bugging him to add global search to InspectorPro, so FileMaker developers can search elements across the entire DDR for any solution. Vince must have gotten tired of my nagging, because at long last we can all enjoy this functionality, in InspectorPro 7.

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Show me external vs. embedded containers in FileMaker

by Beezwax Team
Posted in FileMaker 17, FileMaker 18, InspectorPro

Dear InspectorPro: Can you show me a report on the container fields used in my FileMaker solution, with a list of all externally-referenced vs. internally-stored (“embedded”) fields? Sincerely, Thanks in Advance-d.

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Restoring Backup Files on FileMaker Cloud for AWS

by Darren Burgess
Posted in All, FileMaker, FileMaker 17, FileMaker 18, FileMaker Cloud, Server Administration, System Administration

Recently, we had a client who required restoration of FileMaker backup files for their FileMaker Cloud for AWS 1.17–hosted solution. This seemed a simple enough request—we would download their backup files using the FileMaker Cloud for AWS Admin Console and then re-upload them to the server. However, things did not go smoothly as there was seven gigabytes of data to download and the process was too slow for their fast-paced production environment…like half-a-day too slow.
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Let’s Abstract a While() in FileMaker

by Jared Hague
Posted in FileMaker, FileMaker 18, Software Design, Techniques

Introducing JSON Filter, Map, Reduce.

Now that FileMaker has given us a practical and more simplified way to loop in a calculation with the While() function, the doors have opened to other ways to look at looping. Continue reading “Let’s Abstract a While() in FileMaker” →

FileMaker 18 Adds Support for ESV (Finally!)

by Christopher Edwards
Posted in FileMaker, FileMaker 18, Techniques

Here at the Beezwax, we have been performing research on FileMaker 18 import changes, specifically new support for ESV: Emoji Separated Values.
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We’ve been waiting for While()… for a while

by Carter Brooks
Posted in FileMaker, FileMaker 18, JSON, Software Design, Techniques

FileMaker has been missing a looping control structure in its function set for…well…a while. So, the introduction of FileMaker 18’s While() function is less a fancy new feature than it is a fix for a long standing limitation in FileMaker’s function set.
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Native HTML Email in FileMaker 18

by Fabio Bosisio
Posted in FileMaker, FileMaker 18

Email is one of the simplest tools used to communicate and send information. Just open a mail client, write a message and press a button to virtually send a letter or message to a recipient.

Sometimes, in addition to simple text, we want to enrich our emails with graphical contents and attachments, making it more pleasant for those who receive it or giving a more cohesive image to our brand. This requires HTML, and it’s not as simple to build and send emails this way.
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Imports without Tariffs. Natively, with FileMaker Server.

by Vincenzo Menanno
Posted in FileMaker 18, FileMaker Server, Performance, Techniques

Combining functions, features, or steps in creative new ways can deliver productive results. I was thrilled to discover in FileMaker 18 that the new file-based script steps give us the ability to perform imports natively on FileMaker Server, with no configuration or changes needed.

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