Category: FileMaker 2023

Let’s make an audit log with Claris FileMaker 2023

by Alec Gregory
Posted in All, Claris Development, FileMaker, FileMaker 19, FileMaker 2023, FileMaker Server, Techniques

Claris FileMaker 2023 puts powerful, native audit logging within reach of developers, with a greatly reduced code footprint compared to existing approaches. In this blog post we introduce the OnWindowTransaction script trigger, leveraging it along with native FileMaker script transactions to create an audit log that is efficient, scalable, flexible, performant, and convenient to implement.

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FileMaker 2023 Perform Script on Server with Callback – Episode IV: Call Ya Later

by Vincenzo Menanno
Posted in All, Claris Development, FileMaker, FileMaker 2023, FileMaker Server, Performance, Techniques

FileMaker 2023 introduces Perform Script on Server with Callback, a new asynchronous method to execute scripts with FileMaker Server. Now we have a way for FileMaker Server to execute another script, a “Callback” script, when one script is done processing via Perform Script on Server. It’s like calling your virtual assistant and instead of waiting on the phone for 5 minutes for info, they basically call you back when they are ready with an answer.

The end result is improved performance, better management of complex script workflow, enhanced user experience, and new possibilities for handling integration with APIs, email and services like Claris Connect.

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Native HTML Email in Claris® FileMaker®

by Fabio Bosisio
Posted in All, Claris Development, FileMaker, FileMaker 18, FileMaker 19, FileMaker 2023, FileMaker Cloud, FileMaker Data API, Techniques

Claris FileMaker has built-in methods to send email in HTML format, using SMTP protocols. I’ll cover what this means, how to use this functionality, and use FileMaker to send basic HTML email.

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End to End Web Integration for Claris® Platforms

by Beezwax Team
Posted in All, Beezwax News, bzBond, Claris Development, Community, Events, FileMaker, FileMaker 19, FileMaker 2023, FileMaker Data API, FileMaker Server, Integration, JavaScript, Tools & Add-ons

Alec Gregory from Beezwax presents at the Claris Beyond Meetup.

Let’s talk about building web UIs, JavaScript functions and new integrations for Claris FileMaker and Claris Pro. Learn how you can manage various stages of the web integration process with the open source bzBond.

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Web UI and JavaScript with Claris® FileMaker®

by Beezwax Team
Posted in All, bzBond, Claris Development, Events, FileMaker, FileMaker 19, FileMaker 2023, FileMaker Server, Integration, JavaScript

Alec Gregory from Beezwax presents at DIGFM & Bay Area FileMaker Developer Meetup.

Let’s talk about building web UIs and JavaScript functions using Claris FileMaker.

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The New Horizon: Script Transactions in Claris® FileMaker®

by Vincenzo Menanno
Posted in All, Claris Development, FileMaker, FileMaker 19, FileMaker 2023, FileMaker Server, Performance, Software Design, Techniques

Script transactions in Claris FileMaker are finally here, but wait! Haven’t we done “transactions” in FileMaker for a long time? Yes and Yes. But script transactions are different and the main advantages, that I see, are the possibilities of simplifying code and improving solution performance. I’ll elaborate on these in this post. And, of course, there is also the inherent benefit of doing things transactionally … all or nothing is the law of the data.

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Transacting Transactions in Claris FileMaker

by Beezwax Team
Posted in All, Claris Development, FileMaker, FileMaker 19, FileMaker 2023, Techniques, Tools & Add-ons

Vince Menanno from Beezwax presents at FMDiSC (FileMaker Developers in Southern California).

You may have read on Claris’s blog that “Developers are excited to use Claris FileMaker 19.6!” As Vince Menanno from Beezwax said in an interview for that blog post:

“This FileMaker release is significant. There’s a possibility to make solutions run faster if you’re leveraging transactions, and for code to be more concise.”

– Vincenzo Menanno, Beezwax

So, let’s talk about Claris® FileMaker® and script transactions in FileMaker 19.6!

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Data Visualization in FileMaker Web Viewer

by Beezwax Team
Posted in All, Claris Development, Community, Data Analytics, Events, FileMaker, FileMaker 19, FileMaker 2023, FileMaker Go, Integration, Reporting, Techniques

Alec Gregory from Beezwax presents at the Claris FileMaker for Research User Group.

Let’s talk about Claris® FileMaker® and data visualization with FileMaker 19 web viewer, and developing with open source tools!

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Finer Faster FileMaker Precision: Measuring How Long It Takes

by Vincenzo Menanno
Posted in All, Claris Development, FileMaker, FileMaker 19, FileMaker 2023, FileMaker Server, Logging, Monitoring, Performance, Techniques, Testing

I often like to measure performance, because I am curious if some small change can lead to subtle, or maybe not so subtle, improvements. For the longest time my Swiss Army knife for measuring Claris® FileMaker® performance has been:

Get ( CurrentTimeUTCMilliseconds )

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DIGFM December 2022 – Script Transactions in Claris FileMaker

by Beezwax Team
Posted in All, Claris Development, Community, Events, FileMaker, FileMaker 19, FileMaker 2023, FileMaker Data API, FileMaker Server, News, Performance, Techniques

Vince Menanno from Beezwax presents at DIGFM.

Let’s talk about Claris® FileMaker® and script transactions in FileMaker 19.6!

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Beezwax Sponsors EngageU: The Biggest Claris® FileMaker® Developer Conference

by Beezwax Team
Posted in Beezwax News, Claris Connect, Claris Development, Community, Events, FileMaker, FileMaker 19, FileMaker 2023, FileMaker Cloud, FileMaker Data API, FileMaker Server, Integration, Performance, Python, Techniques

Christos Savva and Vince Menanno Present Rapid Serverless Integrations and FileMaker Native Script Transactions

This week, Nov 13-15, we’re in Malmö, at EngageU. It’s the biggest Claris / FileMaker Developer community event worldwide in 2022. In fact, EngageU promises to be the largest in-person Claris Community event in Europe, ever!

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Using REST and cURL with FileMaker’s Data API

by Beezwax Team
Posted in Claris Development, FileMaker, FileMaker 19, FileMaker 2023, FileMaker Cloud, FileMaker Data API, FileMaker Server, Integration

FileMaker 19 introduced a couple of important new features related to using the FileMaker Data API. Here, we’ll cover an overview of the new authorization endpoint, Validate Session, API versioning updates, as well as a new script step, Execute FileMaker Data API.

At the end of this article, you’ll find the demo file for learning more and trying out various REST and cURL functionality with FileMaker’s Data API. Enjoy!

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