For quite a while, the documentation and product information for bBox has mentioned it as a way to run PHP scripts, but I only just recently realized that we never had any examples of how to do this.
Here are two methods to try.
Category: FileMaker
bBox 0.80 Now Available
Posted in All, bBox, FileMaker, Python, Tools & Add-ons, Uncategorized
Its been almost a year since we’ve mentioned bBox on this venue, but we are now pleased to announce that version 0.80 is publicly available.
FileMaker Log Files: Episode VII – PSoS Awakens
Posted in All, FileMaker, FileMaker Server, Performance, Techniques
Now more than ever we’re relying on Perform Script on Server (PSoS) to maximize FileMaker performance, so naturally a need arose for a way to proactively monitor how many concurrent scripts are being triggered. This type of logging helps us see if we’re reaching our maximum limit, or have a rogue script eating up processing power.
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fmsadmin: where did you go?
I have a few scripts, including some Facter reporting “facts”, that make heavy use of FileMaker Server’s fmsadmin command. After a 14.0v4 on install on Yosemite I was puzzled to discover that one of the scripts wasn’t working.
FMAjax and FileMaker Web Viewers
Posted in All, FileMaker, JavaScript, Techniques, Tools & Add-ons, Uncategorized, Web Development
With everything that we’ve learned with our last post, Communicating with a Web Viewer in FileMaker, it makes sense to wrap up the functionality into a FileMaker module and JavaScript library.
InspectorPro 5.5 Feature List!
Posted in All, Data Analytics, Design, FileMaker, FileMaker 14, InspectorPro, News
InspectorPro 5.5 is here! With it come some great enhancements and complete support for FileMaker 14:
• Now supports new features, themes, and styles found in FileMaker 14
• New visualization gives you a quick view of referenced and unreferenced items and problems
• New streamlined database view to help you get a bird’s-eye view of your database
• Automatic detection of malformed XML or invalid characters
Communicating with a Web Viewer in FileMaker
Posted in All, FileMaker, JavaScript, Techniques
Beezwax has always been active in the FileMaker community regarding advanced use of Web Viewers. Check out these earlier posts if you’d like to learn more:
- Native Web 2.0 Controls in FileMaker 12 Layouts
- Go, JavaScript Go!
- Enable WebKit debugger in FileMaker Web Viewer
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Enable WebKit debugger in FileMaker Web Viewer
Posted in FileMaker 14, FileMaker 15, FileMaker 16, JavaScript, Techniques, Tools & Add-ons
If you are having difficulty getting your HTML, CSS, or JavaScript to render in a FileMaker Web Viewer, you may have a struggle ahead of you trying to find the problem, and no good way to debug it. In comparison, most web browsers have debug facilities that can help developers find problems in their code.
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Keep FileMaker Server Web Logs at Fixed Paths
Posted in All, FileMaker, Techniques, Web Development
If you need to scrounge through the web server’s logs in the file system, the way FileMaker Server stores these on Mac OS can be a bit annoying. You end up with a bunch of files named like this:
CQDF Montréal 2015 – FileMaker
Posted in All, Beezwax News, Community, FileMaker, FileMaker 14, InspectorPro, News
La 5e Conférence québécoise des développeurs FileMaker (CQDF) 2015: les 25, 26 et 27 mai 2015 à l’hôtel Le St-Sulpice situé dans le Vieux-Montréal. Vincenzo Menanno, Beezwax, présente:
FileMaker 14: Field Placeholder Text
Posted in All, Design, FileMaker, FileMaker 14, News, Techniques
FileMaker Pro 14 includes a new feature to add placeholder text to fields on a layout. What is placeholder text? Simply put, it is a way to put text inside a field when it is empty. This feature is useful for mobile, web and desktop users alike.
A brand new Workspace!
Posted in All, FileMaker, FileMaker 14, News, Techniques
As a FileMaker developer you probably spend a big chunk of your time writing scripts. The new Script Workspace in FileMaker 14 is going to help you in a big way. It’s a breath of fresh air and at first glance it might seem trivial in that we now have colors and we actually can have white space, but there are many other productivity improvements that lurk beneath the surface.
FileMaker 14 – Button Bars
Posted in All, Design, FileMaker, FileMaker 14, Techniques
The new Button Bar layout object provides developers with an improved method to manage a cluster of buttons that have functional and/or cosmetic similarities.
Using InspectorPro 5 with FileMaker Pro Advanced 14
Posted in All, FileMaker, FileMaker 14, InspectorPro, News, Tools & Add-ons
FileMaker 14 is here, and while the Database Design Report (DDR) hasn’t changed, here’s a “Getting Started’ walkthrough for using InspectorPro with the latest version of FileMaker Pro Advanced.
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What happens at FileMaker DevCon…
Posted in All, Beezwax News, FileMaker, FileMaker 14, InspectorPro, News
The Beezwax Team will be in Las Vegas July 20-23, 2015 for the FileMaker Developers Conference, which is celebrating its 20th Anniversary. While we still hotly debate when best to double down at blackjack, and can only hope an Elvis impersonator will insist we stay off his blue suede shoes, there is one sure bet about DevCon: It’s the place to collect a jackpot of information by attending some of the more than 70 sessions and unsessions covering the latest trends in FileMaker development.
FileMaker 14: Audio/Video Control Script Steps and Functions
Posted in All, Design, FileMaker, FileMaker 14, News, Techniques
FileMaker 14 introduces new controls available in the mobile FileMaker Go app that help to bring the media player experience in FM Go more in alignment with iOS. These changes, compatible only with FileMaker Go 14, include 3 new script steps, 3 new script triggers and 1 new calculation function. In addition, the script step Insert Quicktime has been removed (developers should use the Insert Audio/Video script step, which we have had since FileMaker 12).
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The Force “FIELD”
Posted in All, FileMaker, Techniques
For the longest time I thought field labels were something special and there was some sort of connection between the label and the field. So if you have ever created a new field and put that field on the layout with the label to the left of it. Then 10 seconds later you change your mind and decide to rename the field. Presto your label has also been renamed.
InspectorPro – Helping you find problems
Posted in All, FileMaker, InspectorPro
When you delete a field that calculations or scripts depend on, FileMaker provides great warnings.
SystemVersion – When numbers are not what they seem!
I recently moved to OS X Yosemite, and once again repeated the annual cycle of wondering whether or not my existing solutions will be compatible with the new version. I’ve loved using AppleScript to trigger OS X Notifications from FileMaker since they were introduced in OS X Mavericks, but they stopped working as soon as I installed Yosemite.
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Facter Reporting for FileMaker Server
Posted in All, FileMaker, Server Administration, Techniques
Recently we’ve been thinking about how we can better monitor the collection of systems that we manage. These can be client servers with very diverse configurations, access, or functions. Additionally, we have our own array of systems, almost as diverse as our clients’.