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Let’s make an audit log with Claris FileMaker 2023

by Alec Gregory04/25/202305/08/2023

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 Menanno04/25/202304/25/2023

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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Videos: Improving Your FileMaker Code with InspectorPro 7

by Jay Gonzales03/22/202303/22/2023

Posted in All, Claris Development, FileMaker, FileMaker Server, InspectorPro, Performance, Security, Techniques, Tools & Add-ons

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Five Ways InspectorPro 7 Can Improve Your FileMaker Code

Want better collaboration, performance and insight for your FileMaker development teams? With InspectorPro you can leverage advanced diagnostics, perform in-depth analysis, and gain insights with new visualizations.

Check out these videos from InspectorPro creator & Beezwax Chief Innovation Officer, Vince Menanno.

Problem Reports Dashboard

Track your progress while reducing problem code, and reducing technical debt.

Script Monitor

Create a visual and interactive representation of your script interactions, where you can monitor them and stay aware of their activities.

Search with LOgiCATOR

Locate InspectorPro 7 data with logical precision, including constrained and unconstrained finds within your solution analysis.

Security Perspective

Identify the privileges and security levels assigned to various user roles for each script.

Advanced Information

Identifying indirection, scripts states and more.

Special Offer

Book an InspectorPro consultation at a special rate.

Native HTML Email in Claris® FileMaker®

by Fabio Bosisio03/14/202305/14/2023

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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The New Horizon: Script Transactions in Claris® FileMaker®

by Vincenzo Menanno01/27/202305/14/2023

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 Team01/11/202304/24/2023

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 Team12/09/202204/24/2023

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 Menanno12/08/202205/14/2023

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 Team12/08/202204/24/2023

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 Team11/12/202204/24/2023

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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Design Think Your Code

by darrin.southern10/12/202212/29/2022

Posted in Claris Development, Design, Events, FileMaker, FileMaker 19, FileMaker Go, Software Design, Techniques

Have you ever opened an existing solution, took one look at the source code – and your eyes just glazed over – as if you were attempting to decipher the Matrix?

You’ve entered the world of DX, or “Developer Experience”.

Just as User Experience (UX) refers to the experience of users, Developer Experience (DX) focuses on the experience that Developers have within the code of your system. This applies whether that’s code you inherited, code you passed on to someone, or code you originally wrote — all situations which affect a person I would call ‘Developer Next’. This could certainly be your-good-self, in six months time.

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Rome FileMaker® Week: Docker, Node-RED, Native Script Transactions and a Chatbot

by Jay Gonzales10/04/202205/14/2023

Posted in All, Beezwax News, Claris Development, Community, Events, FileMaker, FileMaker 19, FileMaker Data API, FileMaker Server, Integration, JavaScript, Node.js, Performance, Techniques, Tools & Add-ons

Vincenzo Menanno and Fabio Bosisio from Beezwax present at Rome FileMaker Week.

This week we’re in Italy… formazione, condivisione e ancora divertimento [training, sharing and more fun] …with the focus on innovations in Claris® FileMaker platform development. As realtori [conference speakers] at Rome FileMaker Week (October 6-8), Vince Menanno and Fabio Bosisio from Beezwax present three sessions:

Local FileMaker Development with Docker and Node-RED
The New Horizon: Native Script Transactions in FileMaker
Chatbot

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CQDF Montreal 2022 – Claris FileMaker

by Jay Gonzales09/14/202210/11/2022

Posted in All, Claris Connect, Claris Development, Community, Events, FileMaker, FileMaker 19, FileMaker Data API, FileMaker Server, Performance, Techniques

La 7e Conférence québécoise des développeurs FileMaker (CQDF) 2022: les 15 et 16 Septembre 2022 à l’Auberge Saint-Gabriel, Montreal. Vincenzo Menanno, Beezwax, présente “Le nouvel horizon | Transactions de script natif” avec Claris (FileMaker) Pro.

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FileMaker + Tableau | Embedded Dashboards & Expanding Possibilities

by Jay Gonzales07/14/202207/19/2022

Posted in All, Beezwax News, Claris Development, Community, Events, FileMaker, News, Reporting, Tableau, Tableau FM, Techniques, Tools & Add-ons

Vince Menanno from Beezwax presents at AutoEnter Live.

Let’s talk about Claris® FileMaker® and Tableau®!

As a speaker at AutoEnter Live, Vince presents Tableau as a great way for FileMaker developers to build dashboards, improve reporting, create visualizations and enable users to better understand their data. New techniques for embedding Tableau dashboards in FileMaker and using a Tableau Connector enable high-performance user interaction.

Learn more about how FileMaker + Tableau is a “match made in data heaven“, opening new possibilities as the two platforms combine to work as one.

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System for Success: Atomic Design for Google Display Ads

by Jinal Shah06/30/202207/20/2022

Posted in All, Design, Front-end Design, Marketing, Techniques, UX

Jinal Shah is a UX Designer at Beezwax. She shared the process for creating Google Display ads, using a system to optimize collaboration between Design and Marketing teams.

Our design team wanted to implement a design system that could quickly generate different variations of Google Display ads in multiple sizes. This system had to balance creative freedom and brand adherence. We wanted a user to be able to change content, colors, backgrounds, buttons and other visual elements without further involvement from a designer. However, it was important to create a controlled environment so the ads would stay on brand and follow a conceptual and visual pattern.

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dotfmp.berlin Claris FileMaker Developers 2022

by Beezwax Team06/23/202205/14/2023

Posted in All, Claris Development, Community, Events, FileMaker, FileMaker 19, FileMaker Cloud, FileMaker Server, News, Techniques, Tools & Add-ons

BERLIN, Germany – Our senior developer Christos Savva attended the dotfmp.berlin 2022 “Unconference” held in June in Berlin. The conference was the first in-person opportunity in over two years for leading Claris FileMaker developers across Europe to meet, share their work, and explore what’s happening in the developer community.

At dotfmp.berlin 2022, more than 70 developers from eighteen countries talked through tools and techniques from their Claris playgrounds. Adding to that excitement was participation by Claris’s engineering and product management teams.

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Custom Functions For Today’s FileMaker Devs Of Tomorrow

by Beezwax Team04/01/202204/01/2022

Posted in FileMaker, FileMaker 19, FileMaker Go, Software Design, Techniques, Uncategorized

While working from home, and continuing to hone one’s FileMaker skills, it’s important for developers to stay active with ongoing learning pursuits. Claris® FileMaker®, as the world’s leading Workplace Innovation Platform, supports both the rapid creation of new custom apps, as well as the practical application of solutions to solve real-world business problems. Here, creative ideation is critical.

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Claris Connect integrates Eversign, FileMaker and more

by Beezwax Team02/15/202210/04/2022

Posted in All, Claris Connect, Claris Development, Events, FileMaker, FileMaker 18, FileMaker 19, FileMaker Cloud, FileMaker Server, Integration, Techniques, Tools & Add-ons

Let’s talk about Claris Connect as the way to orchestrate data-driven workflows involving Eversign digital signatures, Claris FileMaker, Slack and a range of other possible platforms! Fabio Bosisio from Beezwax will walk through details for setting up these types of integrations.

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A fast, flexible Tableau Connector for FileMaker

by Vincenzo Menanno11/19/202105/16/2022

Posted in All, Claris Development, Data Analytics, FileMaker, FileMaker 18, FileMaker 19, FileMaker Data API, FileMaker Server, Integration, Performance, Tableau, Tableau FM, Techniques, Tools & Add-ons

Building a custom Tableau® Connector for Claris® FileMaker® enables faster, more reliable and more flexible connections between Tableau and FileMaker datasources, compared with the legacy Web Data Connector.

For a number of Beezwax client projects, we’ve installed and deployed a Tableau Connector (aka “TACO”) for FileMaker. The TACO was built using the Tableau Connector SDK (provided by Tableau) to connect to datasources on FileMaker Server. The TACO method uses JDBC rather than the FileMaker Data API for the connection between FileMaker and Tableau, and in our testing the performance of data extracts was up to 10 times faster.

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The Value and Benefits of Transactions with Claris FileMaker

by Beezwax Team11/16/202110/04/2022

Posted in All, Claris Development, Events, FileMaker, FileMaker 18, FileMaker 19, FileMaker Server, Performance, Techniques

Let’s talk about Claris® FileMaker® and transactions! Vincenzo Menanno discusses what transactions are, how they relate to FileMaker data operations (creating, updating, and deleting records), database normalization, and how to use transactional concepts to improve FileMaker performance, especially over a wide area network (WAN).

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