Importing, Made Easy by FileMaker 18

by Andrew Witschonke
Posted in FileMaker, FileMaker 18

Out With the Old…

Anyone who has used FileMaker will be familiar with the powerful import abilities the platform has. Being able to quickly and easily ingest comma- or tab-delimited data and Excel files makes merging multiple data sources into a single cohesive application pretty convenient. However, the import UI that has existed for the platform over the last decade (maybe longer) is cumbersome and often downright frustrating. This is especially the case when trying to import many columns and match them to fields with different names than the source.

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Modularizing The JavaScript You Already Have

by Federico Ramirez
Posted in Front-end Development, JavaScript, Ruby on Rails, Software Design, Web Development

Over time, without structure, things fall apart. So give them structure, a few conventions, and start to make them more maintainable. Let me say more, at least in the context of JavaScript in your applications (or did you think I was talking about gardens or buildings or such? lol.)
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Which Server-Side Swift Framework Is Best For Your Project?

by Beezwax Team
Posted in Mobile Development, Software Design, Swift, Tools, Web Development

Server-side Swift is making waves in the web and services worlds, and developers from iOS, web and other coding backgrounds are increasingly joining the server-side Swift community. There’s just one problem (a good one): How do you choose which open-source Swift framework to use?
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Using Siri with FileMaker, via iOS Shortcuts

by Fabio Bosisio
Posted in All, FileMaker, FileMaker 17, FileMaker Cloud, FileMaker Data API, FileMaker Server, Integration, Mobile Development, Techniques

“Hey Siri…Ask FileMaker…”

This story started when we explored iOS Shortcuts to the FileMaker Data API. As we continue to automate tasks by mixing together iOS apps, content on mobile devices and web APIs plus FileMaker, let’s add to our workflow using one of the most powerful functions available to iPhone and iPad users: Siri.

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iOS Shortcuts to the FileMaker Data API

by Fabio Bosisio
Posted in FileMaker, FileMaker 17, FileMaker Data API, Integration, Mobile Development, Techniques

Shortcuts, on iOS, are a new way to automate tasks by mixing together apps, content on your iOS device and web APIs into custom workflows. Now, via the FileMaker Data API, you can use shortcuts as a way to interact with your FileMaker solutions.

Here’s an example of automatically uploading a photo from your iPhone into a FileMaker container field, via iOS shortcuts to the FileMaker Data API.

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A Ruby-ish Xmas

by Federico Ramirez
Posted in All, Ruby, Ruby on Rails, Software Design, Web Development

Ruby-ish, rubbish… Get it? Anyways, not like Ruby-ish means bad! Quite the opposite!

It’s the day after Xmas and because Ruby is awesome and delivered 2.6.0, we’ll get to play with some of our new Xmas gifts: Kernel#then, Proc#>> and Proc#<<.

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ePubber – generating ePub files with Ruby

by Federico Ramirez
Posted in All, Ruby, Ruby on Rails, Tools, Web Development

ePub is a digital book format which is pretty common nowadays. It’s supported natively by Windows and Android and it’s one of the official formats for digital books in the Apple Books store.

In this post I’ll talk about generating ePub files with Ruby and how to painlessly integrate this feature to your application. I’ll be using a Ruby gem I created called ePubber, which I created to help manage ePub content.

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Multi-Column Portals

by Will Miro
Posted in FileMaker, FileMaker 17, Techniques

A colleague recently posed this challenge: is it possible to show two columns in a portal, such that the first row displays records 1 and 2, the second row displays records 3 and 4, etc.? With FileMaker, the answer is usually “Yes!”

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Introducing Admin FM – the FileMaker Admin API for Zapier

by Brendan Pierce
Posted in All, FileMaker, FileMaker 17, FileMaker Cloud, FileMaker Server, Integration, Server Administration, Tools & Add-ons

Introducing Admin FM – the Zapier integration for accessing the FileMaker ® Admin API in an easy, customizable way. Built using Node.js, this version of Admin FM is currently a beta version, but it allows you to access most of the functionality that the FileMaker Admin API allows.

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bBox for FileMaker v0.93 Now Available

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

We are pleased to release bBox version 0.93, including new FileMaker script steps and web viewer functions. 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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Dependency Injection in JavaScript, a Node.js example

by Mehmet Bajin
Posted in JavaScript, Software Design, Testing, Web Development

As developers, we are tasked with reducing complexity. Complexity is all around us, and good code organization reduces complexity while at the same time supporting increased flexibility, ease of change, quicker onboarding, faster debugging, and my favorite, better testing.
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Tableau to FileMaker | Scheduled Extracts

by Vincenzo Menanno
Posted in Data Analytics, FileMaker, FileMaker 17, Tableau FM

Once you have crafted a Tableau dashboard, pulling data from your FileMaker solution, then your next goal might be to make sure the dashboard data gets refreshed at regular intervals, and in an efficient manner. And that is what we’ll do in this blog post.

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AD-bound macOS systems not authenticating? Restart opendirectoryd

by Simon Brown
Posted in FileMaker, FileMaker Server, Security, Server Administration

We support quite a few macOS systems that are bound to an AD (Active Directory) domain. Occasionally, one, two, or perhaps several would lose the ability to authenticate users with AD credentials. Often this was with one of the FileMaker Servers, where external authentication was being used for either user access or FMS Admin Console access. I’ve explored ways to fix this, without restarting or disrupting other services.

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Apple Maps in FileMaker With MapKit JS

by Beezwax Team
Posted in FileMaker, Integration, JavaScript, Mapping, Techniques, Tools & Add-ons

For awhile we’ve been asked: “Can you use Apple Maps inside FileMaker, rather than using Google Maps or MapQuest?” We decided to give it a shot, thanks to MapKit JS, the JavaScript implementation of the MapKit library widely used on macOS and iOS. Here is a technique our FileMaker and JavaScript development teams designed to enable Apple Maps inside a FileMaker solution.

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bBox for FileMaker v0.90 Now Available

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

We are pleased to release bBox version 0.90. 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. Included is a demo file that has over 200 examples of how you can put bBox functions to work for you.

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FileMaker to Tableau | The Learning Journey

by Vincenzo Menanno
Posted in Data Analytics, FileMaker, FileMaker 17, FileMaker Server, Integration, Tableau FM, Tools & Add-ons

Now that the FileMaker Data API has been officially released (with FileMaker 17), it is time to share an update on Tableau-to-FileMaker integration. I originally wrote about integrating Tableau and FileMaker to create a match made in data heaven. I’ll also be speaking on “FileMaker + Tableau” at FileMaker DevCon 2018.

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FileMaker DevCon, with a capital “D”

by Jay Gonzales
Posted in All, Community, Events, FileMaker, Tableau FM

The Beezwax Team is in Dallas, Texas on August 6-9, 2018 for the FileMaker Developers Conference. DevCon is always a perfect time to wrangle the best FileMaker insights, training, and connections across the global FileMaker developer community in attendance.
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Monitor FileMaker Server XML connectivity with AWS

by Simon Brown
Posted in FileMaker, FileMaker Cloud, FileMaker Server, Monitoring, Server Administration

If you have a FileMaker server that you want to ensure high availability, Amazon’s AWS Route 53 service has some functionality that you’ll want to know about. For this post, I’m going to show how you can set up monitoring and alarms for the XML interface on FileMaker Server.

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Our First FileMaker 17 Certified Developers

by Jay Gonzales
Posted in All, Beezwax News, Community, FileMaker, FileMaker 17

We’re pleased to announce two Beez who have earned the title of FileMaker 17 Certified Developer.

  • Christopher Edwards, Senior Developer
  • Vincenzo Menanno, Senior Developer

Christopher and Vince are among the first developers to receive this designation since FileMaker 17 Certification was announced last week.

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Simple Bash Scripts for Lazy People | Part 1: Git

by Colin Lieberman
Posted in productivity, Tools, Unix, Web Development

While the attribution may be hazy, the notion of laziness being an attribute of a good programmer is popular. I don’t know how good of a programmer I am, but I am really lazy.

So lazy that if I find myself doing something over and over, I write a script to do it for me the next time. Continue reading “Simple Bash Scripts for Lazy People | Part 1: Git” →

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