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.
Tag: FileMaker
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.
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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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.
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.
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.
Native Web 2.0 Controls in FileMaker 12 Layouts
Posted in All, Design, FileMaker, JavaScript, Techniques, Tools & Add-ons
One of the most exciting aspects of the newly-released FileMaker 12 product line upgrade is a major redesign to the product’s UI. A new Design Surface modernizes FileMaker Pro layouts and updates every built-in control, giving developers and designers powerful new tools for designing better interfaces.
But as great as Design Surface is, why just stay on the surface?
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Stop FileMaker server from script
Posted in All, FileMaker, Techniques
If you have a FileMaker system and you need to script the processing of adding or removing files on the server, the first problem you are going to come across is: how do I stop the server from a script?
You may already be familiar with the fmsadmin command. This is present on both Mac OS and Windows installs of FileMaker server. You can simply run the following command in Terminal to stop the server:
fmsadmin stop server
Ruby scripting in FileMaker
[Authored by Alex G]
There are many cases where FileMaker’s scripting isn’t always the best tool for the job and where a language like Ruby can bring a lot of power to your FileMaker development. The following is a description of a simple technique for using ruby scripts from within a FileMaker solution without the use of a plugin. I’ve found this technique useful for employing regular expressions for complex text parsing, making web requests to work with web APIs, and for parsing and generating XML and other serialized data structures. Ruby has a wealth of great libraries for doing anything you can imagine and is just plain fun to write.
Setting permissions for FileMaker Server’s Database folder
Posted in All, FileMaker, Server Administration, Techniques
The Problem
Most FileMaker Server setups on OSX that I have seen are using the default permissions as set by the FilerMaker Server (FMS) installer. When viewed in the Terminal, they look like this:
drwxrwxr-x 11 fmserver fmsadmin 374 Jul 16 12:54 Databases
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bBox FileMaker plug-in: Easily add AppleScript, Shell, Grep, and more to your FileMaker projects
Posted in All, bBox, Design, Techniques, Tools & Add-ons
Today we are making bBox, our toolbox of external functions for FileMaker, freely available to all FileMaker developers. Use it to extend the reach of your FileMaker solutions to resources outside of FileMaker by launching and communicating with other programs, utilizing the powerful commands built-in to Mac OS X, and easily creating, processing, and managing files.
FMPRoRHTTP, or, making FileMaker interface with Rails over HTTP
[Authored by Ian]
I’ve been doing work on a couple projects integrating Rails with FileMaker Pro (FMP) over HTTP. There are a few different FMP features and plugins the FMP developers use to connect to Rails, none of which I truly grok. Notwithstanding my lack of FMP knowledge, I wanted to write-up what I expect from FMP as an HTTP client, and what I think would be neat to see.
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FileMaker Pro/Rails integration methodology
[Authored by Ian]
Here’s a synopsis of my findings on integrating Rails with FMP.
Goals:
- allow two-way data transmission between FileMaker Pro (FMP) and Rails
- minimize development time required for both FMP and Rails
- accommodate as many clients (which may be another application written with FMP, Rails, or anything else) as possible
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