I wrote a blog post last month showing a way to quickly find where unstored calcs and summary fields are being used in a solution. This post is a sort of follow up, in that here we once again look at a way of quickly finding something out about a solution that would otherwise require […]
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Certain types of fields, like unstored calculation and summary fields, can really slow down a solution, especially if they are used on layouts that are primarily accessed in list or table view. It’s not uncommon to come across list layouts in inherited solutions – files which you are maintaining but were originally developed by someone
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Learn how to use the Test Data Generator tool to create realistic sample data for your FileMaker solutions from certified developers.
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The team at Soliant has created a cheat sheet (in PDF form) and a demo “playground” file that you can use to see when a trigger fires and whether the action or object that initiated it completes before or after your script runs.
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Manual Entry of Test Data Discourages Testing When testing the functionality of a solution, software developers frequently have to create test records, which requires them to enter in test data. If the fields requiring a value include a name field, I’m good to go for about 5-6 records, until I exhaust the ‘first name’ supply
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Fleshing out test data in any technology can be a bit of a chore… and having realistic data in sufficient volume is a vital part of testing a database before rolling it out. By integrating this modular FileMaker file into your solution, you can automatically generate sample data however you need.
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The team at Soliant has created a handy cheat sheet and a demo file that you can use to learn when a FileMaker trigger fires and when the associated action or object is affected.
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When the PDF is created, we need to temporarily store it on the file system, so that it can then be inserted into the container field. However, the Insert PDF script step doesn’t seem to work properly in FileMaker Go when the created PDF is saved to the temporary path: Get(TemporaryPath). The local variable used
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Gain valuable insights about the nuances of script trigger functions in FileMaker 13 from Certified Developers at Soliant Consulting.
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Mislav Kos explains how to use Query Builder, a FileMaker tool he created to help write ExecuteSQL expressions. The tool does not rely on a wizard; queries are typed out manually. Key features include automated formatting of queries, assisted troubleshooting, and easier table and field name abstraction. Read the blog post…
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