Blog – FileMaker

In FileMaker, container fields are super handy. Combined with some database structure, they make it easy to associate multiple stored files with a single record. Even better, container fields are supported in WebDirect. Read more to see how to automatically zip container data and serve it directly to your clients. 

 

Explore different approaches to integrating Salesforce and FileMaker. Here we focus on Oauth with the benefit of keeping all the code within FileMaker (no third-party tools). Demo file included.

The introduction of FileMaker 13 gave us a tremendous amount of new user interface functionality. One example of this is the venerable Hamburger Menu (a.k.a: Sidebar, a.k.a: Drawer.) Regardless of how you feel about this widget, this example is meant to demonstrate a technique that you can use how you wish in your own solutions….

Learn about how to bring back the ability to pass in parameters via URL to WebDirect in this strategy from Soliant Consulting.

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….

As a follow up to my post, Getting Started with Javascript, this time we will take a look at extending the functionality of FileMaker by providing a means to submit to a url using the POST method by utilizing AJAX. https://youtu.be/B_pArX3W61U What is POST? POST is a http method of submitting information to a web…

Learn more about some of the guiding principles we use and other considerations that go into developing software solutions for our clients.

Taney Baseball is an instructional league in Center City Philadelphia serving almost 1,000 kids each year in ages ranging from 3-15. Each year in February, players in the…

We are excited to announce the FileMaker Design Panel at DevCon 2014 in San Antonio, Texas on July 29th at 3:45pm. This panel will consist of Heather Winkle, Andrew Paulsen, Don Levan, and Bob Shockey. The FileMaker Design Panel has offered to take your questions and talking points prior to the event via discussion boards…

View how to manage interaction between Web Viewers and other objects within the same visible space, and specifically how Web Viewer draws on the screen.