Blog – FileMaker

FileMaker 14 Script Triggers

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.

When disk space is not disk space…

A strange question pops up on the various FileMaker forums from time to time and it goes like this: “How can I exclude my externally stored container content from a backup run?” The reason behind the question is usually a concern for the amount of disk space that is required for the backup.   Say that…

Extending Webdirect: Automatically Zip Container Fields

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. 

 

FileMaker-Salesforce Integration via OAuth

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.

FileMaker: Hamburger Menu

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….

Extending WebDirect: URL Parameters

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

How to generate a PDF and store it in a container field in FileMaker Go

Generating a PDF file and storing it in a container field seems straightforward enough, but if you are using FileMaker Go, you’ll want to keep the following in mind:
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….

FileMaker and Javascript: AJAX POST

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…

The Psychology of Developing Software

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

FileMaker at the Little League World Series

For those of you who have been following the Little League World Series, I thought I would share a FileMaker connection to the Taney Dragons from Philadelphia.
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…
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