by nickorr | Dec 17, 2013 | Uncategorised
Update : pointed the links to BE 4.5.0b3. Temporarily removes the reduce file size option, so no calc nodes are left out and adds the SlideControl object type. Update : pointed the links to BE 4.5.0b2. It’s always nice to be able to say that we’ll have an...
by nickorr | Dec 10, 2013 | Uncategorised
Last week saw the birth of another new version of the FileMaker Platform. Version 13 is a huge step in terms of the ability to design great interfaces, and the ability to deliver them consistently on every platform, now including the web. But every good platform needs...
by nickorr | Oct 20, 2013 | Uncategorised
I’ve been working on an update to RefreshFM for a while now and one my my todo items has been to sort out a way to include external storage in the import process. Imagine my surprise a few weeks ago, when my testing showed that not only did my idea for an import...
by nickorr | Sep 4, 2013 | Uncategorised
RESTfmSync makes heavy use of the new in v12 “Insert From URL” script step to send data to the FileMaker Server. This works very well, but has a few limitations. Seeing as we’ve been through all of the testing and trials to work out exactly what...
by nickorr | Sep 3, 2013 | Uncategorised
A question that has come up more than once about the progress dialogs in our free FileMaker plugin is how to work with the cancel buttons. Showing or Hiding the button The cancel button is optional, and appears based on the status of the “Allow User Abort”...
by nickorr | Aug 11, 2013 | Uncategorised
RefreshFM 2.0 is finally released and the last update since the beta added a function that has always been a request of mine in Import dialogs within FileMaker Pro itself : the ability to choose “Matching IDs” in the field mapping. Using this option in...
by nickorr | Aug 6, 2013 | Uncategorised
Trying to explain what RESTfm is to someone who hasn’t used Web Services before can be difficult. It’s hard to get an idea of what RESTfm is, let alone what you’d use it for. ( If you want to be really confused, try reading about REST on wikipedia. )...
by nickorr | Jul 17, 2013 | Uncategorised
Our RESTfmSync solution has been featured in the latest FileMaker newsletter. The July – September 2012 newsletter includes a story about how Kevin Frank worked to build our FileMaker syncing platform into a solution for one of his clients. This is a great...
by nickorr | Jul 17, 2013 | Uncategorised
We’ve updated our plugin documentation to include the new JSON, ValueList, Dialog and HTTP function details. Part of this new documentation are some example uses for some of the more technical functionality. I hope these go a little way towards helping people...
by nickorr | Jul 3, 2013 | Uncategorised
We’re excited today to announce that RESTfm has reached version 2.0. Although we haven’t previously spent much time talking about RESTfm, we’ve slowly been working on other tools that interact with it. In the coming days in the leadup to FileMaker...
