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Curated Technology News with a focus on FileMaker and WordPress

Conquering FileMaker Error Codes

Identifying and capturing errors within our FileMaker applications are an essential part of the development process and it can feel a bit like a roller coaster ride. When we create an app that makes our jobs easier, we want to make sure that it does the right things effectively and reliably. That’s why having a solid understanding of the potential error codes we might encounter and how to resolve them successfully is so important. In this post, we’ll deal with the highs and lows of fool-proofing our FileMaker apps by maneuvering through conventional errors and exploring some common places where bugs tend to crop up.

No Way Back – FileMaker WebDirect and the Back Button

An often heard complaint though is that users are disconnected when they click the Back button of their browser. This button is confusing because it’s very similar and at the same top left corner than FileMaker Pro record navigation widget.

Here is our solution, freely downloadable and usable. It’s a single HTML file.
This HTML file disables the back button if a user connects to a custom app using the file URL.

JSON Currency Exchange Rates

Welcome back for another exciting round of JSON exploration. Last time we discussed a JSON-related bug fix in FM 19, as well as a free package tracking service that returns results in JSON format. Today we’re going to look at a free currency exchange rate service.

Apple business you may not know that’s poised to boom from coronavirus crisis

Apple owns enterprise software company Claris and its low-code application development software called FileMaker. It’s not a major Apple subsidiary, and it operates independently, but it has a long history in an area of increased focus from Google Cloud and Microsoft Azure. Claris CEO Brad Freitag says low-code solutions will be a growing business also, especially as the coronavirus accelerates adoption across the business world.

New FileMaker Add-on Issues

Stephen Dolenski and Steven Blackwell prepared a short article with some cautionary notes related to the new Add-On feature in FileMaker® Pro 19. All developers should review.

Dialing Out from FileMaker

In this time of the Covid epidemic, many people are working from home. FileMaker is often an important part of a workflow, even when homebound. Wouldn’t it be great if you could launch you FaceTime, Skype or Zoom calls right from your database screen?

Hot Dog Not Hot Dog FileMaker CoreML Example

This demo shows you how to use Create ML to train a vision model to determine if a an item in a photo is a Hot Dog or Not Hot Dog. Then the video demonstrates how to load the model into FileMaker Go and test on an iOS device with CoreML support

Meet Claris Connect

Claris Connect was officially released on March 3, 2020. Claris Connect is a new cloud-based integration platform for automating workflows. Without writing complex code, you can create a flow that […]

Virtual Portal

And since, as you may recall, the ID field in the virtual list (or in this case, virtual_portal) table is a sequential serial number beginning with 1, we can use the ≥ operator to limit the number of portal rows that will display data.

Virtual List Simplified

Note 1: The example in today’s article/demo is intentionally very basic.
Note 2: The demo is self-populating to keep the data current, so the values you see in the screen shots will not exactly match those you encounter in the demo.

Web Geek Speak Translator

A Content Management System manages the content of your website, usually via your web browser (though there are mobile apps that give limited access).

It provides a way for you to edit, add, and rearrange the content (blog posts, pages, widgets, custom data, etc.) of your website, from anywhere you have an internet connection. Most CMS solutions have WYSIWYG editing (looks and works roughly like Microsoft Word) so you don’t have to know HTML to update your website.

The New FileMaker Cloud Has Arrived!

Claris recently released the new and improved FileMaker Cloud (replacing FileMaker Cloud for AWS). This is a new Platform as a Service (PaaS) offering. Claris has been working on ways to deliver the value of FileMaker that is simpler than past offerings. It can be a good starting point for users new to the FileMaker workplace innovation platform, but it is missing some features that long-time users of FileMaker Server for Windows and macOS rely on.