Ian Harris, Author at AppWorks

FileMaker 17: Data API Multi-File Upload

The FileMaker 17 Data API, also known as fmrest, includes a new capability to upload data to a container field. Prior to 17 the Data API only allowed container data to be downloaded. Uploading data from a website to FileMaker had to be done using plugins, Base64 encoding, or by saving a temporary copy of […]

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May 15, 2018 Blog FileMaker 17 FileMaker Admin Console FileMaker API FileMaker Server Configuration

FileMaker 17: Admin API

If you manage multiple instances of FileMaker Server, maintenance would typically be performed by logging in to each via a web browser or running fmsadmin CLI commands. These methods become unwieldy when you need to make the same change or gather the same bit of information across several servers. A seemingly simple task now takes […]

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March 2, 2018 Blog FileMaker DevCon DevCon 2018 FileMaker Developer Conference 2018

DevCon 2018 Details Revealed

FileMaker Developer Conference 2018 (DevCon 2018) has been officially announced! See below for a snippet of the press release from FileMaker. More information is available on FileMaker’s website, including a schedule of events, session topics, and recommended tracks. We’ll see you in Texas! August 6-9, 2018 | Gaylord Texan Resort | Dallas, Texas Join 1500 […]

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January 12, 2018 Blog API FileMaker Portland Meetup

FileMaker Portland – Integrating Web Services

Thank you to everyone who attended the January FileMaker Portland meetup. The evening was packed with presentations about how people are leveraging FileMaker 16’s JSON support to connect to web services. Some of the integrations we discussed were: Magento – This popular e-commerce platform has REST and SOAP APIs. Use them to connect data about […]

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January 3, 2018 Blog API charts Google Google Charts Web Viewer

Generating Google Charts in Web Viewer

Google deprecated Google Image Charts in 2012. While that API can still be used to create charts with a URL, Google currently recommends that people use the similarly named Google Charts. This blog post will go over how to format data for the Google Charts library and generate a chart within a Web Viewer object.

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