July 11, 2022 Blog FileMaker WAN performance Improve WAN in FileMaker I’m going to follow the 80-20 rule and detail two things you can do that will most likely improve your solution’s WAN performance. Read more By Weihao Ding
June 3, 2022 Blog FileMaker FileMaker variablesVariable scope Variable Scope Variable scope is a key concept in Claris FileMaker. This article will explain the differences between the three variable scopes and introduce some common use cases for each. Also, did you know FileMaker secretly introduced a fourth scope type with the introduction of the While () function? Read more By Weihao Ding
April 19, 2022 Blog FileMaker FileMaker Techniques code commentsCode readability Code Readability: Good Comments vs. Bad Comments This article will show examples of good comments vs. bad comments, and how you can improve your code readability by following a few key principles. In our previous blog posts on code readability, we showed how to enhance code readability by using spacing and meaningful naming without adding comments. Read more By Weihao Ding
February 23, 2022 Blog FileMaker FileMaker Techniques API DocumentationFileMaker integrationWeb integration Basic Authentication in API integration Of all the FileMaker features introduced in the past five years, many feel that being able to specify cURL options for the Insert from URL script step is the most impactful. Why might that be? With this feature, all third-party web services with APIs can be extensions of our FileMaker solutions, which expands what our […] Read more By Weihao Ding
January 27, 2022 Blog FileMaker FileMaker Techniques FilemakerScriptingSingle Pass Loop Single-Pass Loop The single-pass loop technique is inspired by the Try-Catch statement found in many programming languages. In a Try-Catch statement, the developer will put the happy path logic in the Try block Read more By Weihao Ding