June 7, 2018 Appworks News Blog FileMaker 17 FileMaker Meetup FileMaker 17fmpugMeetupnew features June 6th Portland FileMaker Meetup It was good to see folks again this month, for another meeting at AppWorks command HQ. (I missed last month’s meeting, unfortunately. I was looking forward to hearing the stories from Pause on Error.) Here are some of the highlights. There are big changes in the licensing of FM 17. AppWorks’ own Shawn Prado has […] Read more By Justin Close
May 25, 2018 Blog APIcontainerFileMaker 17FileMaker Data APIfmrestupload 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 […] Read more By Ian Harris
May 16, 2018 Blog FileMaker 17 Default FieldsFileMaker 17XML FileMaker 17: Default Field Customization With the release of FileMaker 17 comes Default Fields, and thankfully they are customizable! This will be a time saver for all of us who copy and paste the same five (or more) fields into every table in every file, all the time. It may seem like a small savings at first, but will quickly […] Read more By Michelle Davison
May 15, 2018 Blog FileMaker 17 FileMaker Techniques User Interface Design FileMaker 17FileMaker Object Editing ToolsUI techniques FileMaker 17: Edit Grouped Objects How many times have I been annoyed and delayed by having to ungroup something just to make a simple edit? Too many to count. I often group many things together to aid in layout setup and positioning. Say you have a set of fields and objects that together make up a ‘widget’ or function (e.g. […] Read more By Justin Close