Aug 23, 2019 Blog, FileMaker, FileMaker Techniques, FileMaker Training arrayFileMaker 18FileMaker Cloudfilemaker jsonJSONrecordsScripting Step-by-Step Guide to Building a JSON Object in FileMaker JSON has now become a FileMaker developer’s standard method to store and manipulate data in memory. In other words, when you want to create a variable to store anything more complex than a simple string, number, or return-separated list, JSON is the way to do it. If you’re not using it already, you must learn how! Read More By David Weiner
May 22, 2019 Blog, FileMaker, FileMaker 18, FileMaker Techniques, FileMaker Training FileMaker 18FileMaker Pro Advanced 18FM 18Scripting FileMaker 18: How to Use the New Data File Script Steps FileMaker 18 offers a series of new script steps that add native file creation and manipulation to the developer’s toolkit. The utility of these new script steps will be fully realized once people start using them, but right away I can foresee some great use cases. Write records to a text file for import into another system? Generate an HTML document? Custom local log files? All are possible with these new script steps. Read More By David Weiner