1. PauseOnError Session Materials

    January 27, 2010 by Chuck

    Thanks again to everyone who attended the Data Visualization and Dashboarding session at PauseOnError. I hope everyone enjoyed it as much as I did. The link below will download the session materials
    Dashboarding Session Download

  2. Basic Centralized Scripting

    January 17, 2010 by Sameer

    One idea commonly overlooked in the new FileMaker engine is the ability to centralize scripts. For example, instead of writing a dozen or so “Go to related…” with some table name at the end, I have the ability with script parameters to write one single script called “Go to” which uses a series of If, Else If, Else statements. This is available in previous versions of FileMaker, however with the addition of a script function called “Set Field by Name” I can go even further with my centralized scripting to include scripts such as “Create New Related Record.” This script, [...]

  3. Performing a Compound Find Using FileMaker API for PHP

    January 8, 2010 by phin

    If you are interested in designing your own website utilizing FileMaker, you will undoubtedly have to familiarize yourself with the FileMaker API for PHP documentation. Developing a basic php page to perform a compound find in FileMaker, will be a good introductory.
    1. In order to utilize the FileMaker API for PHP, your php page must include it. This is done with the require_once statement.

    require_once (‘FileMaker.php’);

    2. Connect to your FileMaker solution using database class and the setProperty statements. You should not that the setProperty statements are case sensitive.

    $fm = & new FileMaker();
    $fm->setProperty(’database’, ‘YourDatabaseName’);
    $fm->setProperty(’username’, ‘test’);
    $fm->setProperty(’password’, ‘mypassword’);

    3. The php [...]