Using Gateway Files

Using Gateway Files

One of the greatest joys of working in technology is that you never really have to stop learning – although you certainly can. Everything also moves so fast that it often feels like you can’t keep up. The great thing about FileMaker is that you’re not...
Critical Graphics Knowledge

Critical Graphics Knowledge

Even to this day, after providing FileMaker-related technical education for many years, I still see solutions with less-than-optimal structure and storage. When it comes to graphics, “all things add up.” The cumulative cost of data or technical debt often comes back...
Re-Theming Existing Solutions

Re-Theming Existing Solutions

When tackling the task of updating a UI/UX look and feel, it can quickly become overwhelming — especially if you have hundreds of layouts and countless individual styles, some in use and others deprecated. While designing a new solution from scratch allows you to take...
Execute Data API – Stateless CRUD

Execute Data API – Stateless CRUD

Continuing from a previous video that introduced the Execute FileMaker Data API script step, this video explores the remaining CRUD operations added in FileMaker 21+. With the create, update, duplicate, and delete actions, we can now leverage more stateless data...
Execute Data API To Custom API

Execute Data API To Custom API

The Execute FileMaker Data API script step has been around for quite a few years. It was introduced in FileMaker 19, around 2020. If you haven’t used it, you may be manually creating JSON for your records when you don’t need to — FileMaker can do this for you. I...
Collecting Related Data

Collecting Related Data

Every development task involves both what you know and what you don’t. The key to achieving the desired outcome often lies in learning what you don’t yet understand. That’s exactly what we’ll explore in this video – how to collect data from related tables for use in...