A technique to commit records held up by pesky users who leave a record locked for too long...

Here we present a simple and reusable FileMaker script that is capable of performing any existing script server-side using the Perform Script on Server step.  A single line of code at the top of any script is enough to run that script server-side.

Here's a nifty utility to help developers quickly and easily derive modifier key numbers as well as codes for various keystrokes pressed...

This is a really simple and reusable script for obtaining any entire record as JSON without knowing it's field structure...

This is a great UI technique I use all the time to allow users to select multiple rows from a portal. Rather than laboriously single-clicking rows it is much more intuitive to give the user an operating system like experience for file selection...

5 cool ideas and techniques for FileMaker apps from 2021

With international travel curtailed and no big developer conference for FileMaker this year, we decided to roll our own — and so we launched the inaugral DF Con 2021...

In this article we talk about the PivotTable.js pivot table library and how it can be integrated into your FileMaker Solutions. We then take things even further by adding saving and loading functionality, allowing you to truly turn this integration into a powerful reporting tool for your users.

In this article we showcase a range of Logo and Profile picture retrieval APIs and how they can be integrated into your Claris FileMaker solutions to automatically download images for your contacts. We also show how background content can be removed from these images, again through using APIs. 

In this article we show you how to use a FileMaker container field to produce beautiful gradients and background fills based on the most prominent colors in an image. We also show how to render solid fills without the use of a WebViewer and how to determine optimal color for text placed on top of your background fills.