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Comment on Clip Manager 101: Set the GUI Delay by Twitted by koenvanhulle

Twitted by koenvanhulle — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 10:46:07 +0000

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Comment on Script Trigger pitfalls: Get(LastError) by TomK

TomK — Wed, 20 May 2009 07:57:03 +0000

Hey, nice catch.

Actually it seems a new behavior.

Script control steps (if, else, else if, end if, loop, exit loop, end loop, exit script, and halt script) have always cleared LastError. This had made it difficult to both test Get(LastError) and then act on it afterwards because the condition used to test it would clear it.

In FileMaker Pro 10, all script control steps never clear LastError any more. This means that it is now possible to have a script that tests Get(LastError) in an If statement and then use Get(LastError) in the following statement without having to save it in a variable first. This behavior is only available in this and newer versions of the FileMaker product family.

http://tinyurl.com/of7s59

KB Article : 7071

Tom.

Comment on How to create clickable hyperlinks within a text field by smphoto

smphoto — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 15:35:01 +0000

I have tried this and it works great. However, is there a way to make the text field scollable so that you can read and click a link that is not visible in the top part of the window?

Comment on Accessing container fields with PHP by Hickam

Hickam — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 15:02:03 +0000

I downloaded your example files and set them up on my server. They worked perfectly. Just what I wanted! So, I changed the file name, Account, Password, and field names (Five total edits) and tested it in Safari. I got the page with my database’s three test records displayed as links just as you see on your solution but when I click a link I get the Apache default page. Since I see the links, I know that my database file is set up correctly (even so, I double checked it) and at least one of my sample records is the same file type (.zip) All of this is done on the same computer, same php pages… Any ideas?

Comment on Drag-and-drop with FileMaker by Koen Van Hulle

Koen Van Hulle — Sun, 21 Sep 2008 11:23:54 +0000

Hello,

You can add new images/records by naming them manually.
But of coarse a better way, would be to do this automatically.

You can do this by writing a script that runs after an image was inserted into the field.

With the script step “Export Field contents”, you can export and rename the image and then import it in the field again.

You need to add the image in the field “image”. The calculation “image_c” was created to avoid users to overwrite the image in the drag-n-drop layout.
To let the drag-n-drop work, the field must be accessible.

If you want more advanced drag-n-drop functionality, you can also check the Fusion Reactor plug-in from Fusion Plug-ins.

http://www.fusionplugins.com/reactor/

I hope this helped to solve your problem.

Koen

Comment on Drag-and-drop with FileMaker by coltom

coltom — Sat, 20 Sep 2008 20:35:57 +0000

Would it be possible to explain what’s going on here in a little more detail? E.g., do you have to name each image 1.png, 2.png, etc manually? I can see how dragging the image onto the dropzone populates, via the filter fxn (i.e. 1.png becomes 1), the foreign key field and then how the ::image container field is populated but why doesn’t the dropzone container field also receive the same image? Also, how does one add more images to the Beer Selector as image_c can’t be modified as it’s a calculation?

Hope you can help.

Colin

Comment on Clip Manager 3 sneak preview shown at FM Summit by info

info — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 07:26:40 +0000

We heard you! The latest build of Clip Manager 3 adds AppleScript functionality. We still need to update the help file. In the meantime, check the AppleScript dictionary for info.

Comment on Integrating FileMaker and Joomla! by Brian Loomis

Brian Loomis — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 17:05:55 +0000

It’s exciting to see how these things keep coming together. There was a time when I was not as impressed with FileMaker and the way that it worked, like it was getting behind. This year though the speakers are great and the conference looks to be good. The FM community is picking up on the finer aspects of development such as unit testing etc.

I have been working on an interface to 37signals Basecamp API from FileMaker that I will probably be releasing at FMDevCON this year.

I’m glad to see you guys are pushing the envelope too.

-Brian

Comment on Integrating FileMaker and Joomla! by Pieter Claerhout

Pieter Claerhout — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 07:16:16 +0000

We found that with the types of websites we create for customers, SilverStripe (http://www.silverstripe.com/) seems to be a much better choice than Joomla. Specifically the handling of multi-lingual content in SilverStripe is much stronger than what Joomla has.

Comment on Integrating FileMaker and Joomla! by Crispin

Crispin — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 15:07:38 +0000

I’d love to see more on this. The article is from 2007. Have SHP done any more on it since?