Money For every business, it all comes down to money. The successful ones know where the money is spent and the benefits those investments provide. Expenditures must be justified with tangible benefits for the company. Period. That is, if the company is to continue....
The Context Podcast: Primary Keys in FileMaker
Todd and I talk about FileMaker Primary Keys today in the Context Podcast. Here's the episode. Listen to it here. And here are the highlights. Well-Discussed Topic The topic of FileMaker primary keys gets talked about a lot in the community, and indeed I asked about...
Perform JavaScript in a Web Viewer: A Reason to Update Widgets
Over the three years I've been here at Geist Interactive, I've shared quite a few web viewer widget demo files. They were meant to show what is possible in FileMaker using JavaScript. They were meant to inspire. And they worked well. In all cases, useful UI elements...
Power up your Claris FileMaker Applications with JavaScript
Geist Interactive teamed up with Claris to produce a webinar focused on what JavaScript Can do for your FileMaker Apps. We also discussed how JavaScript fits perfectly into the FileMaker 19 Open Platform Release. Below are a list of resources, next steps and other...
FileMaker 19: Shortcuts & NFC
This post is a summary of an episode of The Context Podcast, episode 40, release date 6/16/2020. In this episode, Cris Ippolite joins us to talk about Shortcuts and NFC. Those two features are the stated topic, but, of course, we touch on a lot of other things. So...
FileMaker 19: FileMaker Add-Ons with Relationships
In part 1 of All That We Know on Add-ons, explaining all that we know about this new feature, we talked about how to create add-ons that lend themselves to UI widgets. Calendars, check box button bars, notification popovers, date pickers, timers, etc. all can be...
Webinar: Power up your Claris FileMaker apps with JavaScript
Modernize your apps with data visualization, maps, calendars and more. Open up a new universe with Claris FileMaker apps and JavaScript. Learn why JavaScript is such a good fit for the Claris FileMaker 19 open platform. See several compelling business examples, and...
FileMaker 19: Creating FileMaker Add-ons
The most recent release of FileMaker Pro, version 19, the Claris' first Open Platform Release. Todd has already talked about this. In his post, he describes the ways in which FileMaker the platform is opened to other developers coming in to add functionality. We at...
FileMaker 19 & JavaScript: BFFs for Life
It's well known that we have advocated for using JavaScript in Claris FileMaker for many years. Both yours truly and Todd, separately and now together, talk JavaScript and its use in our platform. Todd realized the language could be used in FileMaker since the moment...
The Execute FileMaker Data API: Getting the FileMaker MetaData
In a previous post, we wrote about the new Execute FileMaker Data API script step. We wrote about its JSON-constructed data-gathering abilities. We're pretty excited about this step. It's useful for gathering a found set of records to display in a JavaScript-based...
Get GeoLocation Data for Fun and Profit in FileMaker WebDirect
By Brian Ouimette: In this article, we will be looking at a demo of a check-in/check-out system based on geolocation that is specifically for FileMaker WebDirect clients. HTML5's GeoLocation API gives us a web-native way of doing this within the webviewer. However, in...
Geist Interactive is Ready for FileMaker 19
Geist Interactive is ready for FileMaker 19. All of us are fully briefed on the new features, we've downloaded our copies, and we're beginning to use the Open Platform for our clients. We are ready, and if you need us to build you add-ons or modules, if you need us to...