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Integrating Google Translate with FileMaker | ZeroBlue

Integrating Google Translate with FileMaker | ZeroBlue | Learning Claris FileMaker | Scoop.it

Recently we built a feature in a client’s FileMaker solution that involved sending written messages in both English and Spanish, starting by selecting a boilerplate template.

The users would then edit the message as necessary before sending. We created a few test templates by composing a message in English, then we used Google Translate in a browser to get the Spanish version, and stored both versions in a record in the template table.

Our initial understanding was that users of this solution speak and write both English and Spanish, so editing the boilerplate messages would not be a problem.

But that turned out not to be the case.

 

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Clean Data in FileMaker

Clean Data in FileMaker | Learning Claris FileMaker | Scoop.it
Achieving clean data in a FileMaker database is important
This is something I’ve bee dealing with for years.

It hit me like a large hammer in the chest when one of my users replaced the contents of one field in about 5000 records with HTML she copied from the web.

This was done accidentally, and clearly she felt so bad that she didn’t even tell me.

This happened about 9 years ago.

I realized I had to put in some measures so this won’t happen EVER again.

Now, you can think of every possible measure you can take and users can still surprise you.

It’s similar to spam online. We keep getting smarter at how to deflect spam but spammers are always a step ahead.

Below are some things you can put in place to make sure your (their) data is as clean as it possibly can be.

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