Learning Claris FileMaker

Some of you may know that most iOS apps have a URL scheme. These URL schemes can be accessed anywhere on your iPhone, so long as you can open a URL.

For those of you who don’t know what a URL scheme is, let me explain.

For this article, I’m assuming that you have a basic understanding of scripts and calculations within the FileMaker platform.

You will notice a significant improvement with FileMaker Go animations in FileMaker 16.

If the idea was to make the transitions appear more like the ones we usually see within iOS apps then mission accomplished!

Learn how to Make FileMaker Go Talk to IOS Apps using the fmp: command and the Open URL command, including two way communications.

Yesterday I (Tim Dietrich) released version 1.0 of "Temper," an alternative Web API for the FileMaker platform. 

With Temper, developers can make API calls to create, read, update, and delete records, run scripts, set and get the contents of containers, and more. 

Temper uses the FileMaker API for XML, so there are no additional licenses needed to transfer data, and no need to worry about hitting data transfer limits.

It works with all versions of FileMaker Server that support the FileMaker API for XML. 

Temper was developed using Xojo.

The source code is fully accessible, and it is being distributed under an MIT License.

It's available for download at: https://temperapi.com I'll be demonstrating Temper during a Xojo Webinar that's being held on June 12, 2018 1:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada). To register, visit: https://lnkd.in/gbCaeB3

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Simplify the development of desktop, web and mobile apps with Xojo.

Temper is an open-source Xojo project from Tim Dietrich that provides and easy API to your FileMaker hosted databases.

Come watch Tim give an overview of Temper and then see how you can use it with Xojo to make an iOS app that displays FileMaker data.

P.S. Even if you can't attend at the scheduled time, be sure to sign up so you will receive a notification when the recording is available.

Apple has finalized a deal to acquire Workflow today — a tool that lets you hook together apps and functions within apps in strings of commands to automate tasks.

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