FileMaker Server v21.1 (2024) enhances plug-in capabilities by enabling notifications of changes to database schema and scripts via JSON payloads. The bBox plug-in, supporting multiple languages and systems, processes these notifications through Syslog, DuckDB, or OData methods. Each approach varies in configuration complexity and data handling efficiency.

A recent addition to FileMaker Server is a feature called 'schema notifications'. These actually cover a broader area then the name implies, essentially any database modifications if they aren't modifying a file's data.

FileMaker Pro 21.1 enhances AI capabilities with semantic search for images and text, adds security updates, and improves script controls. It streamlines layout management and file handling, and overall introduces more than 300 impactful features.

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bBox version 1.05 introduces schema change notifications, a new Ubuntu ARM binary, and DuckDB integration, replacing SQLite functions. This free utility plug-in enhances FileMaker solutions, supporting multiple coding libraries. Updates include Python 3.13 on macOS and JQ 1.7.1.

EngageU, the largest Claris / FileMaker Developer conference in Europe, takes place in Malmö this November 17th-19th with Claris as primary sponsor, and Beezwax as exhibitor and sponsor. At EngageU, Vincenzo Menanno delivers sessions on building great solutions and utilizing InspectorPro for diagnostics and in-depth analysis. The conference attracts top partners, developers, and community leaders focusing on innovation in Claris and FileMaker platform development.

If you go looking for a FileMaker script step called Perform Script on Server on Server, you are not going to find it.

Rome FileMaker Week, held from October 9-11, features presentations by Beezwax’s Vincenzo Menanno and Fabio Bosisio. Topics include creating iOS widgets using Javascript and the powerful ‘Local File’ technique for enhancing FileMaker development. Beezwax sponsors the event, emphasizing training, sharing, and enjoyment within the community.

Christos Savva from Beezwax presents at the Bay Area FileMaker Developer Meetup on integrating Python with FileMaker. He'll highlight use cases in data analytics, IT automation, and AI + ML. Attendees will learn integration methods, and see an example FileMaker integration, bzPython-FM.

We all use third party services, things like Stripe for payments, Sendgrid for email or Sentry for error reporting. Those services offer to solve some of our engeneering problems in exchange for money. Most of the time they are very convenient to use, as rolling your own solution would take considerable time and effort, and […]

Dreamforce was always a bit of a disruption for me as a San Franciscan—traffic, closed roads, did I mention traffic? This year, instead of sitting in my car waiting to inch forward, I shared a Waymo to get around The City, and experienced Dreamforce firsthand. As a marketer, I was eager to see how Salesforce […]