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JSON Design Pattern: Enhancing Record Creation in FileMaker
By Matt Navarre For the next few months, I'll be posting a Design Pattern each week on the topics of AI, JSON, and other best practice /...

matt
May 22 min read
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Sort a list: The Best Way I've seen yet
Sorting a list is a key need in virtually every FileMaker database. There are countless ways to do this, but I found one to love.

matt
Jan 302 min read
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Field Validation Is Broken
And some ways to fix it Ensuring clean data entry is a key aspect of database management in FileMaker Pro. But. The built-in validation...

matt
Dec 4, 20243 min read
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Stop using the Button Tool
Use Button Bars. Single-segment Button Bars are a superset of Buttons It’s 2024, and Button Bars  have been around since FileMaker 14...

matt
Sep 30, 20242 min read
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The Five Default Fields: A Closer Look
Five default fields are automatically created when you make a new table. These fields represent best practices, especially the UUID,...

matt
Aug 29, 20243 min read
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Introducing the FileMaker Opinion Page
Let's start with one principle: The reduced toolbox. I’m woodworker myself, a cook, and a FileMaker developer since version 1, and there...

matt
Aug 28, 20242 min read
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