Claris FileMaker 2024 - Exploring the Changes

[@christianschmitz7488]

You can just rename FileMaker Pro and have 10 different versions installed on a Mac. I love to have 18 versions installed here for testing.

[@filemakermagazine]

Thanks for the info Christian! One of the benefits of using folders is that you can keep that ClarisConfig.json file within one of the copies of FileMaker you're running. Simply closing one version and then opening another means you've got your network testing turned on. Just name the folder something like FileMaker 21.0.1.53 debug and include the ClarisConfig.json file with desired settings.

[@jaybogartsupport]

Still waiting for Filemaker feature that can make a Video Clip a background in the Layout. And also, make the slides "auto-slide".

[@gjermundification]

53:18 Would element type be JSON or ION?

[@filemakermagazine]

JSONGetElementType just returns one of JSONString, JSONNumber, JSONObject, JSONArray etc... Which all correspond to just a number. You can see their values with this function. List ( JSONRaw; JSONString; JSONNumber; JSONObject; JSONArray; JSONBoolean; JSONNull; ) // equals "0¶1¶2¶3¶4¶5¶6"

[@gjermundification]

@@filemakermagazine Did you move to neovim? I did after the passing of Bram Moolenaar. I have some basic LSP set up for Swift in nvim.

[@MrOktony]

Can you use application with local LLM?

[@andreizhitkov5012]

Apple stopped distributing Python 2.7 starting with macOS 12.3.

[@filemakermagazine]

I knew it wasn't that far back as it felt like it was just there a release ago as you mention. I've been avoiding the upgrade to Sonoma to wait out all the bugs with FileMaker.

[@vincentcestmois7529]

Is the thumbnail a ship about to sink ? :-)

[@filemakermagazine]

I thought about that while I was making it with AI (midjourney). Good catch! Nah, it's fact that explorers of days yonder had to weather the uncharted waters in order to find new lands. You, know, discover AI functionality, play with new features... all that cool stuff. ;)

[@zerobatsu]

RIP RezEdit

[@filemakermagazine]

Yep. The closest my curiosity took me was finding some decades old nib decompilers. github.com/akahan/Nib-Decompiler I've gotten too old to take the time to rearrange the Calc dialog. So, I just live with what they give me now.