The FileMaker iOS SDK – Create Native iOS Apps in FileMaker Go We’re very psyched about the new FileMaker iOS SDK. This means that developers can bind their FileMaker Go solutions as native apps and distribute them through several new channels: MDM solutions, test flight, and even in the iOS App Store (providing your app is approved), though FileMaker, Inc. frowns on this. But what if you don’t have an app you want to publish widely? Does this…
Simpler Management of your Synced Files Mobile apps usually have a very different look and feel than their desktop counterparts (simpler layouts, larger buttons, and only a small subset of the corresponding desktop solution’s features). But some GoZync customers want to keep their hosted and mobile file schema identical (layouts, scripts, tables, fields, etc.), and they want to do that without having to always make the same changes…
This video and example file demonstrates how to sync just the records relevant to your current location. This is a very common workflow in offline solutions and it helps keep the found set on your mobile device nice and small: meaning faster syncs and a better experience for folks in the field who don’t have to page through a bunch of irrelevant records. Filtering using Find Requests Todd…
Todd and I spent a week in Seattle together finishing up the latest version of GoZync: version 5. (GoZync is our scriptable sync framework for FileMaker: free and pro versions are available.) It’s hard to believe GoZync is now 3 years old, the first version having been released in June 2011. We’ve synced a lot of files since then. =) Faster FileMaker Sync You’ll see substantial speed improvements…
Todd Geist has put together a great video showing how imports will let you down when you’re syncing records. Tricky stuff, but the basics are very well explained in this video. (Import failing begins at 11:40) Todd’s article/video also includes a pretty cool demo file for showing how the sync / import works. It’s not fully fleshed out (i.e. it’s a demo) but it’s unlocked and has got…
One of the most popular sync workflows we see involves marking records as checked out when a mobile user downloads them. This can be used, along with FileMaker’s Access Privileges, to prevent hosted users from changing records a mobile user now “owns”. This is very easy to do in GoZync and really shows off how developers can get inside the scripts and change the sync itself: [ba-youtubeflex videoid=”c-l_Rxp_wXQ”]…
Apple’s new operating system for iPhone and iPad changes the way two critical FileMaker functions work in FileMaker Go. While we fully expect a patch from FileMaker very soon, you’ll want to review the issue and either hold off on upgrading to iOS7, retool your FileMaker Go apps, or both. You can read more about this issue, along with our recommendations, here: www.seedcode.com/iOS7 It’s especially important for GoZync users to…
(revised Feb 7, 2014) FileMaker Sync Overview. We’ve been syncing FileMaker Go solutions since June of 2011 and it now seems like a good time to reflect on what we’ve learned helping folks make mobile apps as well getting the apps they already have debugged, sped up, and syncing. This article will talk about some of the things we think are most important–and maybe counter intuitive–when planning a…
We’ve added a new article to the GoZync docs describing how to turn off the automatic deletion of mobile records that no longer match the users’ pull criteria. For users pulling very large found sets, this can radically speed up pulls down to their mobile device. The article describes scenarios where this would help, and walks users though the (very simple) mods required. Again, thanks to Todd’s clean…
The first of a series of small templates built around GoZync. TimeZync has finally shipped. Most firms have a very hard time capturing billable time and TimeZync can help. It may be the fastest way to log time into a FileMaker solution. And it works offline, so folks can enter time wherever, whenever. Here is an overview video (8 min) Highlights: Completely unlocked Ships with two versions (two files):…
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