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Download Our Free Xodo Sign Custom Connector and Integrate Digital Signing With FileMaker

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We are excited to announce the latest feature in Claris Connect - custom connectors! This newest and greatly anticipated feature is now available in every Claris Connect account. This means we are no longer limited to just the pre-built connectors but can now create a customized connector for virtually any API that exists. Read more
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How To Utilize the New Custom Connectors In Claris Connect

Graphic of icons depicting the new custom connectors feature in Claris Connect and the possibilities of connecting to any API
We are excited to announce the latest feature in Claris Connect - custom connectors! This newest and greatly anticipated feature is now available in every Claris Connect account. This means we are no longer limited to just the pre-built connectors but can now create a customized connector for virtually any API that exists. Read more
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DEMO: Didn’t Know You Could Do That With A DataTable!

As Claris FileMaker developers we are always on the lookout for resources that will enhance our solutions in an easy and intuitive way. DataTables can be a rather challenging feature to implement from scratch without some serious learning and research, but resources like the popular Carafe Kitchen provide a great starting point for anyone wanting to implement a basic DataTables integration. Like any great resource though, it’s important to understand its limitations. While Carafe offers a great tool kit for basic DataTable integrations, it’s not always the easiest to expand so today we’ll explore two development processes for creating your own DataTables integration - Carafe Kitchen and JSDev.

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Adding JavaScript Bundles to Your Claris FileMaker Solution using Carafe Kitchen

With Carafe Kitchen, implementing JavaScript into your Claris FileMaker 16+ solutions has become as easy as copying a script. With all the new features in FileMaker that are supporting JavaScript, the one thing that I found lacking and still difficult to overcome was a solid process for managing and implementing JavaScript libraries. After struggling to roll my own implementations that could be maintained easily, I was relieved and excited to find this valuable tool. Carafe Kitchen has been one of the most exciting FileMaker tools for me this year.

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How Quick-Start Saves Time

The latest release of FileMaker Pro, 19.2.2, includes a few new developer tools as well as a revised quick-start experience. The quick-start experience is still in preview on MacOS only, but I had a chance to give it a whirl and I found some interesting use cases.

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JavaScript in Web Viewers

I love JavaScript, and there are two new features in Claris FileMaker Pro 19 that have gotten me really excited. This last week, I finally had a chance to play with these features and discovered that Claris has quite outdone themselves in how they have allowed FileMaker developers to harness the inherent power of JavaScript.

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