We’re excited to announce the release of ACF-Plugin v1.7.7.4 along with the matching ACF_Compiler. This version focuses on major improvements to the compiler itself, laying the groundwork for more powerful and reliable ACF development....
We are excited to announce the Official Windows Release of our FileMaker developer tools!Until now, these tools have only been available for macOS – but with this release, Windows developers can finally take advantage of...
With ACF-plugin 1.7.6.2 we’ve introduced new functions for fast, clean translations. Paired with DDRparser 1.2.0, you can scan a solution for translatable strings, generate a POT file, translate it with Poedit (or any PO...
🔍 Intro: FileMaker has always been a powerful platform for building business apps. But when it comes to understanding how a solution changes over time — which script was edited? what field was added?...
Integrating Zoom meeting functionality into a FileMaker-based CRM system opens up a streamlined workflow for scheduling, inviting, and following up on virtual meetings — all from within your custom app. This guide outlines how...
When integrating with APIs, it’s common to encounter a requirement for JWT-based authentication. JSON Web Tokens (JWT) are a compact and secure way to pass claims between systems and are commonly used in modern...
At Horneks, we’ve always authored our ACF scripts in external editors — most recently using TextMate — where the source code lives in text files and is manually loaded into FileMaker for compilation. The typical workflow...
This experiment blew my mind when I asked ChatGPT to assist in rewriting a FileMaker Custom function that was messy, had a lot of parameters and also did recursive calls. Some of the details...
Introducing .xlsx Support in the ACF Plugin The ACF plugin now supports producing native Excel spreadsheets in the widely used .xlsx format! The XLSX format is essentially a ZIP package containing various interrelated XML...
AnnualReport_DemoFurnitures Full package with report generation to Excel, adding 3 different chart types to the report. Stacked column and line-chart on sheet 1, 2 and 3. Multiple doughnuts on sheet 4.
MakePlatformBannerImages Full package for adding plattform banners overlay on product images. Uses ImageMagic
RetrieveDataFromExcel Return a two-dimensional JSON array from the content of a Excel Spreadsheet
DragAndDropOptions Create Option JSON object for use with the new Drag & Drop functions in the ACF-Plugin 1.7.7.4, now 1.7.8.2 is available.
LocalizedDate Convert at Date or Timestamp value to a localized string
DemoGetSQLdata A short demo to demonstrate the named placeholders and the INTO statement in ACF-plugin SQL.
GenJWTtoken Create and sign a JWT token for use in API-authentication
HaversineDistance Calculate the surface distance between two pair of coordinates of the globe
GetCityCoordinates Return the geo coordinates for a given city or address
NormalizeCRs Replace CRLF and LF to CR in a string (Value list)