Measuring FileMaker’s speed with FileMaker: The measuring influences the measurement

The past few years, I’ve become increasingly more interested in FileMaker’s speed. Recently, I learned that FileMaker was known to slow down in long running scripts. I wanted to know more about that, which in turn got me interested in speed measurement. This post will go into the effect that the measuring system influences the measurement. … More Measuring FileMaker’s speed with FileMaker: The measuring influences the measurement

Problems with FileMaker Pro’s export command and some workarounds

FileMaker Pro’s export command and its script step do what they must do with plenty of options (CSV, tab-text, xlsx, FMP, xml and more; and many possible encodings for both Mac and Windows). However, on the programability and user experience side, one could wish for more. But for some of these problems workarounds are possible. … More Problems with FileMaker Pro’s export command and some workarounds