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IMPORT DATA TO FILEMAKER PRO 6 HOW TO
IMPORT DATA TO FILEMAKER PRO 6 INSTALL
IMPORT DATA TO FILEMAKER PRO 6 UPDATE
IMPORT DATA TO FILEMAKER PRO 6 UPGRADE

IMPORT DATA TO FILEMAKER PRO 6 UPDATE

There is no default place where everyone stores their files, so without that step the Update process will not work.

Setting the file Path is critical to download the new version to the right place.

Check for new version script runs from FMP Solution (old) file.

Here is how the queue of the scripts looks like and from what file which script runs: The scripts are in all 3 files which every of it has in its important part. We are familiar with a workflow now and can understand how it looks inside FileMaker.

FMP Solution (NEW) deletes Update Capsule.įileMaker Script Steps used in the technique.

FMP Solution (NEW) import data from Backup_FMP_Solution.

Update Capsule closes FMP Solution (old) and opens FMP Solution (NEW).

Update Capsule exports FMP Solution (NEW) to the same location.

Then downloads the Update Capsule to the same location as FMP Solution (old) is.

If new version released FMP Solution (old) file prepares to update, saves a copy of itself and names it Backup_FMP_Solution.

FMP Solution (old) checks for new version at Update Server.

Here is a chart that shows what the workflow is:įrom the first look it looks confused, but here it is what every step does:

IMPORT DATA TO FILEMAKER PRO 6 HOW TO

How to locate a user’s file path dynamically and deliver new update there? How to find out where everyone store their files and how to deliver to the right place?įirst of all you will require these tools to succeed for this technique:.How to close the file when the scripts runs and how to proceed the update process from the new file?.

While searching for the best workflow I’ve faced these main issues, which are not common in FileMaker:

IMPORT DATA TO FILEMAKER PRO 6 INSTALL

Update process should work without any user interaction, except asking if he wants to install new updates. It’s a completely different approach, but it’s useful if you have FileMaker Go only solutions. By the way, I found this article very useful for me to start thinking about this technique.

IMPORT DATA TO FILEMAKER PRO 6 UPGRADE

If you need to upgrade your FileMaker solution on mobile (iOS), you should read this article. It took me days to figure out how to do this, but I succeeded and would like to share it with other FileMaker developers. This post would be my first post in the FileMaker Pro Tips category and it will be about how to upgrade FileMaker solution with just one click. I would like to share some techniques that I had figured out by myself, which means I could not find any resource how to do that. This post is about techniques which will let you update your FileMaker solution with just one click.

So you do not want to think about routine updates at the moment, you just need to deliver it now. Usually you plan your updates, but sometimes you are required to do it very fast, because somebody found critical issues and it has to be fixed ASAP. It’s critical to deliver new updates when you develop commercial solution or development is separated from the main use. I found lots of different and very useful techniques which helped me move forward and to grow Benroy Business App to the level where it is right now. Like every FileMaker developer, I was also looking for a bunch of different techniques to make my solution do what I want to do.