Scriptable Database Proposal
Scriptable Database Proposal
The Apple Event interface to FM is very complex, overly so, in my opinion. And it's slow.
We need a faster lower-tech connection to FileMaker.
I'm thinking about deploying a database application thru the web. It's potentially a very high flow site (I hope so!) but I don't believe that FileMaker is up to it. This is a shame because the database part of FM is totally adequate and competitive with other platforms. It's the connection to FM that's not OK.
In uBASE we did a system-level low-tech interface.
Too bad uBASE doesn't have the querying capabilities of FileMaker.
http://www.scripting.com/frontier/apps/ubase.html.
Does anyone on this list know the developers at Claris working on FileMaker? They should be part of this process, IMHO.
Alternative: a replacement for uBASE that's got a minimal AE interface (or other protocol?) and can handle search-engine (think Altavista) type queries.
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