Technical Brief

FileMaker Go 1.2.1 Technical Brief

Performance Considerations 16

Performance Recommendations 16

Tailoring an Interface for FileMaker Go 17

Iconography 17

Log Out Buttons 19

Refresh / Request-based Processing 19

Sizing Layout Elements 20

Object Autosizing & Portrait/Landscape Rotations 22

Screen Dimensions 22

Window Management 22

Zoom Management 23

Scripting for a Mobile World 23

Scripting Strategies 24

Testing for Platform 24

OnTimer Scripts 24

Using Location Information 25

Scripts That Run On Open and Close of a FileMaker Database 25

Related Record Locking Transactions 25

Server Side Queuing 25

Script Logging / Flagging 25

Appendix A: Unsupported Script Steps

(excerpted from the Developers Guide) 27

Returns Error code 4 27

Returns Error code 3 28

Knowledge Base Articles 29

Credits 29