You also need Ruby, Rfm, and (optionally) Ruby on Rails. First, you need a supported version of FileMaker Server (see below). To take advantage of Rfm in your own work, you need a few things. That means you have to learn two ways to loop: one for arrays, and another for FileMaker records. You can loop through them, count them, combine them, and otherwise work with them just like any other array.īy contrast, with a non-object-oriented language like PHP, sets of records have to be handled in a special way since there’s no way to augment the built in array. So if you’re familiar with Ruby (and you will be soon), Rfm result sets work just like you’d expect. Thanks to the power of object programming, a ResultSet is an Array. Although FileMaker has some pretty specific capabilities this object needs to support (like field metadata, and portals), a ResultSet has a lot in common with a simple Ruby Array as well. For example, when you perform a find with Rfm, you get back a ResultSet object, which is essentially a group of records. That’s why Rfm is able to provide an interface that feelslike real Ruby. Unlike many other scripting languages, which have a little objectishness rolled in, Ruby is object oriented at its core. This way you can be as fine grained or as nonchalant as you want to be, and still be confident a stray error won’t leave your script doing things it shouldn’t. The rescue command in Ruby lets you plug in some code that automatically kicks in whenever an error is encountered in the block of code above it. Puts "I wasn't able to talk to FileMaker!"
Here’s how you would find the total value of all orders in Ruby: total = 0.0ĭb.find("Customer ID" => 1).each Suppose you have a customer in mind, and you’d like to know how much he’s spent at your store. Once you get the hang of it, you’ll be astonished how much you can accomplish without a lot of code. What does this mean? Simple: in Ruby, you can express complex ideas easily, with simple code. When people talk about Ruby, inevitably the word expressive comes out. See the Examples section to download a real, fully functional web site built with Ruby on Rails and Rfm. Now, with Rfm, this industry-leading web technology is available to FileMaker Pro users. And the reason is simple: It makes building web sites easier. NET, and JEE, Rails has become extremely popular. Although it is a relative newcomer compared to web stalwarts like PHP, ASP. Rails is a web framework that helps streamline the process of building web sites, web applications, and web services. The biggest reason most people consider Ruby is because they want to use Ruby on Rails. And because Rfm is fully object oriented, it fits right into your existing Ruby code perfectly. Many people swear it’s the easiest, prettiest, and most expressive language around.
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