With plenty of time and patience, I might have been able to figure this out myself after much searching for code samples and tweaking to get it to work. Instead, I asked the AI-based ChatGPT to write me a bookmarklet. In 30 seconds, I had my response. I added the Bookmarklet and it works! Call me pretty impressed.
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Getting past Paywalls on a Mac with Safari
December 17, 2021 
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A Simple Solution to avoiding a paywall: Turn off Javascript in Safari (Safari Menu, Preferences, Security Panel, toggle ‘Enable Javascript’) and then the reload (Command R) the web page. Remember to toggle Javascript back on, because so much of the display of the modern web relies on it, that it really isn’t very functional without Javascript turned on. This works for casual use, but if you find yourself avoidi paywalls often, you may want to go the next step.
Continue reading Word Cloud D3 Javascript in a Web Viewer in FileMaker
April 8, 2019 Comments Off on Word Cloud D3 Javascript in a Web Viewer in FileMaker
I built a Word Cloud to run in FileMaker using an existing D3 Javascript that generates a Word Cloud. I designed it to work on the Desktop or iOS, using the same layout.
Continue reading Ever wish there was a way to ‘Send to FileMaker’ from your Web Browser?
July 26, 2017 Comments Off on Ever wish there was a way to ‘Send to FileMaker’ from your Web Browser?
Turns out there is a fairly easy way to do this. It involves creating a bookmark in your web browser that is written in Javascript. It calls a FileMaker script using the URL scheme ‘FMP’ and sends the web page title, and the page’s URL to FileMaker. Once you have this in FileMaker, you can […]
Continue reading Click, Display, Capture – Google Map Longitude & Latitude into FileMaker Pro
July 17, 2015 3 Comments
Using a Javascript overlay on Google Maps and FileMaker’s URL scheme to channel those coordinates into FileMaker records. Click on a map, add longitude and latitude to FileMaker Pro.
Continue reading Mapping from FileMaker Pro with OpenStreetMap and Leaflet Markercluster.js
June 24, 2014 7 Comments
2018-12-17 Update: It has been pointed out by reader Andreas that the geo coding function no longer works in this demo file. As I recall, this demo was still using the Google API to get the geo coordinates. I haven’t yet found a URL method for looking up Map Coordinates for Longitude and Latitude. This capability […]
Continue reading No Internet Connection, Can’t use Plugins, Need QR Codes? — Create QR Codes in FileMaker Pro using only Javascript
May 11, 2014 9 Comments
Update 2017-09-02: A reader named Robert Richardson was having issues with blank QR pngs showing up. In the end he solved this himself: “The solution I’ve found is to hard code a 1 second pause to populate the container (when producing qr codes in a loop for many records). This seems to give each record […]
Continue reading Creating Google Cluster Maps from FileMaker
February 17, 2012 87 Comments
2014-12-17 Update: The FileMaker Pro 11 demo works well on Macintosh, but there are some issues with Internet Explorer on Windows. If at all possible, it is recommended that you use FileMaker Pro 12 or 13 on Windows. Here is a link to the FileMaker Pro 12 Demo. 2014-01-25 Update: Working with the demo file in […]
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