cassbarbour.com

Yay for One-Page Websites

Sorry that I'm too busy to make a real website. I just use this for storage and web development for clients. I'm working on a pretty big online-system that I'd like to make available to the public when it's finished. Maybe I'll change my site then and use colors other than this di-chromaticism.

I also program a lot of Filemaker databases and have just a couple of my custom functions posted below. Hope they come in handy to someone.

Filemaker Scripts

MakeApplescriptSafe() - Sometimes when I've compiled Applescript code infused with Filemaker values, Applescript has trouble handling special, international characters or various types of quotes. This doesn't happen all of the time---I've noticed it when I compile the Applescript as a calculation within a Filemaker variable (FM8+) and then Perform Applescipt by calculation ($do). This script remedies this problem by replacing/escaping characters so that they are Applescript-friendly. Requried functions: none; safe with all versions of Filemaker that has the Substitute() function built-in.
ListMatrix() - Does what the Combinations() function predicts. It takes two lists and combines them with all combination-permutations of the two lists. Required scripts: GetValue() which I think is available in Filemaker 8 and above.

horrendously old filemaker screenshots7, 8, 8.5 databases