Beyond Scripting... Professional Programming for the Web.

Destination-Based Sales Tax 2008-06-20

http://www.lassotech.com/TotW_20080620...

Inline Parameters 2008-05-30

http://www.lassotech.com/TotW_20080530...

Parameters, Defaults, Variables, and Sessions 2008-05-16

http://www.lassotech.com/TotW_20080516...

Basics - Custom Tags 2008-05-09

http://www.lassotech.com/TotW_20080509...

Optimizing Regular Expressions 2008-04-25

http://www.lassotech.com/TotW_20080425...

Lasso Wiki Source Code 2008-04-04

http://www.lassotech.com/TotW_20080404...

Tag Sets and Namespaces 2008-03-21

http://www.lassotech.com/TotW_20080321...

Images - Rounded Corners and Transparency 2008-03-14

http://www.lassotech.com/TotW_20080314...

[TotW] Capture and Display Page Elements 2008-03-07

http://www.lassotech.com/TotW_20080307...

Lasso Summit Materials 2008-02-29

http://www.lassotech.com/TotW_20080229...

iPhone Compatibility Tips 2008-02-22

http://www.lassotech.com/TotW_20080222...

LassoTech Wiki Site 2008-02-15

The tip of the week for Feburary 15, 2008 describes a Lasso Wiki format which can be used to allow site visitor to author content on a Web site without also allowing general HTML and all the potential problems that can represent.

RSS Data Source Examples and Update 2008-01-04

The tip of the week for January 4, 2008 includes an update to the RSS data source and examples of how the RSS data source can be used on your Web site. The tip includes a custom data source which allows RSS feeds to be treated as a data source. The items in the feed can be displayed using normal [Inline] ... [/Inline] and [Field] tags. Also includes an [RSS_Parser] data type.
Lasso 8.5, Advanced, Intermediate, Custom Tags and Types

IPv6 - The New Internet Protocol 2007-12-21

The tip of the week for December 21, 2007 includes background information on IPv6, the new version of the Internet Protocol. The network infrastructure necessary to support IPv6 is being rolled out now. Recent OS releases including Windows Vista and Mac OS X Leopard improve support for IPv6 addresses.
Novice, Technical Tags

RSS Data Source and Parser 2007-12-14

The tip of the week for December 14, 2007 includes a custom data source which allows RSS feeds to be treated as a data source. The items in the feed can be displayed using normal [Inline] ... [/Inline] and [Field] tags. Also includes an [RSS_Parser] data type.
Lasso 8.5, Intermediate, Custom Tags and Types

Parentheses Syntax 2007-12-07

The tip of the week for December 7, 2007 discusses Parentheses syntax in Lasso. Parentheses syntax was introduced in Lasso 8 as an alternative to Lasso's traditional Colon syntax. The tip includes an overview of parentheses syntax, some justifications for introducing this new syntax method, and a discussion of parentheses syntax examples in the documentation.
Lasso 8, Lasso 8.5, Novice, Delimiters

Using Arrays to Simplify Code 2007-11-30

The tip of the week for November 30, 2007 presents several techniques which use arrays to help simplify your Lasso code. An array is used to help format several fields from a database. An array is used to help simplify a conditional. And, an array is used to temporarily sort some data for display.
Lasso 8.5, Intermediate, Novice, Arrays and Maps

Customizing an Existing Site for iPhone 2007-11-09

The tip of the week for November 9, 2007 uses LassoSoft's ListSearch Web site as a case study to create a customized Web site specifically for iPhone users which provides access to the most recent messages that have been posted on the LassoSoft mailing lists.
Intermediate

Inline Helpers - Debugging Slow MySQL Solutions 2007-11-02

The tip of the week for November 2, 2007 contains some techniques for finding slow MySQL queries. The tip includes an Inline Helper tag which make debugging MySQL queries easier by allowing you to tag queries in the long query log and process list.
MySQL, Lasso 8.5, Intermediate, Database Tags, Results Tags, SQL Optimization

Code Simplifying Tips - Conditional Expressions 2007-10-19

The tip of the week for October 19, 2007 contains several tips using the conditional ?| operator to simplify Lasso code for better speed and readability.
Lasso 8.5, Novice, Conditional Tags, Database Tags, Symbols

Basics - Variables - Storing Temporary Values 2007-10-12

The tip of the week for October 12, 2007 explains how variables in Lasso can be used to store temporary values. Topics include creating variables, outputting variables, modifying variables in-place, and some variables tools.
Lasso 8, Lasso 8.5, Novice, Variable Tags

Date Comparisons and Calculations Using Math Symbols and Durations 2007-10-05

The tip of the week for October 5, 2007 explains how the [Date] and [Duration] data types in Lasso can be used to perform date comparisons and date calculations using the familiar built-in symbols for math and string operations.
Lasso 8, Lasso 8.5, Novice, Date Tags

JSON-RPC and Other JSON Enhancements 2007-09-28

The tip of the week for September 28, 2007 introduces support in Lasso for the lightweight JSON-RPC protocol including a [JSON_RPCCall] tag and built-in support for calling JSON-RPC tags through the RPC.LassoApp. The tip also includes several enhancements to Lasso's JSON tags: new [Object] and [Literal] types which make it easier to create JavaScript objects and a new native type embedding method.
Lasso 8.5, Intermediate, Custom Tags and Types

Defining and Calling SOAP Procedures 2007-09-21

The tip of the week for September 21, 2007 shows how Lasso's built-in SOAP functionality can be used to define SOAP procedures which other SOAP clients can call and how to define local tags which serve as proxies for remote SOAP procedure calls.
Lasso 8.5, Intermediate, Custom Tags and Types

Create an iPhone Site Using Lasso and the iUI Library 2007-09-14

The tip of the week for September 14, 2007 discusses how to create a site formatted for the Apple iPhone and IPod Touch using Lasso and the iUI interface library by Joe Hewitt.
Lasso 8.5, Intermediate, AJAX/LJAX, JavaScript, Style Sheets (CSS)

Lasso 8.5 AppleScript and Automator Support 2007-09-07

The tip of the week for September 7, 2007 discusses how Lasso 8.5 can call AppleScript commands and Automator workflows on Mac OS X systems. AppleScript allows you to interact with other running applications, restart the server, and more.
Lasso 8.5, Intermediate, OS Process Tags

An introduction to using JQuery with Lasso 2007-08-24

The tip of the week for August 24, 2007 introduces JQuery and shows how a simple newsticker plugin can be used with Lasso. The tip shows how Lasso can be used to automatically add the required JQuery elements to the head of the document.
Lasso 8.5, Intermediate, AJAX/LJAX

Regular Expression Challenge - Discussion and Winners 2007-08-17

The tip of the week for August 17, 2007 announces the winners of the second Lasso Programming Challenge. Congratulations to Bil Corry and Johan Sölve. The tip includes a description of the challenge, a downloadable archive of answers to the challenge, documentation of the answer which LassoSoft created for the challenge, and a discussion of how the entries which were received used different strategies to solve the challenge.
Lasso 8.5, Novice, String Tags

Invokable Callbacks 2007-08-10

The tip of the week for August 10, 2007 explains how to use ->Invoke to create easy to use callback functions. The techniques described can be used in the construction of a framework to make it easy for end users to extend the functionality of the framework without seeing the source code.
Lasso 8, Lasso 8.5, Advanced, Custom Tags and Types, Variable Tags

Lasso Connector for FileMaker Server 9 Preview (Updated) 2007-07-27

The tip of the week for July 27, 2007 previews a new data source connector for FileMaker Server 9. The new connector provides better support for FileMaker queries including new field-level and logical operators. (Updated with details about FileMaker 9 support included in Lasso 8.5.4.)
FileMaker Server, Lasso 8.5, Intermediate, Novice

Keyed Hashing for Message Authentication (HMAC) 2007-07-20

The tip of the week for July 20, 2007 explains how the [Encrypt_HMAC] tag can be used to created HMAC codes for use in e-commerce and secure communications. HMAC codes help ensure the integrity and authenticity of messages during server to server communications.
Lasso 8.5, Intermediate, Encryption Tags, E-Commerce (Shopping Cart), Google Integration

FileMaker Server 9 - Lasso Support and Quick Start Guide 2007-07-13

The tip of the week for July 13, 2007 explains how to access FileMaker 9 databases through FileMaker Server 9 and Lasso Professional 8.5. The tip includes a Quick Start guide with installation and configuration instructions for both FileMaker Server 9 and Lasso Professional 8.5 as well as details on preparing FileMaker databases for publishing.
FileMaker Server, Lasso 8.5, Novice

Virus Scanning Using ClamAV 2007-06-29

The tip of the week for June 29, 2007 shows how ClamAV virus scanning tools can be used through Lasso. Virus scanning can be used to protect against viruses in uploaded files, downloaded email attachments, and for general Web root scanning. The tip includes a downloadable [Clam_VirusScan] tag which is implemented using [OS_Process] and either ClamXav for Mac OS X or a ClamAV for Windows installation.
Lasso 8.5, Advanced, Intermediate, File Tags, OS Process Tags

Quick iWork Pages and Microsoft Word Style Formatting 2007-06-22

The tip of the week for June 22, 2007 discusses how to export text from Lasso so that it can be easily formatted in Apple's iWork page layout application Pages or Microsoft Word. This tip was contributed by Rich Fortnum.
Intermediate

Character Encoding and Unicode Workflow 2007-06-22

The tip of the week for June 22, 2007 discusses character encoding in Lasso and recommends best practices for a complete Unicode workflow.
FileMaker Server, JDBC, MySQL, Lasso 8.5, Novice, Byte Tags, Encoding Tags, String Tags

Mac OS X Shell Support 2007-06-15

The tip of the week for June 15, 2007 discusses how Lasso 8.5 can directly access the command line in Mac OS X through the OS Process type. Examples include listing directories, reading and writing files, fetching Web pages through curl, speaking text aloud and serving AIFF files, running AppleScripts, and creating custom tags which use [OS_Process] internally.
Lasso 8.5, Advanced, OS Process Tags

Lasso 8.5 - Email Sending Options 2007-06-08

The tip of the week for June 8, 2007 discusses the different email sending options available in Lasso 8.5 including the option to use a local SMTP server for relay and the option to send directly to destination SMTP servers.
Lasso 8.5, Novice, Email Tags, Email Hosting

Keyword Search Challenge - Discussion and Winners 2007-06-01

The tip of the week for June 1, 2007 announces the winners of the first Lasso Programming Challenge. Congratulations to Greg Willits and Ke Carlton. The tip includes a description of the challenge, a downloadable archive of answers to the challenge, documentation of the answer which LassoSoft created for the challenge, and a discussion of how the entries which were received used different strategies to solve the challenge.
Lasso 8.5

Custom Tag Examples 2007-05-25

The tip of the week for May 25, 2007 shows how easy it is to create and use custom tags in Lasso through the discussion of several example tags. Custom tags allow you to encapsulate and re-use code that you create for your Web site.
Lasso 8.5, Novice, Custom Tags and Types

Parsing Email Messages 2007-05-18

The tip of the week for May 18, 2007 shows how the [Email_Parse] type in Lasso can be used to parse email messages, extract text and HTML parts, and decode email attachments. The [Email_Parse] type is generally used in concert with the [Email_POP] type to allow Lasso to pull email messages from any standard POP account.
Lasso 8.5, Intermediate, Email Tags

JSON For Data Exchange (Updated) 2007-05-11

The tip of the week for May 11, 2007 introduces JSON (JavaScript Exchange Notation) and includes two new tags [Encode_JSON] and [Decode_JSON] which enable Lasso to translate native data types into objects which can be easily imported into other languages.
Lasso 8.5, Intermediate

Lasso Developer 8.5 2007-05-04

The tip of the week for May 4, 2007 introduces Lasso Developer 8.5 which allows you to develop, demonstrate, debug, and in some cases deploy Lasso solutions for free.
Lasso 8.5, Intermediate

Lasso Cleanup Script 2007-04-27

The tip of the week for April 27, 2007 includes a script which can be used to periodically clean a number of tables in Lasso's internal databases. These include the error log table, email queue, and other tables which can grow over time.
Lasso 8.5, Novice

Summary Headers and Footers 2007-04-20

The tip of the week for April 20, 2007 introduces a set of summary tags which make it easy to group data by category and to display group totals, minimums, and maximums. The tags have a similar methodology to FileMaker's summary preview functionality, but work with any Lasso compatible data source.
Lasso 8.5, Novice, Database Tags

E-Commerce Resources 2007-04-13

The tip of the week for April 13, 2007 describes some resources you can use to create online stores using Lasso including tags to help interface with several popular E-Commerce payment gateways.
Lasso 8.5, Novice, E-Commerce (Shopping Cart)

Database Abstraction - FileMaker 4 through 8, MySQL, JDBC, and more 2007-04-06

The tip of the week for April 6, 2007 describes Lasso's built-in database abstraction layer which allows the same LassoScript to be used to perform database operation in FileMaker Pro 4 through FileMaker Server Advanced 8, MySQL, JDBC, ODBC, and many other data sources.
FileMaker Pro (3/4), FileMaker Server, JDBC, MySQL, Lasso 8.5, Novice, Database Tags

Scheduling Future Emails 2007-03-30

The tip of the week for March 30, 2007 shows how to schedule emails to be sent in the future using Lasso. The tip includes updates to several LassoApps which make scheduling future emails easy.
Lasso 8.5, Novice, Email Tags

Basics - Email Contact Form 2007-03-23

The tip of the week for March 23, 2007 shows how to create an email contact form using Lasso. The tip demonstrates a basic technique which is used on many sites. The tip includes instructions for a simple contact form and several variations including sending email to multiple recipients, sending HTML formatted email, and sending attachments with the email.
Lasso 8.5, Novice, Email Tags

Chart FX Designer 2007-03-16

The tip of the week for March 16, 2007 includes the new [ChartFX_Designer] type which was introduced at the Lasso Summit. This type makes it easy to design a Chart FX chart entirely within Lasso including all gallery types, backgrounds, data highlighting, and more.
Lasso 8.5, Intermediate, Chart FX Tags

Using Fonts in PDFs 2007-03-09

The tip of the week for March 9, 2007 includes a discussion of how to use fonts when creating PDF files through Lasso. The tip includes information about built-in fonts, True Type fonts, and conversion utilities which can be used for other font types.
Lasso 8.5, Intermediate, PDF Tags