What do you know now that you wish you knew then?
IT’S A PRETTY LONG LIST. I’d probably start with figuring out my “Why” first. What do you know now that you wish you knew then?
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March 2014
Modal Window Revert Record Update in FileMaker – YouTube
MODAL WINDOW REVERT RECORD UPDATE IN FILEMAKER That’s a mouthful, but it’s worth watching Daniel Shanahan’s video to learn more about it. Modal Window Revert Record Update – YouTube.
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FileMaker Slide Control Tools – YouTube
DIRECT from FileMaker, a short video on how to use slide controls. How to use FileMaker Slide Control Tools – YouTube.
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FileMaker Pro 13 Tip-n-Trick: A Custom Order Without The Wait
HERE’S one of those little tricks that saves time and effort and makes life a bit easier. Hat tip to David Thorp of Excelysis: How it works on the Mac: Select the custom function(s) at the bottom you want to move. Then scroll up and command-click to ALSO select the one immediately above where you […]
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Filemaker Success Tips # 287
SET ASIDE some time to listen: Playing with Themes, Interface for Security Privileges, Paper Dolls Filemaker Success Tips : 287_FM_Success_Tips.
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Easily Create a Progress Status Bar in FileMaker 13
ANDY PERSONS built a portable progress bar using the new FileMaker 13 Base64Decode() function and some creative thinking: This technique makes use of FileMaker Pro 13’s new Base64Decode() function to convert text into an image. The ProgressBar() custom function includes a pre-built 1 x 100-pixel bmp base image and inserts the foreground or background pixels […]
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Jump Start Your FileMaker Developer Career
MOLLY CONNOLLY and a group of very talented instructors are offering JumpStartFM again this summer. If you are looking for a way (possibly tax deductible!) to radically increase your FileMaker Developing skills in a short time period, give this program serious consideration: Thorsen Consulting has opened registration for the next “JumpStartFM” course. Scheduled for June […]
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Easily Concatenate Text in FileMaker – YouTube
GET RID of the complicated case statements. Chad Adamx with a cool technique to easily concatenate text using list and substitute! ▶ Cool Technique Video- Solution to Easily Concatenate Text – FileMaker – YouTube.
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Master Your Finances – Robert JR Graham
THERE’S TRUTH to be had here: I’m going to share with you six tips to help you transform your “stinkin-thinkin” into “millionaire-thinking” but first, we need to address three common issues that come up for every entrepreneur I know. “Your money zone is equal to your comfort zone.” One of the laws of wealth is […]
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Styling in FileMaker Pro 13
GET GRANULAR with FileMaker 13 styles: One of the new features of FileMaker Pro 13 is that Themes now have Styles which let you change and update the attributes of text, buttons, headers, footers and more on layouts or throughout your solution. In following posts I will go further into detail and show more […]
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Digital Fusion – Creating Tidy Popup Windows
MORE ON DESIGN – popup windows should be in the right place, be the proper size, and communicate clearly what is needed from the user. Unless, of course, you are popping it for programming purposes and have hidden it from the viewer. On the assumption you aren’t doing that, read this post from Digital Fusion: […]
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5 Ways to Create a Polished FileMaker Solution
SOLID DESIGN PRINCIPLES from designingfileMaker that every developer need in the tool chest: Fonts. Consistent use of fonts and colour scheme for field data, labels, and buttons. Fonts and colours mean something within the context of an application. They give the user hints about what an object is for. Make sure you apply these rules […]
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FileMaker Get Functions And Layouts
IN CASE you thought you knew all about Get Functions, Dwayne Wright will set you straight: Get(ScreenHeight) This will return a numeric result that will match the number of pixels in the current monitor height. This function can even take into account multiple monitors, which is always a possibility in today’s computing environment. The results […]
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Design Tips for a Beautiful FileMaker Experience Q&A – YouTube
INTERFACE AND USABILITY DESIGN seems to be ever changing – but there are some basic guidelines that stand the test of time. Check out a few here: Published on Feb 28, 2014 With the FileMaker 13 Platform, you can create FileMaker solutions that go wherever your business takes you. There are several considerations to keep […]
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Progress Bars, HTML, Base64 and FileMaker - FileMakerProGurus: [...] THIS LINKEDIN POST FROM LAST WEEK on using Base64 to make progress bars led to others in the LinkedIn…