The tenets of this article apply to FileMaker solutions as well as more traditional apps. The problem is that new, larger phones are too large for our hands (I have one solution that helps, by the way): As smartphones continue to get larger but our hands don’t, what kinds of design solutions can ensure mobile interactions remain comfortable, quick, […]
The latest from Lee Strong and Andy Cohen, including some Yosemite upgrade help with regards to Skype. Skype’s update will download the latest, which won’t work, and you will have to go to Skype’s website to get the actual latest update. Filemaker Success Tips 321 Thu, 30 October 2014 321_FM_Success_Tips Thinking Ahead, When you did […]
Four real life examples of companies changing over from paper to paperless and how they did it. There is a process involved, including analyzing, planning, building, and implementation. Watch the video for more details: Published on Oct 27, 2014 More businesses today are seeking alternatives to legacy paper-based processes. Companies of all sizes are replacing […]
File this one under “something useful I learned today that someday will come in handy.” Somehow I did not remember (or perhaps really understand the use of) the use of the FieldComment function. But I have had times where having the comments available in the data viewer when in layout mode would have been helpful. […]
Douglas Alder puts his virtual list to good use again (the last time was for vcard export) to export calendar (.ics) files from FileMaker to just about any calendar program. EXPORT ICS CALENDAR FORMAT FILES The purpose of this module and scripts are to export an .ics file for importing into Calendar applications. The scripts anticipate […]
I’ve wanted to meet Joe Montana since his glory days winning the national championship at Notre Dame in the late 70’s. The dude was always cool, more so under pressure. The closest I came was meeting Lou Holtz in the early 90’s when he was head coach at Notre Dame. Another inspiring person, Holtz had […]
Do you look for new ways to develop FileMaker solutions? Are you on the bleeding leading edge? I’ll bet most of you are, if only because your clients challenge you to on a routine basis to more than you thought possible, or to find a better way to do it. Jacob Unsworth, of Linear Blue, […]
Benjamin Fehr of Efficient Buzz has figured out a way using Applescript to make FileMaker communicate with the Apple notification center. He’s looking for a hook to make it work with FileMaker Go on iOS. If you can help, make a comment. Benjamin shared this with me last week, and I’m hoping someone out there […]
Tim Dietrich released an open source signature capture solution that captures signatures via a web viewer, making it possible to grab signatures on a desktop client as well as FileMaker Go: This morning I released FMEasySignature, an open source solution for capturing signatures in FileMaker databases. It is a technique for capturing signatures and optionally storing […]
Another well made video bio of a young FileMaker developer professional, this time of Brian Voss of aAcesoft software in Brooklyn. Kudos to Brian and to Mary Pitzen for putting themselves in front of the camera and advancing both their cause and their careers! Published on Oct 13, 2014 It all started back in high […]
Listen while driving, biking, or walking. Or sitting still, if you must. Thu, 23 October 2014 320_FM_Success_Tips Typical mistakes in decoupling scripts, 2 theme tools Direct download: 320_FM_Success_Tips.mp3 Category:podcasts — posted at: 5:30 PM Filemaker Success Tips : 320_FM_Success_Tips.
Back in August, I reached out for help with outputting Vcards from FileMaker and Douglas Alder was one of several (thanks to you all, btw) who reached out to help. And he was right: it’s way harder than it should be to output to both Mac and Windows, and the biggest issue is with the “Export […]
EfficientBizz: I completely agree about using virtual lists for this kind of application. I made similar experiences with creating .ICS files.…
Optimizing your database to run fast from the server is critical, and not necessarily an easy thing to do. The one hour seminars that FileMaker has been making for a while are very helpful, and FileMaker makes them available on demand afterwards. FileMaker is offering two sessions Tuesday, October 28th. Follow the link below to […]
It seems FileMaker is taking a new tact in it’s advertising and marketing efforts. So far, I’ve seen two videos like this one–one each for a man and a woman–designed to entice other young people to look into developing FileMaker as a career. It’s a smart move for those with an interest in programming and […]
FileMaker Developer Career Profile: Mary Pitzen...: […] It seems FileMaker is taking a new tact in it’s advertising and marketing efforts.So far, I’ve seen two videos…
Damian Kelly: If you can embed a URL you can call filemaker back with the fmp:// url method...