Some interesting things I’ve stumbled across: Microsoft Shows HoloLens’ Augmented Reality is no Gimmick. There are some exciting possibilities with this technology. Evernote has upgraded their offerings. Check it out. This is scary: Thieves using thermal imaging technology attached to a smart phone to steal your PIN codes. I won’t pretend to understand this: Functional 4D […]
Integrating with WordPress is a challenge and involves different, sometimes difficult pieces: ODBC, ESS or SQL queries, data mapping, MySQL familiarity, custom functions, data type conversion (MySQL to FileMaker), and more. The WordPress MySQL data structure is, in and of itself, an interesting puzzle. Add to that developers who shoehorn their data into the […]
OMG thinking…also known as Outside the Box thinking… also know as “Aha” thinking… Kevin Frank has a great post (its the third in the series) on anti-deduping (retain duplicates and omit unique entries from within an existing found set, as opposed to starting from all records). Why would you want to do that? This is […]
Richard Carlton shows us how to send SMS Messages from FileMaker Pro, and does it without the need for a plugin. It’s pretty straightforward, and if you’re willing to spend a little with Twilio, you can send out a lot of texts this way. Hat tip to Colibri Solutions for developing this solution last year–and don’t forget […]
Wim Decorte of Soliant answers a common question found on forums: “How can I exclude my externally stored container content from a backup run?”… If the container data is fairly static and you can exclude it from the backup then you could save roughly 100GB on each backup run and not fill up the hard […]
Douglas Alder has an interesting and informative post on the effects of FileMaker ending support forFileMaker Pro 11 this coming September: I have written before about the need to stay current with FileMaker Pro, operating systems and hardware. I recently received an email from a reader who asked: Between me and a colleague we built […]
Various fun links from around the web: 21 Fun Dog Photos Best wireless routers of 2015 Douglas Alder ran across this recently, and wondered if anyone has any experience with it: FM Marker 2 (allows photo markup on FileMaker Go). Is Google’s new wireless service the cheapest out there? It depends. Using Emoji’s in FileMaker Pro A Programmers […]
This week there are two great FileMaker podcasts for your listening pleasure: FileMaker Talk Podcast Matt Navarre and Matt Petrowski’s FileMaker Talk Podcast 107: Episode 107: Jumping from 13v5 to v9, SSL updates & Connector Selector FileMaker Talk Podcast. FileMaker Success Tips 342 Thu, 23 April 2015 342_FM_Success_Tips Container Interactive Content, Newbie Flubs, Looking […]
FileMaker Go reaches another milestone: Over 1.5 Million downloads: Momentum and wide-ranging use underscore broad appeal of FileMaker Platform for creating custom iOS solutions SANTA CLARA, Calif., April 21, 2015 /PRNewswire/ — FileMaker today announced that its FileMaker Go for iPad and iPhone app has surpassed 1.5 million downloads from the iTunes App Store. The milestone […]
One of the most interesting phenomena in programming (or in life, for that matter) is when a person thinks “outside the box” and solves a problem in an unconventional manner (these are also known as “Aha” moments). Stephen, a senior FileMaker developer at Digital Fusion, had such a moment recently when tasked with converting thousands of container […]
This is a tricky security update–done incorrectly, it may make your files unavailable to FileMaker Pro and Go clients. So read first, then properly apply depending upon your circumstances: Impact: A potential SSL issue could allow network communication to be compromised. Description: An issue with FileMaker’s root SSL certificates could allow network communication to be […]
Do you know the top 11 misconceptions about FileMaker Pro? CoreSolutions shares their list and the reasons why they are false. Here’s part of their list (without the explanations): If you cannot code, you cannot use FileMaker. FALSE FileMaker is much too simple to handle my database needs. FALSE I can do it all on my own, I don’t […]
Douglas Alder shares plenty of solutions from his Homebase Software blog, and the latest is no exception. Alder took the time and effort to develop a very slick way to automate document imaging on Mac with FileMaker 13: A Macintosh computer, FileMaker Pro 13, a Fujitsu ScanSnap S1300i, Automator, Applescript, a Folder Action and FileMaker’s […]
Most readers of FileMakerProGurus.com are developers, developers in training, or someone just wanting to do more with their computer. And it’s always interesting to hear the why and the how they end up developing in FileMaker. Curiosity, problem solving skills, and just making the computer bend to their will drive many, as well as the sense of […]
EfficientBizz: Hi Don You set same href (A Programmers Mind …) for 'Best wireless routers of 2015' (where Fritz!Box certainly will…
Don Clark: Thanks! - fixed now!