Thu, 28 May 2015 347_FM_Success_Tips Calculation engine calculations, Nav Parts, Dynamic Button bars, Hamburger Menu Direct download: 347_FM_Success_Tips.mp3 Category:podcasts — posted at: 5:30 PM Source: Filemaker Success Tips 347
One of the most vexing–and potentially time consuming–problems for FileMaker developers is building navigation menu bars for complex solutions. Each navigation menu was usually context sensitive and therefore hard to copy and paste between different layouts. A lot of work went into making and testing the changes. Over the years, there have been several very […]
Martha Zink, of Soliant Consulting, shows a clean ,easy way to related container fields to a project record, essentially allowing users to add as many documents or images to a record as desired. I also like the technique she uses to display the contents of a selected portal in a different table.
Great design, especially in process and workflow, are necessary for a FileMaker developer to learn. And a good place to find ideas is by keeping an eye on web design. The article linked below is aimed at web designers: Over time, every web designer collects their own stash of tricks to make work easier […]
Another AHA moment from a FileMaker developer, Robert Samnegård, of FileMakerbloggen.se: Have you always wished that you could control your iOS device from a distance or are you longing for a version of FileMaker Go that works with the Apple Watch? FileMaker Go 14, our example app and a cheap Bluetooth headset will take you […]
A very nicely thought out system of FileMaker script workspace shortcuts using the new type ahead feature found in FileMaker 14 Script Workspace. Daniel Wood of Digital Fusion took the time to figure out the most intuitive and the shortest keystroke combinations necessary to invoke a given script step. He took it a step further by adding, when […]
If you’ve been developing in FileMaker for any length of time, you’ve probably visited FileMakerHacks.com. Kevin Frank’s website delves into very creative hacks to make the impossible happen. Then works to find faster alternatives to the same problem, often reaching out to the FileMaker community for solutions. Recent work has focused on finding duplicate records […]
FileMaker Success Tips 346 – Something for the long weekend. Thu, 21 May 2015 346_FM_Success_Tips Multi-File Import, Button Icons, Nav Partition and button bar, Placeholder text Direct download: 346_FM_Success_Tips.mp3 Category:podcasts — posted at: 5:30 PM Source: Filemaker Success Tips 346
Tim Dietrich wrote a great post on FileMaker 14 last week. What set his post apart, however, was his take on FileMaker’s goals. You’ll want to read the whole thing, of course: FileMaker Inc’s Goals With the FileMaker 14 Platform To fully understand where FileMaker Inc has taken the FileMaker 14 platform and how it […]
Here is a robust method of minimizing the “Extra Windows” problem that occurs all too frequently in FileMaker. Douglas Alder shares his script and concept in a downloadable file, and just made your life as a developer a bit easier: I came across a situation recently where I had to build an interface to match […]
This article on design is packed with examples of smart phone design. It’s all web based stuff, but the ideas could be implemented, as necessary, in FileMaker Go. Or, of course, WebDirect. In this article, Chris Bank of UXPin – The UX Design App details many of the best UI design patterns that have cropped […]
FileMaker 14’s new button bar is getting a lot of deserved attention. Designed with the developer in mind, it speeds the process of building great looking, light weight (from a CSS standpoint) button bars that are easy to configure and to resize on the fly. Not to mention the ease of hiding segments as conditions dictate. […]
One of the neat new features of FileMaker 14 is the the new button bar tool. The tool not only make it easy to make tool bars, but it makes use of SVG (Scalable Vector Graphic) icons within the toolbar buttons. What does that mean to you and your clients? SVG icons are resolution independent, […]
Ralph Learmont gets top billing from Kevin Frank for his script that quickly de-dupes a found set and returns the remains of the found set when finished. And the best part: The script is completely portable. The only caveat is you must select the field you want used to de-dupe the set. The script […]
EfficientBizz: mmh. I deal with this problem just by setting coordinates for NewWindow with negativ values: horizontal = - 200px vertical…