Who would have guessed? I love to hear about people on the go… Man With a Plan Modern Family’s Nolan Gould disproves the child-star stereotypes. Nolan Gould is a doofus. At least on television, where he stars as Luke Dunphy on ABC’s award-winning Modern Family. Luke is boisterous, impulsive and impish—the exact opposite of Gould. […]
Very nice – outside the box thinking… Simple Static Map Overlays in FileMaker Pro JULY 2, 2012 BY DOUGLAS ALDER 6 COMMENTS This is an idea I had about creating static map overlays in FileMaker Pro. The gist of it is to create a base graphic map using a program like Photoshop and then add a […]
FileMaker Conversion Checklist Answer ID: 10261 Last Updated: Oct 18, 2013 01:26 AM PDT The file format of FileMaker Pro has been changed to support new features. To use files from previous versions of FileMaker Pro, you must convert those files to the FileMaker Pro .fmp12 file format. After file conversion, you may notice some […]
This plugin uses Amazon’s Simple Email Service – there’s no need for an SMTP server. What does that mean? You don’t have to maintain a server or deal with restrictions from other providers, say gmail. Nice. The 360Works Email 2 plugin for FileMaker Pro can send and receive HTML or plain text e-mail with SMTP, […]
Kevin Franks blog is must read, especially if your are using (or trying to use) Execute(SQL)… Outer Joins in FileMaker 12, part 1 Posted on October 2, 2012 by Kevin Frank Print PDF Recently I had an on-screen reporting challenge, and decided to try several different approaches to see which would be fastest. The challenge: Starting with two tables, […]
Managing Inventory using a Transactions Ledger Forum post posted February 13, 2013 by PhilModJunk 1196 Views, 42 Comments Title:Managing Inventory using a Transactions Ledger Post: How to best manage inventory comes up from time to time and the thread I was using as a referral source for the following approach has gone AWOL so I […]
Mac OS X Mavericks vs Mac OS X Mountain Lion: should I upgrade to the new Mac operating system? Before you upgrade to Mavericks, take a look at which Apple OS is right for you Mark Hattersley Apple is about to launch a new Mac operating system in October – Mavericks. How does it […]
Anders Monsen boils it down to 3 steps… Virtual List in Three Easy Steps Published on April 12, 2013 by Anders Monsen The Virtual List technique has been around for a few years (created by Bruce Robertson ca. 2009). Over time and with changes to FileMaker, implementation of this technique has evolved. Knowing how to […]
A lot of features to consider… A FileMaker Show Custom Dialog Box Example File SATURDAY, OCTOBER 19, 2013 AT 8:19AM From Dwayne Wright PMP, PMI-ACP, CSM Certified FileMaker Developer WEB: www.dwaynewright.com EMAIL: info@dwaynewright.com TWITTER: dwaynewright YOUTUBE: FileMakerThoughts In this example, we are showing of the Show Custom Dialog script step feature. We are only showing off […]
Thank you, Nicholas, for your good work and honesty… RefreshFM External Storage and a mea culpa Submitted by Nicholas Orr on 20 October 2013 – 1:17pm I’ve been working on an update to RefreshFM for a while now and one my my todo items has been to sort out a way to include external storage […]
Three techniques exploring summary reporting… Summary Reporting Tricks Posted on September 12, 2013 by Kevin Frank Print PDF One of the best ways to learn about a particular FileMaker feature or behavior is to build a demo. You might build one in response to a client request, or to try to answer a question somone […]
Remember where to find this if the time comes you need it… Connecting FileMaker to an Oracle database using ESS on Windows FileMaker’s External SQL Sources allows a database created in FileMaker to display and manipulate data from any ODBC compliant data source. All FileMaker needs is a system DSN data source name to be […]
Setup Windows Server to Auto Login and Auto Start a FileMaker Robot Client I had a situation where I was running FM 12 Advanced with 360 Works RemoteScripter on a Windows 2008 Server. RemoteScripter requires a “robot” file running on FileMaker Pro Client (not server) that can handle the run script requests from IWP clients […]
Here’s help for a problem that plagues us all. Dealing with Duplicate Records Published on October 17, 2013 by Anders Monsen Image courtesy of Victor Habbick / FreeDigitalPhotos.net A common issue in all databases is dealing with duplicate records. In FileMaker I tend to use two different methods to identify duplicate records. Each serve their […]
