I reached out for help on a vexing problem a couple of days ago, and, with the help of FileMaker Advanced Support and a very good cloud provider, found the answer to the problem of FileMaker Server 14 WebDirect not working correctly: The cloud provider, MacinCloud, had some form of filtering enabled on a device […]
Yesterday’s post on RemoteScripter brought a comment from Jan Stieperaere of ClickWorks about his very clever way of running a script on a remote FileMaker Client. We covered this earlier this year, and now Richard Carlton has updated the video to include FileMaker 14. The download file at ClickWorks shows a basic messaging system as well as another […]
An entertaining and informative article by Douglas Alder about getting out of a locked screen on FileMaker Go: FileMaker Go has a great new features called ‘Reconnect to Server’, which helps keep your database connection open if your iPad/iPhone falls asleep or your WiFi connection gets dodgy. This great new feature can become a problem if your […]
360Works’ RemoteScripter is a great piece of software for running scripts on a client–from a server or another client. Kind of like the Perform Script on Server (PSoS), only backwards. I used RemoteScripter years ago to allow Internet Web Publishing (IWP) clients to print pdf’s on a robot client running on the server. The IWP user clicked […]
I’m looking for some help from my great readers. I have not been able to make FMS 14 WebDirect work. When a user logs on to the WebDirect site, the available files flash for a moment, then a spinning wheel appears. And never leaves. So far, FileMaker support, FileMaker forums, and FileMaker Bug Report have […]
Claus Lavendt: If you are accessing from Safari, you are very likely seeing that it redirects to https. As some of the…
Don Clark: Thanks for the help, Claus! I'll give it a try. FWIW, I am having this problem on Mac: Safari, Firefox,…
Excel vs FileMaker. Every FileMaker developer is asked to compare and contrast the two. A lot of data is collected and stored in Excel, as well as output to excel from FileMaker. So there is the fact that they work together well. But when the observation of the prospective client is that Excel does great […]
Peter Boyce: A quick note of caution- I am sure that all of the FileMaker community agree with the sentiment of Rocharde's…
Michael Rocharde: Peter, I'm absolutely sure you are right about Excel being vastly more powerful than presented. I make no claim to…
Peter Boyce: Hi Michael. I agree that FileMaker is the next best thing since sliced bread and is in every way better…
Michael Rocharde: Hi Peter Thanks for your reply and Id love to see what you are talking about. Would it be possible…
Learn about Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG), their pluses and minuses, how to make them, and how to edit them. As well as some Script Workspace tips, and mixing and matching FileMaker 14 and 13. Thu, 4 June 2015 348_FM_Success_Tips Script Workspace Tips, SVG Files for icons, Backwards compatibility Direct download: 348_FM_Success_Tips.mp3 Category:podcasts — posted at: […]
How well do you know the new formatting and styling options in FileMaker 14? Have you started using them? Daniel Wood of Digital Fusion has a great post (with a downloadable file) that dives a bit deeper: FileMaker just keeps getting better! With 14 we have more flexibility than ever before when it comes to […]
Applying web design principles in UX (User Experience) is a useful enterprise, even though FileMaker database UX design and website design have fundamental differences: Websites want to attract you to see new content, for the most part. Databases tend to be more pedestrian, focusing on repeated data entry. Websites often strive to get you to do something–click […]
Have you ever heard of or considered using a PDF thumbnails for image display? It’s not as crazy as it sounds, and there are some sound reasons for doing so: Files sizes are smaller for comparable images PDF’s work on any computer OS Document formatting is maintained Password protection is available Moves easily between mobile, web […]
Upgrading to FileMaker Go 14 is not quite as easy as you might think. Especially if you want to keep earlier versions (for demo to clients, or due to limitation of a particular system for compatibility). At any rate, it’s easy if you don’t have any existing files to take from FileMaker Go 13 or […]
FMEasyWeb is now in Beta! Check out this Free and easy way to share your FileMaker data directly to the web: FMEasyWeb With EasyWeb you can quickly and easily provide Web-based access to your FileMaker databases without needing to write code. With EasyWeb, you can: • Provide visitors with access to data stored in a […]
If you deal with large datasets, you’ll want to listen to this podcast! I listened yesterday (while biking) to the two Matt’s (Navarre and Petrowski) interview the Hammond brothers, of DB Services. DB Services is building a database with over 17 billion records in FileMaker! And it’s over 3 TB in size. Here are just some […]
Confused by the options for 32 and 64 bit plugins in FileMaker 14? Andrew Duncan of Databuzz spells it all out for you: The recently released FileMaker Pro v14 is the first version of FileMaker Pro that can be installed and run as either a 32-bit application or a 64-bit application – on Windows you have to choose […]
EfficientBizz: I've invited almost every Plug-In developer to post informations whether OR when their Plugs are 64-bit ready. https://community.filemaker.com/thread/84474
Jan Stieperaere: Hi Don, I also wanted to suggest the option to use the 'perform script on other client' method of me.…
Don Clark: Hi Jan- Thanks for the feedback. I remember that video (I posted on it in January) and I remember that…