Tim Dietrich announced a new open source piece of ‘Easy’ software (free, powerful software like FMEasySynch, FMEasyMaps, and much more): FMEasyWeb: I originally started working on EasyWeb more than four years ago. The goal was to provide a lightweight, minimalist, extremely fast and extremely reliable browser-based tool for accessing FileMaker databases. I wanted EasyWeb to […]
Upgrading to Yosemite will require some planning if you want it to go smoothly. Here’s one problem identified by FileMaker so far, and links to other articles to help ease the transition: OS X 10.10, referred to as Yosemite, was released by Apple in October 2014. You can learn more about Yosemite compatibility with FileMaker […]
Kevin Frank posted a series on different ways to export user friendly reports to Excel back in 2011. The information is still useful today: To recap, clients have requested three things: User-friendly column headings Calculated fields or the virtual equivalent (I call these pseudo-fields) An interface to make it easy Well, with regard to number 1, […]
Time flies when you’re having fun. John Sindelar from Seedcode posted an example of drag and drop he built for Devcon 2009: Love this little demo we put together for FileMaker DevCon 2009. A customer recently asked about this and I thought folks might like to see it. The demo shows how to create a grid […]
Douglas Alder’s getting started guide is full of great information and a must read for anyone thinking about developing with FileMaker for a living: FileMaker has a bit of a push on right now to get new developers into working with the FileMaker Pro platform. They recently launched a webpage on their main website to […]
This addendum for FileMaker Go app is a pretty handy reference of functions, script steps, error codes, etc. The link below takes you to a page in French. Here’s the translation of the download screen for those of us not able to read French: The addendum supports multiple languages: Addendum is an application that lists the […]
Addendum for FileMaker | All things Filemaker ...: […] This addendum for FileMaker Go app is a pretty handy reference of functions, script steps, error codes, etc. The…
Sébastien S.: There is now a dedicated website in english for this app : http://addendum.fmdata.fr/en
A very slick method to integrate a progress bar into you FileMaker Pro 13 solutions. This method uses the new FileMaker commend, base64Encode, a custom function, and three new fields to add to your solution. Very easy to integrate, and very nice output for your clients! While developing videos for their FileMaker Pro video course (www.learningfilemaker.com) […]
This seems like a handy little tool for Mac users who are integrating QB with FileMaker, even though the final installation is on a Windows machine. SAN DIEGO, CA – November 6, 2014 – Productive Computing, Inc. announces the release of a free utility tool for Macintosh-based developers that works hand in hand with the FM Books […]
I like this function–it’s easy to use and can be called as a modular subscript if you send a variable or script parameter to it when invoked: WindowNames Simple database systems may be easily contained within a single window, but you don’t have to get too terribly complicated before popping a new window makes a […]
I’m interested in what they have to say about adding portal rows (next bike ride, I’ll listen). Many developers hate the auto add row capability FileMaker offers. Most of the time, I don’t use it, either. But there are occasions where it makes sense, usually depending upon the client and their setup. Using it speeds […]
bBox is a free plugin for FileMaker from Beezwax. Beezwax just announced version 0.63: bBox FileMaker external plug-in is a toolbox of functions freely available to all developers. Use it to extend the reach of your Mac OS X-based FileMaker solutions to programs, code libraries, or OS X functions that are normally outside your reach. Consisting of […]
This is Part 2 on Kevin Franks presentation at Pause on Error recently: A recurring theme, as we saw in part 1 and will see again today here in part 2, is that you can store “runtime code” as data. The most extreme example I’ve encountered is a proof of concept created and presented by […]
Very nice technique from Accelerate Computer Training, showing how to make tab labels dynamic, a new Feature in FileMaker 13. Published on Sep 29, 2014 Learn how to use dynamic data and calculations to set tab control labels using this new feature in FileMaker Pro 13. Dynamic Tab Labels in FileMaker Pro 13 – YouTube. […]
Rosemary Tietge, presenter in this video, will be presenting at the New Mexico FM Pug User Group meeting in December. She was great last spring and we look forward to her presentation next month. We will be doing a virtual meeting, so join us next month to hear her speak. Published on Nov 3, 2014 […]
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