Benjamin Fehr of Efficient Buzz started a conversation with me a few weeks ago when he wrote a custom function that allowed a user to send an Apple notification to the operating system from FileMaker. And now, Doug Alder has posted on this subject with more detail: FileMaker developers (and other app developers) are always […]
I ‘m not sure where to start with this new post by Kevin Frank: The overall goal of the presentation was to explore various ways one might move business or presentation logic out of its normal location in the schema layer, and into either a) the data layer, or b) some other, non-standard, schematic realm. […]
It’s sometimes amazing how time wasting the smallest things can be. Take the subject of the blog post by David Thorpe of Excelisys. The object is to, in one script, keep a popover from dismissing if clicked anyway other than with a specific menu item: You tap the bookmarks icon, it pops down a popover with […]
Are you using the Xero Online accounting system? Or maybe some other online system for some specific business purpose, say an online store or a shopping cart? If the system has an Application Programming Interface (API), then FileMaker can be modified to work with it directly. Databuzz, out of Sydney, Australia, has a nice […]
The tenets of this article apply to FileMaker solutions as well as more traditional apps. The problem is that new, larger phones are too large for our hands (I have one solution that helps, by the way): As smartphones continue to get larger but our hands don’t, what kinds of design solutions can ensure mobile interactions remain comfortable, quick, […]
The latest from Lee Strong and Andy Cohen, including some Yosemite upgrade help with regards to Skype. Skype’s update will download the latest, which won’t work, and you will have to go to Skype’s website to get the actual latest update. Filemaker Success Tips 321 Thu, 30 October 2014 321_FM_Success_Tips Thinking Ahead, When you did […]
Four real life examples of companies changing over from paper to paperless and how they did it. There is a process involved, including analyzing, planning, building, and implementation. Watch the video for more details: Published on Oct 27, 2014 More businesses today are seeking alternatives to legacy paper-based processes. Companies of all sizes are replacing […]
File this one under “something useful I learned today that someday will come in handy.” Somehow I did not remember (or perhaps really understand the use of) the use of the FieldComment function. But I have had times where having the comments available in the data viewer when in layout mode would have been helpful. […]
Douglas Alder puts his virtual list to good use again (the last time was for vcard export) to export calendar (.ics) files from FileMaker to just about any calendar program. EXPORT ICS CALENDAR FORMAT FILES The purpose of this module and scripts are to export an .ics file for importing into Calendar applications. The scripts anticipate […]
I’ve wanted to meet Joe Montana since his glory days winning the national championship at Notre Dame in the late 70’s. The dude was always cool, more so under pressure. The closest I came was meeting Lou Holtz in the early 90’s when he was head coach at Notre Dame. Another inspiring person, Holtz had […]
Do you look for new ways to develop FileMaker solutions? Are you on the bleeding leading edge? I’ll bet most of you are, if only because your clients challenge you to on a routine basis to more than you thought possible, or to find a better way to do it. Jacob Unsworth, of Linear Blue, […]
Benjamin Fehr of Efficient Buzz has figured out a way using Applescript to make FileMaker communicate with the Apple notification center. He’s looking for a hook to make it work with FileMaker Go on iOS. If you can help, make a comment. Benjamin shared this with me last week, and I’m hoping someone out there […]
Tim Dietrich released an open source signature capture solution that captures signatures via a web viewer, making it possible to grab signatures on a desktop client as well as FileMaker Go: This morning I released FMEasySignature, an open source solution for capturing signatures in FileMaker databases. It is a technique for capturing signatures and optionally storing […]
Another well made video bio of a young FileMaker developer professional, this time of Brian Voss of aAcesoft software in Brooklyn. Kudos to Brian and to Mary Pitzen for putting themselves in front of the camera and advancing both their cause and their careers! Published on Oct 13, 2014 It all started back in high […]
Damian Kelly: If you can embed a URL you can call filemaker back with the fmp:// url method...