Here’s another example of an organization using FileMaker in a mission critical situation. When someone tells you FileMaker is not a serious database, help them “see” the truth with this story: The Alabama Eye Bank is a nonprofit that helps those with corneal blindness to see again. Its job is to collect and supply eye […]
ALEXIS ALLEN LINKED TO THIS ARTICLE in her last post on design, and I thought it good enough to warrant it’s own post.. After going over the basics of web page layouts, Jarel Remick dives right into the golden triangle Math is beautiful. Does that sound a little strange? I sure thought so when I […]
TIM DIETRICH IS AT IT AGAIN: A free, easy to install calendar with a long list of features: Since informally announcing FMEasyCalendar last Friday, I’ve received a number of emails asking about the project. The interest in the EasyCalendar has been both surprising and encouraging. Here’s an update on progress that I’ve made, the feature list, […]
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HAL GUMBERT AND DOUG DE STWOLINKSKA are hot on the trail with a way to update related fields in another table: For years, we’ve had problems with Filemaker unstored Fields. Don’t get me wrong, unstored fields are great for having related data available in related FileMaker tables. However, unstored fields don’t work so well for Finds, […]
KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS will speed things up and make development easier. FileMaker has a long list of keyboard shortcuts ready for your use: Text deletion keyboard shortcuts You can use these shortcuts in Browse, Layout, and Find modes.To delete the Press To delete Press Next character Delete Next word Ctrl+Delete or Ctrl+Backspace Previous character Backspace Text editing […]
ANDY FRAZIER OF EXCELYSIS serves up lots of code–with step by step instructions–for replacing the home page of FileMaker 13 Server. But he didn’t stop there. This new page is responsive (meaning it shows properly on any platform including smart phones) and makes the databases available not only in WebDirect but from FileMaker Pro/Go. Combining the various […]
Every week, like clockwork, Andy Cohen and Lee Strong put out a 20 minute podcast that’s interesting and informative. This week’s menu: Thu, 2 October 2014 317_FM_Success_Tips One to one revisit Get(TemporaryPath) Revisit Whats “Normalized” data? Easy to create, hard to maintain Direct download: 317_FM_Success_Tips.mp3 Category:podcasts — posted at: 5:30 PM via Filemaker Success Tips […]
TIM DIETRICH just released FMEasyAudit–and it’s available via Open Source licensing! I spent a little time looking it over and I like what I see: EasyAudit is an open source solution for implementing logging and auditing of FileMaker databases. Here are some of EasyAudit’s features: • Supports logging of updates, deletions, imports, and more. • Logs […]
Pause on Error Oct 27-28 in Portland OR. Matt Navarre and Matt Petrowsky are putting on another Pause on Error conference in Portland. Matt and Matt also talk about FileMaker 13, DevCon, and apologize for taking forever to release this episode. FileMaker Talk Podcast.
THIS IS THE LAST of an excellent series of videos by FileMaker based on the FileMaker Training Series. This video webinar covers the basics of FileMaker calculations, scripting, and reporting. For example, learn how to calculate the number of days between two days, how to integrate text with fields to build new fields like a […]
CUSTOM SOFTWARE VS OFF THE SHELF. This is the decision a FileMaker development firm has to help prospective clients with repeatedly. Taking the leap to go custom is not easy for most. They may realize the need for custom software, but they aren’t prepared to address the complexity of the issue: Ok, so you’ve decided to build […]
BOB KELLEY of Scarpetta Group takes on object visibility by combining it with the Get(WindowMode) function from FileMaker’s built in functions: This week we want to review Get(WindowMode) that was introduced in FileMaker Pro 6.0 or earlier. As you know it returns 0 for Browse Mode, 1 for Find Mode, 2 for Preview Mode, 3 […]
TIM CIMBURA has information on Mavericks causing FileMaker network issues and disconnects: We’ve noticed some issues lately with some FileMaker clients running on Mac OS 10.9 Mavericks. They include random disconnects from the server. The following error messages may appear as a symptom of this issue: “Communication with the host was interrupted and could not […]
