ANALYZE, document and troubleshoot your database with BaseElements: FileMaker tools developer Goya has announced BaseElements 4.5.0, an update to their developer tool. With the tool, developers can analyze and document FileMaker solutions. BaseElements provides a cross reference of every element in a solution and helps developers find and fix errors, track issues, document changes, and […]
LOCKING A RECORD – OR FIELDS ON A RECORD – is something you will run across in your development career. Douglas Alder offers a solid method for each in this blog post: 1) Lock the entire record from deletion and editing by employing a customized privilege set and a field for tagging the records to […]
NATIVE BARCODE GENERATION for FileMaker 13 (or FM 12 with the BaseElements Plugin.) The sample file generates 14 different types of barcodes quickly and easily using scripting and the Base64Decode function – no plugins, no fonts, no fuss. The pricing is reasonable, as well.
ONE MAJOR LEAGUE graphic at the link along with: Diagrammix, Rant for pragmatics, Radioshack ad from the 90s, To combine or not Filemaker Success Tips : 284_FM_Success_Tips.
YET ANOTHER interesting use for a popover. This very simple technique allows you to embed context sensitive video tutorials that your users can watch without ever leaving the screen they are on via ▶ Embedded Video Tutorials in a Popover – YouTube.
FILEMAKER SECURITY is the boring topic not often addressed. Failure to properly address is will lead to disaster. Data protection is top of mind and a priority for business of all sizes. In 2012, the Wall Street Journal sited this alarming statistic, “Firms with 11 to 100 employees are attacked more than ten times as […]
THERE IS CONFUSION about FileMaker’s new concurrent connections policy and when it applies: The FileMaker platform allows you and others to access custom business solutions in different ways – be it from a desktop or laptop computer, from an iPhone or iPad, or using a web browser. No matter where you are, you can always […]
I STILL HAVE clients using Instant Web Publishing (IWP) extensively – the interface has major shortcomings but the price ($0) is right: I’m sure we can think of some examples of where the deployment of Instant Web Publishing [IWP] for a solution has been successful and served to meet purpose for the end user. There […]
THIS LITTLE TRICK saves a lot of time when you need to access FileMaker Help. This has changed in FileMaker 13. The help file is now found here: file:///Applications/FileMaker%20Pro%2013%20Advanced/Extensions/FileMaker%20Help/FileMaker%20Help.bundle/Contents/Resources/en.lproj/FileMaker%20Pro%20Help/index.html Another tip: Write a script that calls the bookmark url and assign it to a keystroke (command-1, for example). That way you can call it even […]
I HAVE to agree – FileMaker did a great job with container fields in V 13. 1. Barcode Scanning FileMaker Go on iOS devices has long permitted users to capture non-text information like photographs and signatures. With FileMaker Go 13, we can use those built-in cameras for something new- scanning barcodes! After the camera obtains […]
SOMEHOW I missed this when it came out last month: LEE STRONG AND ANDY COHEN Going from multiple file to a single, Sell Away from Quickbooks, Sales Tax lookup via Filemaker Success Tips : 281_FM_Success_Tips.
A THOUGHT PROVOKING POST by Todd Geist about what FileMaker and the FileMaker community need to do to make FileMaker a force in the database market: Platforms that allow for modular design and sharing do better than ones that don’t. PlatForms, like WordPress, that make modular design and sharing a core feature, can sometimes change […]
A SIMPLE modular solution to adding password bullets to a field from kursive-software on Modular FileMaker.
A LOOK at ajaz loading gifs from the FileMaker Web guru, Joel Shapiro. Get ready for some animated gifs…
