FileMaker Pro Developer – Tim Cimbura Learn how Cimbura.com succeeds in a competitive market from Tim and Brenda Cimbura’s (CEO and COO, respectfully, and Nick Ciske, CTO. From technical products to concise business savvy techniques, the crew from Cimbura will show you how to succeed in a tough market. Be sure to listen to Dr. […]
An entertaining article by Tim Cimbura about the seemingly built in bias against the FileMaker platform. I’m betting every developer has heard “I hate FileMaker”, or something similar, like “it’s not an enterprise solution” or “it’s not robust enough” or “it’s not Access” (thankfully!): “I hate FileMaker!” Several years ago, these were the words I heard […]
Tim Cimbura shares a unique way to navigate the relationship graph in FileMaker, one that comes in handy if you don’t have 2empowerFM (I am fortunate enough to have it, and it’s a worthwhile investment): Large relationship graphs in FileMaker can get difficult to navigate. You spend a lot of time scrolling around or zooming […]
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 […]
MATT LARSEN, a Senior Systems Engineer at Cimbura.com, posted on a very cool idea–using a FileMaker solutions to build a web based signature block of HTML that you can host on a web server, then link that code in you outgoing emails. The result? High quality signature blocks in all of your emails to all […]
Tim Dietrich offers and honest appraisal of what he likes and dislikes about WebDirect. When I say that I want to like FileMaker 13’s WebDirect feature, I truly mean it. I remember first seeing WebDirect at DevCon back in 2012 (and again at DevCon 2013). It was obvious that the team at FileMaker was working […]
A quick guide to what FileMaker Webdirect is – and is not – by Tim Cimbura. There seems to be a lot of confusion in the marketplace as to what the new FileMaker WebDirect product is. Here we provide some clarifications and helpful tips for using WebDirect. WebDirect is powerful technology for easily deploying FileMaker solutions […]
FileMaker Training Series Book January 10, 2012 By Tim Cimbura 2 Comments Question: I’m interested in increasing my capabilities with FileMaker. Is the FileMaker Training Series (FTS) book a good option? Answer: It depends… When you purchase FileMaker you get a blank slate construction tool for powerful database solutions. There are some built-in template files that are included but they […]
Calculating Sales Tax and FileMaker November 26, 2013 By Tim Cimbura Leave a Comment Does the national debate on Internet sales tax reform leave you feeling anxious? Is your company prepared to manage and remit sales tax for all states where you do business? Audit penalties average $23,000, so you can’t afford to be wrong when it comes to […]
Visual Impact Enhances Their FileMaker Solution for Greater Profitability November 18, 2013 By Tim Cimbura Visual Impact, LLC is print service provider that offers a variety of high quality, digitally printed, products for the wholesale market. Visual Impact partners with print brokers, sign shops, marketing agencies, and other business within the printing and graphics industry. Their printers create […]
End Excel Abuse Today November 9, 2013 By Tim Cimbura 2 Comments Excel spreadsheets are great. They can perform a lot of useful tasks for your business like general purpose number crunching, tracking customer contacts/information, making custom invoices, and producing charts. But many businesses push spreadsheets to their limits. They come to rely on Excel […]
Mac OS 10.9 Mavericks is Here…and it’s FREE! Impact on FileMakerOctober 22, 2013 By Tim Cimbura Apple announced that OS X Mavericks, the latest Mac operating system, is free. The major update of OS X Mavericks will be available later today at no charge via the App Store. Users with systems dating as far back as six years ago […]
Converting Old FileMaker Databases from FileMaker 5 or 6 to FileMaker 12 October 9, 2013 By Tim Cimbura We’re finding that there are still several organizations using FileMaker databases that were created many years ago with the old version of FileMaker. A lot has changed over the years. The common file format was call .fp5 […]
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