The Perform Script on Server (PSoS) script step is an extraordinarily powerful tool for speeding up processing in FileMaker, but it poses a challenge to go along with it’s power: Since the processes run on the server, the results are not always available to the client. Imagine a situation where the server is finding a set […]
The driving force behind Kevin Frank’s latest post is a request from a client to have two different images on a button: one regular and a different one on hover. Not hard at all, unless you need to update the button images on several different layouts on the fly. Frank, with the help of some […]
Mike Westendorf, of DB Services, offers up a checklist for developers to use to secure their clients data. Or for any FileMaker user, for that matter: The FileMaker platform does a great job providing native security features for your organization. While no organization can have too much security, the key is finding a comfort level […]
A follow up by Douglas Alder to an earlier post about capturing webcam photos to FileMaker on a Mac, this post goes through the much more complicated process of doing so from Windows: The Challenge: Capturing images from a web cam into FileMaker on Windows. I was able to achieve this previously on a Mac using AppleScript, […]
If you deal with large datasets, you’ll want to listen to this podcast! I listened yesterday (while biking) to the two Matt’s (Navarre and Petrowski) interview the Hammond brothers, of DB Services. DB Services is building a database with over 17 billion records in FileMaker! And it’s over 3 TB in size. Here are just some […]
Combining Custom Web Publishing (CWP) with Webdirect is a challenge, but offers a large range of options to the developer not available in Webdirect. In this instance, Mike Duncan of Soliant uses PHP functions to loop through a found set of FileMaker Webdirect records to combine container field files into a single zip file that […]
Sweet. David Weiner, of MSN Media, just released a free, fully functional google mapping module suitable for plugging into any existing database. Better yet, the software is licensed under Creative Commons 4.0, and can be shared and adapted, with attribution, for any personal or commercial use: Starting with that, we built a new file from scratch, adapting […]
Brendan McBride of DBServices shows how FileMaker can integrate with existing web services to provide a more complete solution to your clients. In this instance, the client needs to know all of the proper taxes to collect for a given address anywhere in the country–a daunting task, given that tax code changes are hard to track. […]
I work with Hamburger Menus all the time on the web side of my business, mostly on mobile devices. Most responsive website themes in WordPress incorporate the Hamburger Menu to replace the standard menu when the website shrinks down to a small window. Mike Duncan, of Soliant Computing, shows how to build a Hamburger Menu in […]
Most of FileMaker programming is fairly straight forward and repetitive: Setting up T.O.’s, adding fields, building layouts, and so on. The biggest challenges occur when a solution calls for specific feature or features that aren’t supported by FileMaker. Then it’s time get creative. And that’s where a of time is spent on a solution, experimenting with […]
Another great example of the power of FileMaker and FileMaker Go to solve large problems in short order, this time from Bangladesh: Faced with evaluating nearly 1,100 factories in Bangladesh for fire and building safety hazards, engineering and consulting firm Hughes Associates, Inc., needed a way to streamline the inspection and reporting process on behalf […]
Guy Stevens is using Udemy, a web based service offering real life instruction with thousands of courses, as a vehicle for delivering a 6 hour course on designing a complete FileMaker invoicing system. The cost of the course is $25, and instruction is broken into smaller segments similar for easier understanding. Check out the details […]
The fifth of six in a series based on the FTS:Basics curriculum from FileMaker. This one hour and 12 minute video focuses on good interface design and best practices: In this session you’ll learn the importance of good user interface design and best practices when creating solutions for iOS devices. Experiment with applying styles and […]
The Relationship Session video is the fourth in a series of six videos based on FTS:Basics. And it’s a short one, only 19:33 in length: Published on Feb 23, 2015 Join us for the fourth in a series of six webinars designed to complement your learning via FTS:Basics, the official self-paced training curriculum from FileMaker, […]
C. J. Weigand: Your Mapping program, unfortunately, doesn't allow downloading.