THE NEW POST FUNCTIONALITY present in the last FileMaker 13 update opens a world of possibilities. Todd Giest explores what happens when FileMaker sends a POST command–and introduces a very helpful tool called RequestBin. RequestBin gives you an endpoint to send your request to and then just prints out what it receives. You can check it out […]
WEBDIRECT REPLACED IWP in FileMaker 13, and it was a big change in how FileMaker approached web integration. Instant Web Publishing had been around for a long time, and was ready for retirement. Gwyn Jenkins of Linear Blue explores the differences between the two: The introduction of WebDirect at the expense of Instant Web Publishing […]
POPOVERS ARE ALL THE CRAZE with FileMaker developers these days. Learn how to have fun with popovers, some of the limits of popovers, and more with Dr. Andy Cohen and Lee Strong: Popover Button Fun, Popover limits, Status in our calendar Filemaker Success Tips : 301_FM_Success_Tips.
THE CORE CRM SOLUTION has been around for quite a while (I modified it for a client in the mid-2000’s) and is a pretty impressive piece of software, more so now that the latest update supports FileMaker Pro 13 and WebDirect features: San Diego, CA – May 28, 2014 – Productive Computing, Inc., a Platinum member […]
NETWORK WORLD CHOSE FILEMAKER GO as one of seven free apps new iPad users should choose to get going with business. The list covers a variety of needs: video conferencing, database, mail, calendar, an analytics package, a web clipper, and a signature program. *FileMaker Go 13, by FileMaker If you’re a FileMaker Pro user on your PC […]
THINK ABOUT IT: Upload files from FileMaker Go to a website with the touch of a button. With security. And only a bit of canned php. Using two new FileMaker 13 features–Base64Encode and Insert From URL, Rolf, from FileMakerBloggen.se, has given his clients the ability to quickly and easily upload photos directly from FileMaker Go. The other […]
GREAT IDEA! Combine a visit to the Oregon coast with a FileMaker learning experience, taught by several noted FileMaker Experts. Hurry, though–it’s later this month: MSN Media and Eight2 are proud to announce a FileMaker Retreat at the Oregon Coast. This retreat will provide a unique and immersive opportunity for you to collaborate with seasoned […]
SEEDCODE has a series of great tips for optimizing WebDirect in FileMaker 13. Here’s the latest: Since layout redraw is one of the slowest things a Web Direct (WD) layout can do, you’ll want to do whatever you can to minimize those redraws (which can appear your users as flashing or as a spinning busy […]
GOOD THINGS HAPPEN when a developer is able to grab ideas and techniques from around the web and put them together to make a better solution. When that developer is able to make it modular, the whole developer community benefits. Douglas Alder of Homebase Software did just that recently by making a stand alone export solution […]
HAVING TROUBLE remembering which FileMaker icon is for V12 and which is for v13? You’re not alone. FileMaker, for reason unknown to mere mortals, did not change the icon between the two versions, causing many to waste time opening, then closing, the wrong version. Not to worry! Aaron Giard of the Scarpetta Group has the […]
WEBDIRECT AND FILEMAKER LAYOUTS LOOK ALMOST IDENTICAL, but there are a lot of factors to consider when designing for Webdirect: speed, usability, visual impact, and functionality all come into play. Add more to the list: Seedcode shows how Webdirect displays more of the process that FileMaker 13 uses when processing the various rules that apply […]
MIKE DUNCAN guides us through a detailed look at the new Field Picker feature in FileMaker 13: The Field Picker is a floating palette, with a drop down menu at the top to select the Table you are working from, and a list of fields from the selected table occurrence. While the Field Picker is […]
CALVIN COOPER of Skeleton Key delivers a great primer on themes and styles in FileMaker 13: To view the styling options for a particular layout object: First select the layout object then view the styling tab in the inspector. If you deselect the show all check box you will be left with only the available […]
VERY COOL use of FileMaker 13’s Style function from Mike Duncan of Soliant to make a FileMaker designer’s life a bit more simple and to reduce the complexity of changing icons throughout a solution: With the introduction of Styles and Themes in FileMaker 13, there is now another option to consider. You are now able to […]
EfficientBizz: I kind of underestimated the value of this function when I implemented part of the FileMaker Hacks resources into my…