FileMaker Cloud Trial Subscription Did you know there is a FileMaker Cloud trial subscription, and that it comes with a 15 day trial for the first instance? Not only that, but it is available with your choice of 5, 10, 25, or 100 users connections, and there is no hourly software charge from FileMaker. Of course, […]
Lots of things happening in the World of FileMaker 360Works released a FileMaker Cloud compatible version of MirrorSync, version 3.1 Some of the key features: Faster synching records Faster synch configuration Faster insert operations Improved self-repairing of sync data if dupes exist And more, of course. Check it out for all the details. FileMaker and Stripe […]
Prepare Your Custom App for FileMaker WebDirect Johan Hedman, of Atatiki AB, is a FileMaker 15 Certified Developer, and he presented on preparing your custom app for FileMaker WebDirect: More and more customers are asking for a custom app on the Internet. This session outlines 10 steps that will give you the best possible start […]
The History of FileMakers Draco Database Quick quiz: How many of you knew the name of the database that drives FileMaker? If you answered Draco, move to the front of the class. Clay Maeckel dives deep under to hood of FileMaker to give not only the history of the Draco Engine, but a glimpse of where […]
I don’t know how I missed this last November, but I’m glad Didier Daglinckx featured it on his Scoop.it page. It’s called fmRecentRecords, and it’s a free download from Matt Navarre’s recently renamed company, App.Works. David J. Weiner wrote the post (see also his posts on using the Button Bar for way more that just buttons), and explains what […]
FileMaker Help’s tip for collecting GPS information when taking photos with FileMaker Go: ISSUE: When taking a picture in FileMaker Go, the GPS attributes (longitude and latitude) are empty, as iOS does not have a way to access the GPS information directly. However, if you take a picture with the Camera app, the picture is […]
Michael Rocharde on saving your client time and money: Reminding your clients about the great things a custom solution brings to the table–time and money savings, increased productivity, etc.–is important in your day to day dealings. When soothing clients worries, it focus’ their attention on the benefits, not the costs. When selling, this helps close the […]
Have you ever wanted to make live updating progress bars in FileMaker but didn’t know how? Here’s a fairly reasonably short 21 minute video on making progress bars in FileMaker from FM Tutorials: FileMaker 15 has some interesting behavior changes that didn’t get much press: Open Remote no longer shows IP address(es) of hosts. The Bonjour local […]
Jeremy Brown of Soliant covers the new changes in FileMaker 15’s Script Workspace in this 8:15 video: You may have heard that FileMaker Help is now delivered as a web service, hosted by FileMaker. And if you haven’t tried it, it is much faster than earlier versions. What you may not know is that FileMaker Help […]
Greg Lane at Skeleton Key shows how to use an audio file to allow FileMaker Go 15 to keep processing a script while in the background: Have you ever heard of Jack Ma? He is the founder of the highest valued company in the world (yes, larger than Apple). Jack Ma failed repeatedly, sometimes massively, […]
wkeja: Love this quote: "An optimist is an ill informed pessimist." No idea who said that.
William Porter of MacWorld assesses the release of FileMaker 15 in his article: With version 15, the FileMaker platform gets better, and it was pretty good already. But in terms of features, FileMaker 15 is an evolutionary rather than revolutionary release. Many existing users may not feel the need to rush to upgrade, and both new […]
Matt Greger: Thanks Don! I just posted the setup for configuring the Redshift ODBC connection via FileMaker Server on Windows. One interesting…
Don Clark: You are welcome, Matt! And thanks for that info, Matt. I thought PostgreSQL was included in FM 15–my mistake. I'll…
GoZync works perfectly with #FileMaker 15 iOS App SDK https://t.co/HRAMT3qtQw — Todd Geist (@toddgeist) May 12, 2016 BaseElements and More from Goya Troi File Plug-in 8.5 for #FileMaker Pro: compatible with #FileMaker15 + extra functions: https://t.co/llmvL29fgrpic.twitter.com/LFrCSo7ddq — Peter Baanen (@petertroi) May 10, 2016 The new #FileMaker Server 15 requires a minimum client version of […]
Shawn Krueger at Cimbura.com answers the question many of our clients have: Should I upgrade to FileMaker 15 Now? Michael Rocharde does the thinking for you on taking reservations: More Date Magic In this one, we’re going to take it a stage further and work with a date range. For our example, we are using a property […]
What is the least talked about, most important feature of FileMaker 15? Today I’ll make the case for the Inline Progress Bar. The Inline Progress Bar is, on the surface, a very mundane feature. Everyone knows about progress bars–so what’s the big deal? Let’s take a look at what it does, courtesy of DB Services: Here’s […]
Michel Beyaert: I didn't play enough with it yet, but how about transactional scripting? Will that be affected?
Karen Weaver: Hi Don - this is the new feature in the desktop versions - no more downloads, you just choose check…
Don Clark: Thanks, Karen. I finally figured it out: I had the incorrect settings in my preferences, so "Check for Updates" did…