BaseElements by Nicholas Orr Kudos to David Nahodyl of Blue Feather for getting Nick Orr to do a livestream presentation on BaseElements, the FileMaker database analyzer program. Not to be confused with the free Base Elements plugin used by so many developers. Nicholas Orr from Goya presented at our developer meeting this month. Watch the recording of the […]
FileMaker Tricks Exporting to Excel Five years ago, Kevin Frank developed and wrote an exhaustive series of articles on exporting to Excel. The whole point of his series was to bypass the very limited options provided in FileMaker to give the end-user a nice looking spreadsheet without having to do a lot of manipulation in […]
FileMaker in the Enterprise There’s so much new innovation in the FileMaker area these days that it’s hard to keep up and easy to miss what’s happening: Web integration, cloud services, new versions, new techniques, new custom functions…the list keeps on growing. And this change is happening rapidly. One such area seeing rapid growth is FileMaker […]
Frictionless UX Hacks Susan Prosser’s presentation at FileMaker DevCon 2016 on Frictionless UX Hacks: Do you think that trendy colors, a snappy custom theme, and a smooth workflow are all that goes into great user experience (UX)? Get your head out of Layout Mode and turbo-charge your custom apps so users make the right choices, get […]
Tim Beck: Just a friendly request: Links should open in a new window. Often, I lose track of the remainder of your…
Don Clark: Thanks for the feedback, Tim. I prefer that way of setting up links, too, but once in a while I…
FileMaker and REST From Mason Stenquist of DB Services, watch this 6:23 minute video on integrating FileMaker and REST. And, better yet, download the free example file and have some fun picking it apart. CRUD (Create, Read, Update, Delete) is the acronym used to describe the four ways to integrate with a datasource using the REST API, […]
Advanced WebDirect Advanced WebDirect techniques are all the rage recently. The following are two different techniques of note, and I’ve tossed in a great WebViewer example of dragging and dropping in a WebViewer, as well. WebViewer for WebDirect Users The first is from Mike Duncan of Soliant Computing and concerns embedding webpages in a WebViewer for WebDirect […]
FileMaker CopyFitting with JavaScript Aaron Giard shows how to use HTML5 Canvas and JavaScript to make FileMaker Copyfitting – the ability to automatically resize text make it larger or smaller to fit a designated space – a realty: There is a free downloadable file at the link, so pop on over and grab a copy. Source: […]
James Clear on How to Get and Stay Motivated Do you have trouble getting and staying motivated? Does it seem like everything you read or watch works for a short while and then just fades away? Then you might need to know the science behind getting and staying motivated. James Clear really researches his posts, […]
Using cURL and FileMaker Pro Together Believe it or not, cURL and FileMaker know each other. FileMaker makes use of cURL, but developer access to the commands is limited – hopefully that will change in the next release of FileMaker. cURL (originally from “see-URL”) is pretty much the glue that holds the internet together. Or as the official […]
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Fibonacci and the Golden Triangle Fans of design theory are familiar with the Fibonacci Formula and the Golden Ratio and how they help design layouts that are naturally friendly to the eye. The reason is simple: the Golden Ratio appears over and over again in nature, and the human eye subconsciously picks up on the […]
Tips for Writing for Mobile Users This article on writing for mobile users is a bit old (2011), but offers some timeless insights: We’ve recently run many user studies, watching people read information on mobile devices. Our research included mobile websites, apps, and email newsletters. Across all formats, there’s one indispensable element: focus. Content comprehension […]
FileMaker Inventory Resources When I started developing in FileMaker full-time I soon acquired a customer who wanted an inventory management system. I didn’t know that at the time. I knew he wanted to keep track of camera kits that his company rents out. Not long after that I spoke with a distributor who needed to […]
FileMaker Custom Functions For many new developers, custom functions pose a challenge: What are they, why do I need them, where do I find them, and how do I add them to FileMaker are just some of the questions. Another is recognizing when one is needed. And let’s not leave out the big one: How […]
FileMaker Portal Filtering and Sorting FileMakerHacks recently posted on FileMaker portal filtering and sorting using SQL queries, something a lot FileMaker developer avoid due to the complexity of using SQL queries inside the FileMaker framework: In this article we are going to explain how to implement portal filtering in FileMaker portal using SQL techniques, because it is easy, […]
Gianandrea Gattinoni: Very cool! in the first video (Soliant) do you know how works the data replication? does it work in different…
Don Clark: It seems to be stored in the MySQL server that is at the bottom of the diagram. The details on…