Check out the best view from FileMaker DevCon from our Wraparound Terrace Suite in Las Vegas! Share your FileMaker abilities with the FileMaker community and prospective clients – contact FileMakerProGurus.com now and set up a time to be interviewed at FileMaker DevCon 2016! Share your favorite projects, your favorite plugins, how you got started using FileMaker, and more. […]
Mike Duncan talks about why you should use AWS with a dedicated FileMaker 15 server: There are also very good reasons you would want a dedicated FileMaker Server to leverage the FileMaker platform to get the most out of it. Server Scheduled scripts, perform script on server functionality, Web Direct and connection access licensing all have […]
An very in-depth look at considerations of design for programmers, such as grids, typography, and color theory. The author, Ria N. Carmin takes an actual education online ad and completely reworks it. Design is not as elusive as people think it is. It is a learnable skill. Design has rules that anyone can apply to […]
Tunabelly Software is a Canadian Company that makes inexpensive, high quality Mac and Apple TV programs. Do yourself a favor – for a limited time (not sure how long), Tunabelly is offering 5 Mac program for $15, a $30 dollar savings. I purchased this today and have used three of the five (see below): 2016 Canada […]
Working with variables in FileMaker Pro I stumbled across this nicely written help.Filemaker.com article on using variables in FileMaker Pro. And, as usual, learned something I did not know. Which means I had to share it: The Let ( ) function is the primary method of defining a variable in a calculation. From within a […]
Sometimes it’s best to step back from common wisdom and re-evaluate what you take for granted. In this case, re-examine the use of placeholders, the grayed out text that indicates to a use what the field should hold (name, address, etc.). This article looks at 10 areas where placeholders don’t always result in helping the […]
Free FileMaker Downloads Day! The Free FileMaker Example list has been around for over a year now, and has some interesting statistics: Over 20,000 views! 247 (and counting) free downloadable files Free downloadable FileMaker example files from all over the world An example file for almost every kind of problem or solution you can think of […]
On Icons An interesting and long essay on the appropriate use of icons in your desinn. IA.Net sheds some light how many to use, what types to use, whether or not to use labels, and so on. And warns you to use proper context: An icon stands for a section or a function, and represents what its […]
For those interested, the Abundance Code Movie is free until June 30th. It’s long (1:35), but informative. Learning to focus on the abundance that surrounds us is key to switching from a scarcity mindset, which is a very limiting point of view. I will be watching it in parts until I have finished. We Create […]
FMPerception, a FileMaker Database Analysis Tool Matt Petrowsky’s 44 minute tutorial on FMPerception, the latest and, in his opinion, the best tool for analyzing a FileMaker database. This tool uses the XML version of the Database Design Report (DDR) generated by FileMaker Pro Advanced to provide you with a fast, easily searchable report about your […]
Why Use RESTfm? I’ve been looking for a good blog post showing a real life example of using RESTfm from Goya for a while, if only because I haven’t had the need to use it, and I wanted to know more about it. Damien Kelly of Blackframe wrote such a post–and here is why RESTFM was the […]
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 Implementing a new system the easy way: Are you considering a new system but frightened of the amount of work you will have to do before you can get started? In this short video, I discuss the two ways that you can switch over with a minimum amount of work, delay and […]