FileMaker Success Tips 382: Installing a server, Lookups Vs script-based Record Repeat, When to use Commit Record Repeat Failing does not mean you are a failure: Why Failure Now Doesn’t Predict Anything About Your Success Later (with a Gary Vaynerchuck video at the link) You gotta get an SSL Certificate for best practice. And since google […]
My wife and I are care givers for our grown son, Jon. And recently his health took a turn for the worse. Jon suffers from a host of ailments, with chronic fatigue, chronic pain, severe muscle spasms. And the recent loss of muscle control of his legs tops the list. It wasn’t always this way. Jon earned two advanced degrees, […]
Learning from Success and Failure: FileMaker is making a big push on the Custom Apps theme and offers a custom apps creation guide here: Download the Custom Apps Success Create Guide Wow. 16 TB of data in a 2.5-inch drive Users will be able to write 15.36TB worth of data on the drive every day […]
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 […]
Step by Step instructions on making your first FileMaker iOS app from FileMaker. There never seems to be a shortage of criticizers, so be prepared: 7 Ways To Stay Motivated When People Criticize You How much has the tech world grown since the last leap year? Dealing with Fear in Life Fear from […]
I just went through most of this setup of MirrorSync 2, and this video is helpful to those who haven’t set it up before. I am trying this out for client that needs two way synching with a MySQL database on a custom website. Since only parts of the database are synched, the process can […]
An interesting look at the use of color (or colour, as the Brits spell it) in websites, with a few tidbits on design and buttons that many FileMaker developers will find useful: Colour Theory & Website Design: How to Colour Your Website Effectively FileMaker Success Tips 381: Thu, 25 February 2016 381_FM_Success_Tips Apple and the […]
5 Hidden FileMaker Design Tools I’m Thankful For I like tip #3 in particular. Facebook officially expands beyond the Like with Reactions: This update fixes some serious Windows crash problems among other things: FileMaker Pro 14.0.5 and FileMaker Pro 14.0.5 Advanced Updater Release Notes Michael Rocharde on Customer Service: https://vimeo.com/155254868
Why wouldn’t you want your business card to stand out? Todd Geist adds EPS support to Barcode Creator 1.3.0 on Mac Desktops. 10 Videos That Will Show You How To Change Your Mindset Forever Quickly get a list of all fields on a FileMaker layout | the beezwax buzz. Thinking about making […]
Why Invest in Custom Apps? The answer is simple: Increased profitability, reduced errors, and an increased Return on Investment (ROI). But don’t take my word for it. The custom apps market is exploding, and that would not be the case if the benefits did not outweigh the costs. Let’s take a look. How big is the […]
Creating Dynamic Tab Panels Have you ever needed to hide Tab Panels from some users? Jerry Salem of ITSolutions shows an ingenious way to create tab panels using sliders, using conditional hiding to show/hide button bar segments as needed: Luckily things have improved a bit in FileMaker 14. With a combination of the slider panel and the button […]
Leaving the Classic Theme Behind FileMaker’s Classic Theme has been around a very long time, and you’ll find plenty of highly functional solutions using it–why mess with something that works? Alexis Allen of Designing FileMaker offers five FileMaker 14 features that will add some zing to a tired solution: Converting from the Classic Theme Part 2: The […]
From Judy Belber at Soliant: Naming styles by use rather than appearance helps keep track of unique element types, making it more intuitive when to reuse and when new ones are needed. Pro Tips: Naming Styles and Interface Inventories Some failed multiple times before succeeding: 8 U.S. Presidents Who Started as Entrepreneurs DataBuzz is […]
FileMaker Button Bar Navigation menu’s have always been a challenge for FileMaker developers, mainly because of the problems posed by making the proper button active on the right screen, and making each button navigate to the right place from every layout. The goal has been to build a contextless navigation button bar–one will work automatically when you can copy and paste […]
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