Kevin Frank digs into his bag of tricks for part 2 of his series and comes up with 11 good FileMaker Tips and Tricks. Tip #1: Get to know COALESCE Tip #2: FM/SQL dates revisited Tip #3: use the NOT operator to simplify logic Tip #4: Use “” in place of Get ( FileName ) […]
THERE ARE WAY TOO MANY LISTS… Most Popular Top 10 Lists of 2015 IF YOU OWN A MAC, YOU WANT THIS FREE SOFTWARE FROM MONKEYBREAD SOFTWARE. Monkeybread Software – Freeware – Tree Size 3.1 It lets you see how large every folder is on a drive or in a given folder. Very handy when you are trying […]
I’ve read that highly successful people read, on average, about 60 books a year. And we’re not talking romance novels, here. Instead, they read business success books, how to books, personal and business development books, and books in a similar vein. Now I understand that reading 60 books a year won’t make me successful all […]
Reinstalling FileMaker Server to troubleshoot an issue If you are having trouble with FileMaker Server 14, you may need to completely uninstall and reinstall FileMaker Server 14. Doing so while preserving settings and data will make the process a lot easier. This article from FileMaker Support details how to do the uninstall and reinstall process. […]
Want to know more about SVG Glyphs and FileMaker? Bob Shockey of Alchemy Group wrote a great blog post about SVG Glyphs last summer, and it’s something every FileMaker developer should read: SVG is a compact vector description that uses XML at its core to describe the image. Unlike a bitmap, which uses a pixel-by-pixel description […]
Exciting New FileMaker Happenings from Mike Beargie Mike Beargie is operating on very little sleep, it appears, with his new website, FileMaker Community Live and a new, free iOS app, CoreScope, that allows FileMaker to grab meta data (think Carrier, Network, Battery info and more) from an iOS device. What is FileMaker Community Live? Here’s the answer in Mike’ own […]
I read every word in every issue of MacWorld for years. My first Mac was a 512k, and of course I was jealous of those who, a few months later, bought the 1mb model, which could be upgraded to 4mb (for about $600). Mental Floss’s journey back in time emphasizes the incredible leaps in computing […]
Claus Lavendt has a new blog and website! While looking for Claus’s great SSL Server Certificate Helper tool, I kept getting 404 not found pages…It turns out Claus just launched his new blog, thebrainbasket.com, and moved the files over there: We share! Here at TheBrainBasket we share. Links, ideas, articles, news, you name it. Feel free […]
Training and Infinite ROI Seth Godin on employee training: Consider an employee who is going to work 2000 hours for you this year. It’s not unusual for an organization to spend only 10 or 20 hours training this person–which means about 1% of their annual workload. How much training would it take for this person to […]
Didier: Don, It's Seth Godin not Grodin
Don Clark: Thanks for the catch, Didier! It's fixed.
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I’ll admit, my previous experience with developing FileMaker solutions in other languages was limited: I changed the labels in different runtime packages to support advertising research in India (Hindi), China, Japan, and various countries in Europe. Pretty basic, but it worked. Mike Duncan of Soliant takes it a couple of steps further, and provides a demo solution, […]
I have a small business FileMaker client that wants a good payroll program for a Mac or Windows. It does not have to interface with FileMaker at all: they just want an intuitive, easy to use program. Here are some I found on a google search. Please share your opinions on these or feedback on […]
Lots of listening for those wanting to learn: Matt Navarre and Matt Petrowsky on increasing speed, and Dr. Andy Cohen and Lee Strong on Design philosophies and a resize button trick: FileMaker Talk Podcast Matt & Matt talk about FileMaker performance and what you can do to make things faster within your favorite database. Filemaker Success […]
Check out these great CSS tools for designers and Developers. Given that FileMaker themes heavily use CSS, throw in Custom Web Publishing and custom web viewers, and it doesn’t hurt to have some tools like these in your FileMaker Developer toolbox. It has become a lot easier to learn and work in CSS based […]
Tim Cimbura: See also http://cimbura.com/tech/2015/07/13/svg-custom-icons-and-filemaker-14/
Don Clark: I'll add it to the post. Thanks, Tim!