A very nicely thought out system of FileMaker script workspace shortcuts using the new type ahead feature found in FileMaker 14 Script Workspace. Daniel Wood of Digital Fusion took the time to figure out the most intuitive and the shortest keystroke combinations necessary to invoke a given script step. He took it a step further by adding, when […]
If you’ve been developing in FileMaker for any length of time, you’ve probably visited FileMakerHacks.com. Kevin Frank’s website delves into very creative hacks to make the impossible happen. Then works to find faster alternatives to the same problem, often reaching out to the FileMaker community for solutions. Recent work has focused on finding duplicate records […]
FileMaker Success Tips 346 – Something for the long weekend. Thu, 21 May 2015 346_FM_Success_Tips Multi-File Import, Button Icons, Nav Partition and button bar, Placeholder text Direct download: 346_FM_Success_Tips.mp3 Category:podcasts — posted at: 5:30 PM Source: Filemaker Success Tips 346
Tim Dietrich wrote a great post on FileMaker 14 last week. What set his post apart, however, was his take on FileMaker’s goals. You’ll want to read the whole thing, of course: FileMaker Inc’s Goals With the FileMaker 14 Platform To fully understand where FileMaker Inc has taken the FileMaker 14 platform and how it […]
Here is a robust method of minimizing the “Extra Windows” problem that occurs all too frequently in FileMaker. Douglas Alder shares his script and concept in a downloadable file, and just made your life as a developer a bit easier: I came across a situation recently where I had to build an interface to match […]
This article on design is packed with examples of smart phone design. It’s all web based stuff, but the ideas could be implemented, as necessary, in FileMaker Go. Or, of course, WebDirect. In this article, Chris Bank of UXPin – The UX Design App details many of the best UI design patterns that have cropped […]
FileMaker 14’s new button bar is getting a lot of deserved attention. Designed with the developer in mind, it speeds the process of building great looking, light weight (from a CSS standpoint) button bars that are easy to configure and to resize on the fly. Not to mention the ease of hiding segments as conditions dictate. […]
One of the neat new features of FileMaker 14 is the the new button bar tool. The tool not only make it easy to make tool bars, but it makes use of SVG (Scalable Vector Graphic) icons within the toolbar buttons. What does that mean to you and your clients? SVG icons are resolution independent, […]
Ralph Learmont gets top billing from Kevin Frank for his script that quickly de-dupes a found set and returns the remains of the found set when finished. And the best part: The script is completely portable. The only caveat is you must select the field you want used to de-dupe the set. The script […]
FileMaker Users have been waiting for this since Android based phones debuted: A way to access FileMaker solutions on the Android operating system! With FileMaker 14, the long wait is over: In order to enable a FileMaker database for Android, you will need FileMaker Server 14, and follow the steps on the FileMaker Knowledge Base to […]
Mislav Kov has an informative post on generating sample data for different tables using custom functions, and he went the extra mile with a demo file and a video to help you out. Kov started with a Modular FileMaker solution and made it better: There’s also a custom function in there that selects a random value from a […]
Mislav Kov, of Soliant Computing, put together a very detailed post on FileMaker 14 Script Triggers, and included a bonus: a journey back to the first script triggers in FileMaker 7: FileMaker 7 and earlier Total number of triggers: 2 (OnFileOpen and OnFileClose) These were renamed to OnFirstWindowOpen and OnFirstWindowClose in FileMaker 12 Just two script […]
Let’s see what Lee Strong and Dr. Andy Cohen think of FileMaker 14 and the Apple Watch. Thu, 14 May 2015 345_FM_Success_Tip FM 14 released, Apple Watch Direct download: 345_FM_Success_Tips.mp3 Category:podcasts — posted at: 5:30 PM Source: Filemaker Success Tips 345
WebDirect in FileMaker 14 is faster and optimized to handle twice as many connections. But you still need to optimize CSS and layouts to get the best performance. There is a lot to consider when deploying your solution in WebDirect 14: Single window solution–browsers don’t support multiple window solutions Object sizes for clicking and touching […]
EfficientBizz: mmh. I deal with this problem just by setting coordinates for NewWindow with negativ values: horizontal = - 200px vertical…