FileMaker is a great business productivity tool. But if you are to make the most of it for you and your client, you need to be more aware of what goes on in business day-to-day, and learn what is important to your client. You also need to keep yourself on focused and on course. Do […]
Todd Geist, in collaboration with Jason Young and John Sindelar (both of Seedcode fame), has taken a concept that has been around for a while, split it in two, polished it up, and now is showing how to apply it in real life examples. The concept was previously known as Universal Context, a concept that simplifies […]
If you aren’t listening to podcasts, you are missing out on the fasted growing phenomenon on the web. Learn more while you drive, ride, run, bike, and exercise! Today’s podcast is from FileMaker Success Tips: Thu, 27 November 2014 325_FM_Success_Tips Customer Recoveries, New MacBook Pro, Stand alone iPhone app, Why layouts update Direct download: 325_FM_Success_Tips.mp3 FileMaker Success […]
GetContainerAttribute: This function has 35 different arguments that you can send to it to get specific information about the item in a container field. FullCity Consulting gives us the use of the few of the more fun ones, and the full list is below: New in FileMaker 13, and previously fawned over in this very blog, is the GetContainerAttribute function. […]
The paperless office promise has been around for a long time, yet computers have always spawned more, not less, paper. This variant–membership applications–is one area where paper use can be decreased, and major time savings realized, as well. Toss in the ease of use, fewer errors in form submission due to enforcement of business rules […]
FYI – Filemaker released FileMaker Server 13.0v5. The big news is it provides support for Yosemite. Here are the details: This software updates versions 13.0v3 and 13.0v4 of FileMaker Server to version 13.0v5. If you are running version 13.0v1 or 13.0v2, you must first update to at least version 13.0v3 before applying this update. For instructions on […]
I’ll be posting (and working) from cloudy Seattle this week! Quite a change from Albuquerque weather, to say the least, but we are enjoying the wet weather and the change of pace. If you notice the posts are happening a little later, it’s because of the time change, and the fact that we are having […]
Douglas Alder explores why and how you should use FileMaker to supplement, integrate with, or even replace more traditional accounting systems. My experience with meeting customer needs is similar to his: Different types of companies have different types of process and reporting needs, and they usually shoehorn their needs into what the accounting packages offer. […]
I have used FM Starting Point for clients (especially those on a strict budget), and I have inherited a lot of projects based on it, as well. FM Starting Point is a well designed, well thought out starting point with a lot of options and features. The down side: Like any other approach, it is […]
Do you have clients that need to edit HTML within FileMaker, and need to see the results instantly? Tim Dietrich combined jQuery and jQuery TE technologies with FileMaker to get you started. And, as usual, his solution is open source: FMEasyHTML is an open source HTML / text editor for use in FileMaker databases. With FMEasyHTML, you can provide […]
I’d never heard of Zippopotamus, but it is an intriguing offering. Get the location (city and state if in the US) by entering the zip–or more accurately, postal–code into a field. FM Starting Point has integrated it and offers it as an option in their preferences. Published on Nov 17, 2014 Looking up location data is […]
If you are planning to transition from FileMaker Server Advanced to the FileMaker Server 13, there is some (rather confusing) news. The long and the short of it is, if you have FileMaker Server Transition, you can save money by renewing before 12/3/14 and locking in savings of 50%: FileMaker has announced that they will be […]
Joan Subirós: Ok, but how can i do it? where ?
Don Clark: Sorry I missed your question, Joan. Wordpress stopped sending me emails on comments, and I just now figured that out.
Joan Subirós: That's no work anymore. I asked filemaker. Thanks anyway
The IsEmpty function is a developer favorite, as is its opposite, Not IsEmpty. Quite often a developer will test a field for any content to ascertain the status of a record: someone who has responded, or it active in an organization, for example. IsEmpty IsEmpty( field) FMP Version: All Current Versions Of FileMaker This function […]
Productive computing has released a nice Mac plugin that synchs data between Contacts (the Mac system OS address book) and FileMaker. Address Book Manipulator provides external functions that you can program into a script to initiate contact, transfer data, check for error codes, and process the data. This may sound hard, but once set up […]
Francisco Renta-Quinones: How can I get your FMEasyHTML and its documentation ? I am also interested in you FileMaker and Zip Code…
Don Clark: Thanks, Francisco! Sorry for the late response, WordPress stopped notifying me... Here's where you can the info (Tim Dietrich wrote…