From now until December 10th, it’s essentially buy one FileMaker Pro 13, get one free. Merry Christmas! Offer Terms This offer is limited to one bonus download of either FileMaker Pro 13 or FileMaker Pro 13 Advanced and an associated License Key per person, household company, or other entity. You may purchase either one license of […]
Artie Brosuis of Soliant Computing re-visits the transactional technique for rolling back changes to a record when the need arises. Brosius spends a lot of time explaining why and when this is necessary, and even more time showing the proper implementation. This is good. The more detail, the better, especially for beginners and intermediate level […]
A simple little twist that leads to an improved user interface. Bob Kelley of the Scarpetta Group combines the Get(windowmode) function with “Hide Object” feature in FileMaker 13 to only show/hide certain buttons when in Find mode, making it less confusing to users, and limiting their ability to change course in the middle of a paused […]
FileMakerVideos and Richard Carlton pops the hood on the FileMaker Content Management Starter Solution. They do some very nice stuff with the GetContainerAttribute function, container fields and some slide controls. Dropping a file on the container fields shows the metadata for that particular type of file. And the trick is to stack sliders and show the […]
Connects wirelessly with your smart phone without a wifi network nearby, your phone acts as the viewfinder, and you control the lens with your phone. Way cool. Incredibly sharp optics + a 4x larger sensor = amazing phoneography Photo 101: your lens goes on your camera. Your cameradoes not go inside of your lens. … the QX […]
FullCityConsulting features a function I have never used. Dang it. Now I’ll have to find a way: As functions go Choose is dead simple, but there are some things to watch out for. The first result is result zero. Even if you never expect a result less than 1, you must provide something for result zero. The […]
The New Mexico FileMaker User Group’s next meeting is Tuesday, October 14th, 2014 from 5:30 to 7:30 MST We have been experimenting with “Virtual Attendance” via zoom.us teleconferencing software. If you are interested in attending virtually, please RSVP to Don Clark at don at filemakerprogurus.com. With our current subscription limitation at zoom, we are restricted to 25 respondents, so don’t wait to […]
TIM DIETRICH IS WORKING OVERTIME cranking out one FileMaker solution after another–and releasing them under Open Source License to the world! His latest effort: FMEasyMaps: EasyMaps is an open source solution for generating interactive maps based on addresses in FileMaker databases. Features include… Easy integration. • Requires only one new table and one new script. • Add a […]
Download or link, and listen while you drive, walk, run, or bike. The weekly podcast from Dr. Andy Cohen and Lee Strong is always worth a listen. This week on Filemaker Success Tips 318: Thu, 9 October 2014 318_FM_Success_Tips Clean the slate? Testing the small and missing the big Duplicate or Copy Record via Filemaker […]
I bought an iPhone 6+ and was surprised how big it was. And I was worried about dropping it, so I bought a case for it. And it turns out, the case had a feature that helps keeps me from dropping my iPhone 6+! Watch the video and afterwards share your thought about which title […]
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If you are not using these keyboard shortcuts, you are wasting valuable time! Here’s the Windows version of keyboard shortcuts for FileMaker: Text deletion keyboard shortcuts You can use these shortcuts in Browse, Layout, and Find modes. To delete Press Next character Delete Next word Ctrl+Delete or Ctrl+Backspace Previous character Backspace Text editing keyboard shortcuts […]
Here’s another example of an organization using FileMaker in a mission critical situation. When someone tells you FileMaker is not a serious database, help them “see” the truth with this story: The Alabama Eye Bank is a nonprofit that helps those with corneal blindness to see again. Its job is to collect and supply eye […]
ALEXIS ALLEN LINKED TO THIS ARTICLE in her last post on design, and I thought it good enough to warrant it’s own post.. After going over the basics of web page layouts, Jarel Remick dives right into the golden triangle Math is beautiful. Does that sound a little strange? I sure thought so when I […]
TIM DIETRICH IS AT IT AGAIN: A free, easy to install calendar with a long list of features: Since informally announcing FMEasyCalendar last Friday, I’ve received a number of emails asking about the project. The interest in the EasyCalendar has been both surprising and encouraging. Here’s an update on progress that I’ve made, the feature list, […]
Buy One FileMaker Pro, Give One FileMaker Pro! ...: […] From now until December 10th, it's essentially buy one FileMaker Pro 13, get one free. Merry Christmas! […]