IN CASE you thought you knew all about Get Functions, Dwayne Wright will set you straight: Get(ScreenHeight) This will return a numeric result that will match the number of pixels in the current monitor height. This function can even take into account multiple monitors, which is always a possibility in today’s computing environment. The results […]
GRAB A DEMO FILE and some sound pointers about FileMaker Sliders from Joe Scarpetta: FileMaker Pro 13: Slip Sliding Away – The Scarpetta Group, Inc..
THIS FILEMAKER GO course from Richard Carlton covers key areas and includes an example file rich with examples. And it is reasonably priced. Find out more here or watch the video: Introduction to the Five Hour FileMaker Go Training Course – YouTube.
DWAYNE WRIGHT is exploring – and explaining – FileMaker report variations: HARD CODED SEARCHES VS USER SPECIFIC EMAILING REPORTS USER SPECIFIED REPORT CONTENT REPORTS THAT NEED TO BE EXPORTED REPORTS THAT ARE BEST USED IN AN INDEPENDENT ENGINE Read the whole thing: Dwayne Wright PMP, PMI-ACP, CSM – FileMaker Thoughts – Variations In FileMaker Report Types. […]
ORIGINALLY POSTED IN DECEMBER ’13, Seedcode has updated this post on Popover bugs and fixes. You’ll want to see the new ‘bugs’ and their fixes. FileMaker 13 Popovers: Bugs & Interesting Behaviors – SeedCode Tips.
RE-USING FILEMAKER CODE and layouts is not always easy. Save some steps using Dwayne Wright’s method when possible. To create this report, I went to an existing client subsummary report and duplicated it. I didn’t need the subsummary layout parts, so I deleted all but one of them and converted the other to a body […]
THREE TOOLS I had not heard about, but will find useful. All entrepreneurs want their company to be an overnight success. But if you are lucky enough to experience rapid growth, as Gautum Gupta, founder and CEO of NatureBox discovered, you’ll face a new set of challenges. Read More: My Must-Have Apps: The Digital Tools […]
LISTEN when you have time: Table View and Web Direct, Simple Imports from Pre-12, Calc Fields or Multi Resources Filemaker Success Tips : 285_FM_Success_Tips.
THERE’S NO WAY to spice this up, but you need to address the use of naming conventions early on in your FileMaker developer career. There are some commonly accepted standards, standards within organizations, and special use needs. Whatever you use, it should be intuitive, easy for you and other developers to use, and consistent. Here’s […]
MANY NOVICE DEVELOPERS struggle setting up Paths to files in scripts. Mike Duncan of Soliant sheds some light: When importing data, it is useful to use variables to reference the file you are importing instead of using a full path that needs to be maintained. This allows you to better maintain your solution, and also […]
A SIMPLE GLOBAL NAVIGATION system from Michael Rocharde, using global repeating fields for layout storage. It’s a short (2:39) video and worth the watch. Global Navigation.
FITCH AND FITCH on a portal sorting method using value lists to set up the sorting: The great thing about this technique is that all the logic and control is script-driven, which makes it easy to set up and to make changes down the road. You will not be incurring technical debt. This technique can […]
MATT PETROWSKI’S take on FileMaker deployment models. Published on Feb 14, 2014 Brought to you by http://www.filemakermagazine.com Here’s a tutorial video about various possible deployment models using FileMaker Pro. Watch the whole thing.
CHANGE TEXT to a valid date format with this custom function. Very handy when data imput is manual or when importing from spreadsheets. TextToDate ( Anytext )