Thank you, Nicholas, for your good work and honesty… RefreshFM External Storage and a mea culpa Submitted by Nicholas Orr on 20 October 2013 – 1:17pm I’ve been working on an update to RefreshFM for a while now and one my my todo items has been to sort out a way to include external storage […]
Three techniques exploring summary reporting… Summary Reporting Tricks Posted on September 12, 2013 by Kevin Frank Print PDF One of the best ways to learn about a particular FileMaker feature or behavior is to build a demo. You might build one in response to a client request, or to try to answer a question somone […]
Remember where to find this if the time comes you need it… Connecting FileMaker to an Oracle database using ESS on Windows FileMaker’s External SQL Sources allows a database created in FileMaker to display and manipulate data from any ODBC compliant data source. All FileMaker needs is a system DSN data source name to be […]
Setup Windows Server to Auto Login and Auto Start a FileMaker Robot Client I had a situation where I was running FM 12 Advanced with 360 Works RemoteScripter on a Windows 2008 Server. RemoteScripter requires a “robot” file running on FileMaker Pro Client (not server) that can handle the run script requests from IWP clients […]
Here’s help for a problem that plagues us all. Dealing with Duplicate Records Published on October 17, 2013 by Anders Monsen Image courtesy of Victor Habbick / FreeDigitalPhotos.net A common issue in all databases is dealing with duplicate records. In FileMaker I tend to use two different methods to identify duplicate records. Each serve their […]
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Draw on your photos in FileMaker Go. This adds great functionality for estimators, adjustors, or anyone needing to notate photos… Published on Oct 14, 2013 A demonstration of GoDraw in FileMaker Go, with Todd Geist from Geist Interactive and Richard Carlton of Richard Carlton Consulting Inc. via FileMaker Go: GoDraw Demo – YouTube. Draw on […]
A FileMaker Success Story from Marc Larochelle How FileMaker Helped Make the Del Mar Thoroughbred Club Renowned and Productive The historic Del Mar Racetrack, located in the Northern San Diego coastal suburb of Del Mar, CA, has a prominent reputation of being one of North America’s major horse racing venues. The venue coined the slogan […]
Dwayne Wright on FileMaker Layout Number Field Formatting Options. Layout field options are often overlooked or perhaps I should say the levels of flexibility in field layout formatting is often overlooked. Number formatting options are very robust. You can choose from the following options. General Format – used as the quickest and easiest option. […]
Troi Releases URL Plug-in 3.5 Update for FileMaker Pro 12 Troi URL Plug-in lets you post and retrieve information from the Internet. Troi URL Plug-in can help you fill in web forms on the Internet, all from FileMaker Pro. It also retrieves data or images from any HTTP and HTTPS URL. overview | download | […]
Are you comfortable, secure and happy where you find your business self today? Yes? Well, snap out of it and get to work, or you’ll find yourself falling behind and losing your security and happiness. It’s real simple – by standing still in today’s rapidly advancing world, you are losing ground. If you are […]
I could have used this a few years back when I worked with an advertising research firm: Description: Converts film and tv timecode strings eg 01:05:20;02 @ 29.97 fps into a framecount in this case 117484 The calculation traps for the special case of drop frame 29.97 timecode and allows for all other interger fps […]
PDF Catalog with Table of Contents Posted on July 13, 2013 by Kevin Frank Print PDF Recently I was asked by a client whether we could produce a PDF catalog from his company’s database, with products grouped by manufacturer. Me: “Of course, this is FileMaker.” Him: “Can it have a table of contents?” Me: “Yeah, […]
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