We’ve all heard of the Selector-Connector model, but how many could list the benefits clearly and succinctly? And move from there to actual implementation? It’s said a person never understands a subject completely until he is able to easily teach it to others. Jason Young, of Seedcode, explains it completely and thoroughly in his latest post, taking […]
I’ve been exploring the latest version Seedcode Complete, released 3 months ago. This version is designed us on the Selector Connector design model, is extremely modular, and keeps the focus of the user on a multi-use design type. Modules of information, easily available with this system, slide in and out, with an occasional popover to display more […]
Seedcode sells ProMaps and GoMaps, both open code solutions designed to easily allow multi-point google maps in FileMaker. And, as is always the case, developers extend the capabilities of the original code to encompass some neat results: Filtering (and Color Coding) Based on Found Sets. This first mod was done by Lisette Wilson of Informing Designs; she’s linked […]
For those looking for a unique way to integrate Javascript and JSON into your web solutions, Jason Young and Seedcode are writing–and sharing–a code base called fmxj.js. Fmxj.js is a set of javascript functions designed to allow a web browser to interact with FileMaker Server and to do the basic things you need browser clients […]
25% off until year end at SeedCode: NEW SeedCode Calendar for FileMaker 13: DayBack SeedCode Calendar has been completely rethought for FileMaker 13. It’s much faster, easier to integrate, and delivers responsive behaviors like reflowing and stacking events that we’ve never been able to do in FileMaker before. This is the FileMaker calendar you’ve […]
Time flies when you’re having fun. John Sindelar from Seedcode posted an example of drag and drop he built for Devcon 2009: Love this little demo we put together for FileMaker DevCon 2009. A customer recently asked about this and I thought folks might like to see it. The demo shows how to create a grid […]
I DOWNLOADED THE DEMO and played with it a bit–pretty impressive performance. It’s in beta now, and you can sign for the beta program at the link: The next version of SeedCode Calendar moves the calendar’s complexity out of layouts and into the WebViewer, creating a calendar that’s faster, and much easier to paste into your files. This also […]
JOHN SINDELAR AND JASON YOUNG of Seedcode use the different button states combined with gradient fills to make buttons magically appear and disappear: A couple of demos showing how you can reveal additional text, or even new buttons, when rolling over buttons in FileMaker 13. We used to hide text from some button states by […]
AN INTERESTING POST at Seedcode (I assume it’s by John Sindelar, but it’s not clear) about mulling things over as he exercises by running: The Running Test is one way to get information about decisions, and I’ve found its results surprising. When I’m mulling something over, I’ll find it has one of two impacts on […]
JOHN SINDELAR of Seedcode shows how Javascript can really extend FileMaker’s capabilities and speed things up at the same time, both with UI tools and a library of other tools to work with code: JavaScript Functions in FileMaker are Fast Looping through 49,000 characters took our tail-recursive custom function almost 3 seconds. The JavaScript version of […]
HERE’S SOME MORE ON REFRESHING OBJECTS AND FIELDS. This should be of concern to all developers–we all have times where we can’t get a pesky field to update. Seedcode wrote this article last December on just this subject, and explains how it lets you get granular in it’s application: However, the new script step “Refresh Object” […]
FILEMAKER WEBDIRECT has a lot of positive features, and does a great job of bringing the FileMaker interface and functionality to a web browser. However, there are some little quirks that require workarounds. Seedcode shares a workaround that helps hide objects and reduce screen flashing: If you’ve been building layouts for WebDirect you’ve likely seen that […]
SEEDCODE has a series of great tips for optimizing WebDirect in FileMaker 13. Here’s the latest: Since layout redraw is one of the slowest things a Web Direct (WD) layout can do, you’ll want to do whatever you can to minimize those redraws (which can appear your users as flashing or as a spinning busy […]
WEBDIRECT AND FILEMAKER LAYOUTS LOOK ALMOST IDENTICAL, but there are a lot of factors to consider when designing for Webdirect: speed, usability, visual impact, and functionality all come into play. Add more to the list: Seedcode shows how Webdirect displays more of the process that FileMaker 13 uses when processing the various rules that apply […]