A FAIRLY SHORT video showing how to build a versatile solution using FileMaker and FileMaker Go: Published on Apr 30, 2014 Need a custom business solution that works where you work; be that on train, plane, automobile, office, home, etc.? The FileMaker 13 Platform makes it easy for anyone to create custom business solutions for iPad, […]
GREAT ADVICE from Richard Carlton on scaling a FileMaker database to a 100 users. He lists very specific steps–reduce calculations and portal sorting, for example–that will improve performance as the user count increases. Making a database that can work with 100 simultaneous users is not something that is easily done for a novice developer. We have given […]
I HADN’T given much thought to changing a timestamp from text to a timestamp. Didn’t even think it was necessary. But it turns out there are some instances where it is. Daniel Shanahan shows us how: FileMaker Server has a timestamp on its log. However, when you export the log data and import it into […]
PERFORM SCRIPT ON SERVER (PSoS) is the hot topic of the week. Matt Petrowsky of FileMaker Magazine joins in and, as always, adds lots of valuable information to the conversation. It’s well worth watching before you start using PSoS. FileMaker Tutorial – Perform Script on Server – YouTube.
Matthew Goldman (FileMaker Southwest Sales Representative) and Rosemary Tietge (FileMaker Consulting Engineer) headlined this meeting in Albuquerque. The presentation covered FileMaker 13 features on Pro, Go, Server, and Webdirect. Given the informal setting, we were able to dig in deep on multiple topics and discuss how things are done and the pro’s and con’s of […]
ONE OF MY CLIENTS needed training in the FileMaker basics–finding, sorting, the four modes, using the status area, etc. Everyone with experience using FileMaker had left the company. I’ve had this request before, usually due to new people coming on board, and usually just showed them myself or pointed them to a youtube movie or two. […]
CHECK OUT these FileMaker Go videos–there are more linked directly below the video.
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WHILE IT DOES NOT SHOW HOW TO BUILD AN AUDIT TRAIL, this video does discuss the pros and cons of using one, as well as using EAR (Encryption At Rest) in FileMaker 13. Published on Apr 15, 2014 Get an overview of what audit logs are and how you can implement them into your copy of […]
NOT SURE HOW I MISSED THIS last summer, but Chris Ippolite modified Douglas Alders cluster map, which uses JavaScript, HTML5, and the google API to make map of clients. FileMaker can be extended in so many ways to meet a client’s needs. Published on Jun 1, 2013 In this demo we show a modified version of […]
GUY STEVENS shows two different ways to navigate amongst records using drop down lists. Nicely done video. Record Navigation using a dropdown in Filemaker – YouTube.
RYAN MANOOK expands upon the first video and shows how to implement a custom document management system on the iPad. Set some time aside to watch. Published on Mar 19, 2014 Join Ryan Manook, FileMaker Solutions Consultant, as he continues our ‘Idea to iPad’ series which takes questions and ideas you submitted and turns them into […]
INTERFACE AND USABILITY DESIGN seems to be ever changing – but there are some basic guidelines that stand the test of time. Check out a few here: Published on Feb 28, 2014 With the FileMaker 13 Platform, you can create FileMaker solutions that go wherever your business takes you. There are several considerations to keep […]
IF YOU HAVEN’T seen Go Draw in action, watch this video. For taking photos, marking them up, and saving them to your solution, there isn’t a better way to go. FileMaker Go: GoDraw Demo – YouTube.
EXPLORE DIFFERENT USES for the slide control object. And there’s a link to a downloadable example file at the end. Published on Feb 24, 2014 Slide Control is an advanced layout object introduced in Filemaker13.In this video there are steps to create Slider, settings for Slide Control and different ways to design/use Slide Control. This […]
- FileMakerProGurus: […] into a usable timestamp. Watch this if you want to improve those skills. Part 1 can be found here. FileMaker…