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Any article, video or blog post concerning FileMaker 13 is available for viewing on this page. Check back often as it will be updated often.
Any article, video or blog post concerning FileMaker 13 is available for viewing on this page. Check back often as it will be updated often.
A COLLECTION OF 6 SHORT VIDEOS with previews of what to expect at FileMaker Devcon 2014: Shaking the Dependency Tree, Layouts, Styles, and Themes, iOS Human Guidelines and FileMaker, Under the Hood with Database Encryption, Modular Design, and more. Looks like it’s going to be an interesting time.
A SHORT VIDEO INTRO to themes and styles in FileMaker 13. How to Use Themes & Styles in your FileMaker 13 Solution – YouTube.
THIS BUY ONE GET ONE FREE OFFER IS GOOD UNTIL June 10th, 2014. Buy one FileMaker Pro Advanced and get one free: Terms and Conditions for North and Latin America To be eligible you may purchase a new electronic download version of FileMaker Pro 13 Advanced between May 6th and June 10th, 2014 from the […]
SAVE MONEY by renewing your FileMaker licenses before FileMaker Increases Renewal Rates after June 27th, 2014. Quick Facts: -There is no penalty for renewing early. -New licenses purchased with renewals are offered at a lower rate until June 27,2014. -Maintenance program customers have the option to renew for two years for additional savings. -FileMaker will no longer […]
IT PAYS to dig deep into the themes and styles part of FileMaker 13. Rob Poelking shows a work around for a problem that was bugging him: Have you tried setting the color or opacity of your portal object only to find that it doesn’t seem to take? That happened to me and it took […]
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, […]
TROI announced the beta release of their powerful File Plugin: Troi File Plug-in 7 Troi File Plug-in is a very powerful tool for getting access to information outside the FileMaker Pro database. Any files stored on the rest of the computer can be accessed through the functions of the plug-in. Troi File Plug-in 7.4.9.1 beta […]
RAY COLOGON of Nightwing Enterprises has updated his demos and released some new ones: The first ten demos in this series are available immediately and include a mix of new techniques based on the features of the FileMaker 13 platform, along with updated versions of some of our previous demos (reworked in light of the […]
MODULAR CODE is portable code: Chunks of code that can be easily easily moved from one solution to another with minimal modification. Each chunk of code addresses a specific, discrete need–account management, error handling, etc. FileMaker’s structure is so dependent on context that modular code is difficult to write. Darren Burgess of Mighty Data discusses […]
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 […]
PART 2 of the Perform Script on Server series! Vincenzo Menanno goes into server setup details and provides an import example file, as well. Download and enjoy! In this post we will see how to have FileMaker Server run imports and free up the FileMaker client to allow users to perform other tasks without waiting for […]
100 TO 200 TIMES FASTER, with greater speed gains for remote clients. When properly implemented, Perform Script on Server (PSoS) can deliver incredible speed boosts. There are some caveats, however. You can’t just slap PSoS in a script–you have to provide the proper context and found set, among other things. Read Vince Monanno’s (Beezwax) in-depth guide […]
A FRANK, STOLID ASSESSMENT of FileMaker by Kirk Bowman. Back to FileMaker 13, the latest advancements in the platform — including the layout theme/style engine, the new layout objects (popover and slide control), the improvement in iOS functionality, and the server enhancements like Perform Script on Server – are significant steps forward. However, these do not change what […]