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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.
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 […]
ANOTHER EXAMPLE of why the upgrade of the FMP URL protocol is so powerful: FileMaker Inc. has released an update for FileMaker Pro 13 (see the release notes here). Among the list of improvements to FileMaker Pro and FileMaker Pro Advanced is the extended functionality of the FMP URL protocol to include support for calling a […]
THERE IS SO MUCH TO REMEMBER with all of the new theme capabilities: In an earlier article we discussedFileMaker WebDirect and how to optimize your solution. This optimization relied on using FileMaker Themes. In this article, we will explore using FileMaker 13’s new feature to create custom themes and styles. This custom theme will allow us […]
KEVIN FRANKS CONTINUES his quest to find the best method of isolating unique records: Last week we looked at basing a value list on one of these “summary list relationships”, to facilitate counting unique values within the current found set… …and today we have a demo file, FM-13-Count-Unique-v1, that extends the concept to sub-summary reporting. You’ll want […]
DO YOU NEED TO MANAGE MULTIPLE FileMaker 13 Servers? Your job just got easier. Claus Lavendt of Datamanix just released a free FileMaker based tool that make it easy to add and control multiple servers.
ANOTHER GREAT USE for the httpspost function, this time combining it with Twilio to easily send SMS via FileMaker. Thanks to Jeff England for thinking this one up. Now execute the script. Congratulations! You have just sent your first SMS from FileMaker. If you take a closer look at the URL it uses an httpspost which is […]
LISTS are powerful tools for FileMaker developers. FileMaker 13 has a new Summary List Field that allows for easily pulling list values from found sets. A summary field cannot be used to set up a relationship, but a calculated field referencing the summary field can. Check out how Kevin Frank make use of this ability: Follow […]
MORE ON THE FILEMAKER V13.0v2 FMP URL scheme: FileMaker released version 13.0v2 on April 3, 2014. Its primary new feature was an improvement to their “FMP” URL Scheme. To understand what this is and why this is such a big deal, first a discussion on FMP URLs. FMP URLs The most important aspect of being […]
NETWORKWORLD has FileMaker Go on top of their list of seven free iPad apps for businesses. The rest aren’t too bad, either. *FileMaker Go 13, by FileMaker If you’re a FileMaker Pro user on your PC or laptop, FileMaker Go lets you access these database apps from your iPad (note: the PC version is still needed […]
TODD GEIST released new modular code that will apply a watermark to images. Watermark takes advantage of HTML5 to call the Canvas element and place a custom watermark on your image. You can control, the opacity, position and offset from within FileMaker as well. You don’t need to know anything about HTML5 or JavaScript to […]
AMONG OTHER THINGS, it fixes the FMP URL protocol–it now works with FileMaker Pro local files (it worked before on hosted files and on FileMaker Go). More on that later–it’s big news. Other fixes are in the areas of layout rendering, text editing, calculations and scripting, and the application itself. Follow the link for more […]
DELETE FILEMAKER GO RECORDS in the style of IOS – swipe to the side and hit the delete button that slides in. FileMakerBloggen.se brings us this handy tip: You always wished that FileMaker Go was more like real apps in iOS, didn’t you!? Now with FileMaker 13 I would argue that we have come far […]
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.
SEEDCODE’S CALENDAR now works in WebDirect. There’s a lot of complex code in their calendar–I’ll glad they got it to work. I’ have clients who will make use of that at some point. Preview: SeedCode Calendar in Web Direct. – SeedCode.
FileMaker Server 13 Companion Tools: […] to make controlling FileMaker Server 13 on a Mac. These tools include an upgraded version of the FileMaker Server Companion…