Parsing XML Data Getting data from web sources is the trend in FileMaker (and all other languages) these days. With the popularity and breadth of web services available to your clients, it’s no wonder they need it. For example, your client may be using a web store order consolidation service, one that brings in all […]
Date Magic, Backup Magic, Googles Onhub, and more Michael Rocharde shares a powerful, fairly simple way to handle reservations for just about anything: It’s a common scenario. You’ve got a reservation system of some kind or another and you have a limited number of resources available. When you add a reservation (for a specific date), […]
Making Dynamically Expanding Portals. I love to learn, and one of the benefits of writing a blog is learning so much from all of the wonderful, sharing developers in the FileMaker World. But for all of the posts I read, and all of the videos I see, some simple tricks still get by me. And such […]
David from FMTutorials shows how to make modal dialogs in FileMaker 14: Dwayne Wright offers “Good” advice on how to handle specifications that call for “Good” results: Bad Requirement: It Must Be Good | Dwayne Wright PMP, PMI-PBA, PMI-ACP, CSM | LinkedIn It had to happen: Apple iPhone sales and revenue finally decline Seedcode’s Dayback Calendar now […]
Check this out! Claus Lavendt of DataManix is working on a FileMaker solution that will work with hand gestures over the screen–no touching necessary! I can see uses by mechanics, oil jobbers, and construction workers. Or just about any job that requires getting your hands dirty all the time, for that matter. Get the data entered with […]
Soliant Computing (and Albuquerque’s Makah Encarnacao) just finished up a pro bono FileMaker project in Swaziland, and it’s a great feel good story for all: Way to go, Makah! Productive Computing’s new tutorial on pushing invoices and pulling balances to Quickbooks is worth the read if you need to do this for a client: Productive Computing, […]
Pulling data from repeating fields FileMaker is always a challenge. I’ve used virtual lists to do so with success, looping scripts, and now there is another way: Anders Monsens shows you how to use drag and drop plus Insert from Url on a file to split repeating fields. In a FileMaker solution, repeating fields as data […]
I purchased, configured, and installed CloudMail in a solution just recently. The learning curve is a bit steep, especially if you’re not familiar with Amazon Web services, but once you get it setup it just keeps on running. And getting feedback on clicks, deliveries, bounces, and unsubscribed is invaluable. PM Starting Point 4.6, a free, full-featured, […]
FM Tutorials is back after six year hiatus, and starts with FileMaker Pro 14 auto resizing feature. It’s a relatively short video, just shy of eight minutes, and it shows the user how to make the user interface resize for different screen sizes. Get your design juices flowing with these free web templates: 2057 Open Source Web […]
For the new developers out there: A day in the life of an IT Apprentice at Linear Blue FileMaker Success Tips 385 Thu, 14 April 2016 385_FM_Success_Tips Is It too complicated?, Should we do a series?, Indexing and import Repeat I see a trend developing here. Amazon Web Services is getting more and more attention, […]
Databuzz releases fmAccounting Link (MYOB AccountRight Edition) – Integrate FileMaker Pro and MYOB AccountRight Accounting Software Here’s a link to their preview video. Vessel Service Solutions. Think AAA for the Sea. Keith and Marc talked about this in their video interview here. FBI can’t tell Apple how it unlocked the San Bernardino iPhone. Probably wouldn’t […]
Some outside the box thinking on button bar icons by Gary Salem at Philly FileMaker (and there’s a downloadable file at the link): While we were going through user acceptance testing, one person said, “Boy it would be nice to have a shopping cart icon on the review button.” I agreed with him. However, to […]
Technology is getting crazy: Back in February, Skylar Tibbits revealed that he was working on a project called 4D printing. In essence, the technology would allow for 3D printed parts to assemble themselves into usable objects. It’s a concept straight out of futurism fiction,..Here’s Everything You Need To Know About 4D Printing Speaking of crazy, how […]
Dragon Dictate for Mac I’ve been experimenting with Dragon Dictate on my Mac the last couple weeks. It’s an incredibly powerful program and I’m just beginning to get comfortable with it. Which is a good thing, since I had the rotator cuff on my left shoulder reattached a couple days ago. Typing is a bit of a […]
Lee Smith: I have used Dragon for several years, and it can be extremely helpful when you can not use your hands…
Tim Ballering: Have you played with Google's new dictation in Docs. I like the formatting tools. Here is a decent overview: http://mashable.com/2015/09/02/google-docs-voice-typing/#L8.HyW0r0GqQ…
Don Clark: Hello Tim, I didn't know Google had a dictation tool and docs. I'll be sure to check it out. Thanks…
Shawn A. Krueger: I use this all time… but usually have more than 1 row showing by default. For instance, if your normal…
Don Clark: Thanks for the feedback, Shawn. I especially like your idea on the side anchors. I'll be using that...
Lee Smith: Nice tip. Say hello to Chopper for me.