Just in case you missed it: Software Patch: FileMaker Server 14.0.4a Answer ID: 15413 Products FileMaker Server 14.x Software description This software provides security fixes for FileMaker Server 14.0.4: Updates the third-party component OpenSSL. Updates the third-party component Java to Java 8 Update 66, including a critical patch update. OS X El Capitan version […]
Tips ’n’ Tricks Part 1 11 great tips by Kevin Frank at FileMakerHacks. And unless my eyes deceive me, Frank is using a Macintosh now. Over the last few years I’ve been collecting miscellaneous tips and tricks with the thought of eventually aggregating them into a blog posting, and it appears that day has finally come. Ideally […]
Filemaker Success Tips : 370_FM_Success_Tips: Dr. Andy Cohen and Lee Strong’s FileMaker Podcast : Always Script It, How to Build your FM Biz The End of the Future is Premature – Seth Godin: Twenty years ago, when I was working on projects with AOL, we were sure that this was the next big thing […]
Contact Picker – Modular FileMaker I am currently developing a FileMaker solution that will be cloud based and will have hundreds of thousands of contact records. There is a need for isolating a specific contact record quickly and then associating that record to the current record. Drop down and popup menus don’t work well in this […]
Fixed Price Projects What is your take on fixed price projects? It seems they are the gold standard, yet they certainly have their faults. A lot of people hold the belief that a fixed price project is the only way to go. Clients looking to have a project done think that it ensures their project […]
A great discussion on different methods to handle updates on live databases and on problems with the Internet of Things. Thu, 19 November 2015 369_FM_Success_Tips Handling FM solution updates, New Window, Constrain, Update and Close Window, Internet of Things Direct download: 369_FM_Success_Tips.mp3 Category:podcasts — posted at: 10:30am PST Source: Filemaker Success Tips 369
Mislav Kos of Soliant Consulting wrote a very handy, modular script that tells you which layouts contain a particular field: I wrote a blog post last month showing a way to quickly find where unstored calcs and summary fields are being used in a solution. This post is a sort of follow up, in that […]
Free PDF Markup in FileMaker Go 14 using TinyPDF The title says it all. Use a free program (tinypdf) to markup pdf files stored in FileMaker Go, There are several steps to this project and it’s well worth watching. Hat tip to Douglas Alder for linking this on Twitter. And to Joshua Paul, of course, […]
The Paperless Office Going onsite to meet with clients is common for FileMaker developers. Sometimes it means traveling a good ways to do so. This article from Jamie Rubin showcases the technology he uses to make his mobile experiences more productive: Back in December 2012, I wrote a Going Paperless post that described my mobile, […]
Why FileMaker, indeed. Of all the database applications out there, FileMaker has numerous advantages. Firstly it is cross platform which means it runs on Windows, Macs and IOS devices, using FileMaker Go (which I refer to as a thin client). This gives any company that is using it multiple deployment options and can be used […]
Links to various design resources I’ve found while browsing the web. Lots of vector image packs here: 38 Freebies & Goodies For Web Designers – November 2015 Get a grip on the basics of CSS: Introduction to CSS In case you need more CSS: Understanding CSS Grids for Modern WordPress Website Design Throw in a […]
Attendance Tracking The big takeaway from this video on making an attendance tracking database by Guy Stevens is the use of a join table to make many-to-many relationships. Not a big deal to experienced developers, but a problem for beginners and some intermediate developers. Stevens is doing a lot of good instructional work at Udemy.com, […]
MirrorSync 2 from 360Works In January of 2015, Jesse Barnum presented to the New Mexico FileMaker User Group for over two hours, all of it on MirrorSync. He showed us how MirrorSync2 works, how to set it up, how to configure different options, and showed us actual synch operations from: FileMaker Server to FileMaker Server […]
Lee Strong and Dr. Andy Cohen missed a week over Halloween for a good reason: Strong was hospitalized and now has an implant, but is back and sounding great. I’m glad to hear you are doing well, Lee! If you don’t listen to episode for anything else, listen to the part about how to remove a host […]