Dealing with data entry issues by your users can be an ongoing problem. And how you deal with them, especially if you are importing lots of records routinely, might have bad side effects for your users. The takeaway in this great video about a pretty boring subject is simple: Fix the problems as the data […]
Managing Growth Managing growth is a challenging part for businesses of any size. We study processes, we optimize those processes, and implement them, and we monitor the results. We develop new strategies for handling more business, we implement, and those strategies either work or are discarded. We implement project management solutions, fine tune the steps, and fine tune some […]
An easily expandable menu system compliments of Claus Lavendt of Datamanix. Claus uses the new, expandable FileMaker 14 menu bar to make a cross platform (Desktop, WebDirect, iPad, and iPhone), lightweight menu bar that can expand up to 20 items. There is also a downloadable example file. Download the FileMaker Pro 14 & FileMaker 14 for Mobile […]
NEW FEATURE: I’m adding a short audio podcast on why I think this topic is important. Listen in–and let me know what you think about this idea. Dive in deeper to Calculations and Scripting in the FileMaker Training Series Demo video on youtube. Calculations and scripts covers the following: Standard Math Operators Text manipulation Setting and updating fields […]
NEW FEATURE: I’m adding a short audio podcast on why I think this topic is important. Listen in–and let me know what you think about this idea. Managing your time, in both your life and in your job, is critical for achieving your short and long term goals. The advice offered in the video is valuable, and is […]
An entertaining article by Tim Cimbura about the seemingly built in bias against the FileMaker platform. I’m betting every developer has heard “I hate FileMaker”, or something similar, like “it’s not an enterprise solution” or “it’s not robust enough” or “it’s not Access” (thankfully!): “I hate FileMaker!” Several years ago, these were the words I heard […]
Running behind recently, and not keeping up with all the great posts and media out there, so here are two episodes of Dr. Andy Cohen and Lee Strong’s FileMaker Success Tips. Enjoy! Thu, 10 September 2015 361_FM_Success_Tips Task bidding for FM proposals, Use the launch center to delete recents, When should you upgrade your FileMaker? Direct […]
Tim Cimbura blogged recently about a interesting method of jumping around the FileMaker relationship graph without a plugin. Robert Schaub took it to the next level in this video: By placing the notes behind the relationship icon and providing a key, it’s possible to use the keyboard/keypad to type the associated number and have the target […]
Nick Lightbody, of Deskspace Limited, spent the last several years optimizing FileMaker server performance in a variety of circumstances: over the web, wide area networks, on smart devices, and more. Learn specific tricks for dealing with summary fields, calculated fields, indexing, sorting and much more. So settle back with a cup of coffee (or your […]
For your technically challenged clients, Douglas Alder made a nicely illustrated, simply explained post about grabbing and sharing screen shots of FileMaker Go layouts on your iPad and iPhone: Communicating with your FileMaker application developer or other users of a database system can be greatly facilitated by the use of screenshots. Grabbing a screenshot from FileMaker Go is fairly easy to accomplish, […]
Tim Cimbura shares a unique way to navigate the relationship graph in FileMaker, one that comes in handy if you don’t have 2empowerFM (I am fortunate enough to have it, and it’s a worthwhile investment): Large relationship graphs in FileMaker can get difficult to navigate. You spend a lot of time scrolling around or zooming […]
If you need to interact with outside documents from within FileMaker, you’ll want to use Scribe 2. I have used Scribe to parse information into FileMaker from emails, word and excel FileMaker, as well as write or modify those documents from FileMaker. Powerful stuff. And this keeps you from creating/recreating the document in a […]
Do you want a database solution that users love? Writing clear, concise, instructions and interactions in every aspect of your interface is the key. And your discussions with the end users before writing the interface language is just as important as the code underneath. Remember, you are writing for the everyday user, and they will be […]
