Productivity is one of those subjects beat to death online. Everyone has 5,6,9, 15 or whatever number of steps to be the most productive person you can be. And we can all learn the secrets of the ultra wealthy or successful, as well. This infographic takes a different tact: it concentrates on your workplace, and […]
Credit card scanning machines have come down in price considerably over the past few years. The latest technology is the chip embedded scanner that allows you to wave your card–or smart phone– at the machine to complete the capture. Richard Carlton of RC Consulting explains the process in a short video showing the capture in action: […]
*Get 5 copies of FileMaker 14 for free when you buy the Boost Your Business Kit. The kit includes FileMaker 14 Server + 5 Concurrent licenses (for iPad or WebDirect access), plus 5 free copies of FileMaker 14: The Boost Your Business Kit The Boost Your Business Kit includes everything you need to create and […]
Clean up Spaghetti on the relationship graph, Server Backups, Sliding Side Bar Nav, plus some discussion about the Apple Watch. Thu, 9 July 2015 353_FM_Success_Tips Clean up Spaghetti, Server Backups, Sliding Side Bar Nav Direct download: 353_FM_Success_Tips.mp3 Category:podcasts — posted at: 5:30 PM Source: Filemaker Success Tips 353
FileMakerHacks (Kevin Frank) is a master of finding more than one way to mine data from a database: What do you get when you combine the Separation Model + FM 14 placeholder text + ExecuteSQL + a million-record table + a variable array + Get(CalculationRepetitionNumber) + the Mod and Ceiling functions + a couple custom functions, with blazingly fast (local, LAN and WAN) […]
Have you ever used a FileMaker development tool from Dracoventions? I have: I’ve been using their developer tool (now called Developer Assistant) for several years. It provides not often used functionality, but when you need it, it saves a lot of time and hassle. Developer Assistant V3.0 has plenty of new features: Ability to search in […]
Now this is interesting. Goya has open sourced RESTFM and is only charging for support: Goya Pty Ltd is pleased to announce that RESTfm is now Open Source. Packaged releases and source code are available now on GitHub…. RESTfm gives you full Create, Read, Update and Delete ( CRUD ) operations on FileMaker Server hosted […]
It may not seem like it at first, but design ideas and principles from the web arena helpful to FileMaker developers. Here are few reasons why: The web design world is constantly evolving, and has plenty of very talented people moving it forward FileMaker is interfacing more and more with the web in different ways (WebDirect, […]
Metropolis Studios, the largest independently owned recording studio in Europe, runs on the FileMaker 14 platform. Think about that a bit. A creative, fast paced business dealing with stars like The Rolling Stones, Amy Whitehouse, U2, and many others, is using the FileMaker platform, an easy to use Rapid Application Development (RID) program, for running their […]
Tune in for information about health functionality available with the Apple Watch from Dr. Andy Cohen. And learn more about Netsuite ODBC for accessing FileMaker via ODBC, problems with WebDirect connections not clearing on server on quit, and more. Thu, 2 July 2015 352_FM_Success_Tips NetSuite ODBC, Server not letting go, Add Icon to Launch Center Direct […]
Well, this is the 21st century: Luxury automotive brand Lexus has partnered with world leading experts in super conductive technology to create one of the most advanced Hoverboards ever developed. “At Lexus, we constantly challenge ourselves and our partners to push the boundaries of what is possible,” said Mark Templin, executive vice president, Lexus International. […]
The basics of FileMaker 14 security and sharing over the internet in a bit over 9 minutes by Richard Carlton of FileMaker Videos, including rules for collaborative sharing:
A couple of short, followup videos from Michael Rocharde comparing (and contrasting) the differences between FileMaker and Excel. This time around, parsing data is highlighted: No, parsing is not a spelling mistake; it’s a term used to describe separating data into different elements. In this short video, we’re going to separate out a single address […]
A free video from Matt Petrowski’s pay site on writing and reading clean code. If you are a serious developer, sign up for Matt’s site. The price is reasonable and the content will help you out: The ability to read code is similar to being able to read a foreign language. The greater your vocabulary […]