Matt Petrowsky takes Tim Dietrich’s FMEasySynch and, as is his wont, makes it easier to use by building a database: Having recently arrived at the need for a syncing solution for a pro bono database, my options were pretty much limited to “create your own” or use what’s free. It turns out that FMEasySync, from […]
Tune in and soak it up… Thu, 18 December 2014 327_FM_Success_Tips Designing in FMGo for IOs, Pono, Deprecated Assets Direct download: 327_FM_Success_Tips.mp3 Category:podcasts — posted at: 6:30 PM Filemaker Success Tips : 327_FM_Success_Tips.
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This is a followup, more technical video to this introductory video from last week. The intro video is for those wanting to just use the tool to improve performance. This video dives deeper into what happen under the hood and is aimed at developers wanting to know more about CSS and FileMaker. I highly recommend […]
Stuart Gripman’s post on GetNthRecord explains the function better than any other I’ve ever read, and the examples are clear cut and straight forward: This is exactly as straight forward as it seems. Replace fieldName with the name of a field in the local table and recordNumber with any number (within the total number of records in the […]
Just in case you missed this the other day, FileMaker 11 Support Ends September 2015. And they have no idea why I can no longer drag and drop in layout mode. Dang it! Start working with your clients on upgrading to the current version (v13 as I write this): On December 2, 2014, FileMaker announced […]
One of the most powerful FileMaker features is also a major weakness: the easy accessibility to edit records is both a curse and a blessing. Most databases deliver the results of a query as a table, and the data is not usually directly modifiable. The user (and the developer, by extension) must make changes […]
If you aren’t familiar with the session model in FileMaker, this blog post and video by Todd Geist is a great introduction (one more bonus: he integrates the Selector model into the session model in this video). The session model is all about tightly controlling the data and views displayed to the end user. […]
Did you know that Apple and other podcast vendors have made deals with car manufacturers to integrate podcasting capabilities into 2015 models cars and truck? Podcasting is one of the fastest growing areas of the web. Check out this podcast from Dr. Andy Cohen and Lee Strong: Thu, 4 December 2014 326_FM_Success_Tips Integrating link […]
Last year, I added credit card processing to a existing FileMaker Point of Sale (POS) system. The system, CCQFM, was the only one offering credit card processing without the help of a plugin, and, as such, would work properly on an iPad. Here’s the explanation from their website on how it works: CCQ-FM consists […]
Today’s excerpt takes us back to the the Command Line Interface (CLI) and to shell commands. Simon at Beezwax gives us three shell commands that allow us to grab and format data from the FileMaker Server access log. The reports show user and database information: Various times I’ve needed to do some quick summaries […]
FileMaker 12 and 13 both make extensive use of CSS–it’s what makes the layouts great looking and easy to modify. But there is a cost to be paid–slower load times, in particular–if you start changing individual items the wrong way. Or if your solution was designed pre-FileMaker 12 and comes with baggage already. This is […]
Tim Dietrich has released his long awaited beginner guide to FileMaker Pro 13: FileMaker Pro 13 Absolute Beginner’s Guide The FileMaker Pro 13 Absolute Beginner’s Guide was written specifically for newcomers to the FileMaker platform. With this book, I’ve taken a somewhat different approach to FileMaker training. I help the reader become a good user […]
Getting rid of paper-based processes should be high on the list of businesses as technology improves. Save money and time, improve efficiencies, reduce storage costs, increase customer satisfaction, improve data collection accuracy and time–the list goes on and on: Published on Oct 27, 2014 More businesses today are seeking alternatives to legacy paper-based processes. Companies of […]
R Schaub: The Abs command would work also I believe Set Variable [$$PaymentAmount; Value:Abs ( newRecord::gPaymentAmount )] If $4,300.99 the above returns…