Download or link, and listen while you drive, walk, run, or bike. The weekly podcast from Dr. Andy Cohen and Lee Strong is always worth a listen. This week on Filemaker Success Tips 318: Thu, 9 October 2014 318_FM_Success_Tips Clean the slate? Testing the small and missing the big Duplicate or Copy Record via Filemaker […]
I bought an iPhone 6+ and was surprised how big it was. And I was worried about dropping it, so I bought a case for it. And it turns out, the case had a feature that helps keeps me from dropping my iPhone 6+! Watch the video and afterwards share your thought about which title […]
If you are not using these keyboard shortcuts, you are wasting valuable time! Here’s the Windows version of keyboard shortcuts for FileMaker: Text deletion keyboard shortcuts You can use these shortcuts in Browse, Layout, and Find modes. To delete Press Next character Delete Next word Ctrl+Delete or Ctrl+Backspace Previous character Backspace Text editing keyboard shortcuts […]
THIS WEEK’S function from FullCityConsulting has a twist, and can help track down where errors occur in complicated calculations: Unlike all previous functions of the week, EvaluationError wasn’t created to give you information that your database uses. Rather, it’s a troubleshooting tool for developers. Take the function Pi; when you call it in a calculation, […]
Here’s another example of an organization using FileMaker in a mission critical situation. When someone tells you FileMaker is not a serious database, help them “see” the truth with this story: The Alabama Eye Bank is a nonprofit that helps those with corneal blindness to see again. Its job is to collect and supply eye […]
ALEXIS ALLEN LINKED TO THIS ARTICLE in her last post on design, and I thought it good enough to warrant it’s own post.. After going over the basics of web page layouts, Jarel Remick dives right into the golden triangle Math is beautiful. Does that sound a little strange? I sure thought so when I […]
TIM DIETRICH IS AT IT AGAIN: A free, easy to install calendar with a long list of features: Since informally announcing FMEasyCalendar last Friday, I’ve received a number of emails asking about the project. The interest in the EasyCalendar has been both surprising and encouraging. Here’s an update on progress that I’ve made, the feature list, […]
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HAL GUMBERT AND DOUG DE STWOLINKSKA are hot on the trail with a way to update related fields in another table: For years, we’ve had problems with Filemaker unstored Fields. Don’t get me wrong, unstored fields are great for having related data available in related FileMaker tables. However, unstored fields don’t work so well for Finds, […]
KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS will speed things up and make development easier. FileMaker has a long list of keyboard shortcuts ready for your use: Text deletion keyboard shortcuts You can use these shortcuts in Browse, Layout, and Find modes.To delete the Press To delete Press Next character Delete Next word Ctrl+Delete or Ctrl+Backspace Previous character Backspace Text editing […]
ANDY FRAZIER OF EXCELYSIS serves up lots of code–with step by step instructions–for replacing the home page of FileMaker 13 Server. But he didn’t stop there. This new page is responsive (meaning it shows properly on any platform including smart phones) and makes the databases available not only in WebDirect but from FileMaker Pro/Go. Combining the various […]
Every week, like clockwork, Andy Cohen and Lee Strong put out a 20 minute podcast that’s interesting and informative. This week’s menu: Thu, 2 October 2014 317_FM_Success_Tips One to one revisit Get(TemporaryPath) Revisit Whats “Normalized” data? Easy to create, hard to maintain Direct download: 317_FM_Success_Tips.mp3 Category:podcasts — posted at: 5:30 PM via Filemaker Success Tips […]
TIM DIETRICH just released FMEasyAudit–and it’s available via Open Source licensing! I spent a little time looking it over and I like what I see: EasyAudit is an open source solution for implementing logging and auditing of FileMaker databases. Here are some of EasyAudit’s features: • Supports logging of updates, deletions, imports, and more. • Logs […]
Pause on Error Oct 27-28 in Portland OR. Matt Navarre and Matt Petrowsky are putting on another Pause on Error conference in Portland. Matt and Matt also talk about FileMaker 13, DevCon, and apologize for taking forever to release this episode. FileMaker Talk Podcast.
Allan McGuiness: Hi Don, Thanks for all the info and help you have given me over time. As a raw beginner and…
Don Clark: Thanks for the kind words and the positive feedback, Alec! Sorry you couldn't get a phone case down under... And…