FULL CITY CONSULTING STARTED a FileMaker function of the week blog post two weeks ago, and explored the case function for their first post: In the above example you’re effectively asking FileMaker if 5 is less than 6. If FileMaker determines that five is indeed less than six, it will show you the phrase “all is […]
THE LATEST WEEKLY INSTALLMENT–Success tips 308: Install OnTimer Script Reminder, How to share a file during small project development, Can WebDirect do distributed Dbs? Filemaker Success Tips : 308_FM_Success_Tips.
THE FOUTH AND LAST of Anvilworks blog posts on WebDirect has a bit of a twist–it’s about using WebDirect on non iOS devices, Androids in particular. Nine tips are offered up to help speed development. I like Tip 2 in particular: TIP 2 – Emulate Target Devices One of THE COOLEST features of Google Chrome’s Developer’s […]
FMSIMPLICITY just added a new MailChimp module to Modular FileMaker that looks pretty interesting. If you have a need to integrate FileMaker with MailChimp, this module will get you started: More than 6 million people use MailChimp to create, send, and track email newsletters. You can now integrate their amazing product directly into FileMaker… There are currently two dependencies: […]
THE THIRD PART of Anvil Blog’s series on WebDirect dives deep into the heart of FileMaker’s own files to allow you to change the titles in WebDirect. They warn you in the article that this is not supported by FileMaker, and that future versions of FileMaker could break your hard work. This is not for […]
WEBDIRECT NEEDS the ability to print great output. I’ve seen a lot posts on Linkedin and other forums where people are asking for printing solutions for WebDirect. Mike Beargie and AnvilWorks taken a large step towards solving this problem, and one that will help move WebDirect forward: One of the largest hurdles to jump over in WebDirect’s […]
IF YOU’VE NEVER used BaseElements free plugin, you’re not doing yourself any favors. It a great plugin that just been enhanced by DB Services with new encryption functionality: Just as we’ve needed HTTP POST many times over the years, we’ve also needed field-level encryption. So, as history tends to do, we repeated ourselves by sponsoring the […]
FOR THOSE NOT GETTING ENOUGH FileMaker at Devcon, here’s another 20 minutes to listen to. Of course, everyone is welcome to listen… Topics this episode: Test Mode for printing, Find Items not Purchased, Setting a shared file, GoDraw Filemaker Success Tips : 307_FM_Success_Tips.
COLIBRI SOLUTIONS worked out a clever way to print from FileMaker Go 13 via Bluetooth to portable printers. It’s not as straightforward as you would think: …This solution requires a standalone FileMaker Go solution that prints to a Bluetooth Zebra mobile printer (imz220 or imz320). As it turns out, this is not as easy to […]
ANVIL DATAWORKS is running a four day series on WebDirect timed to coincide with the four day of Devcon. The first in the series covers some of the decisions you’ll face just getting your clients onto Webdirect: Ease of access is one of the top requirements to make a database “usable” to people. In FileMaker […]
CHECK OUT the Devcon specials running for a limited time: Seedcode: All FileMaker Templates & Extensions 20% off Devcon Special: The 20% is taken off after you add your items to the shopping cart. Feedzon: Announces new features and updates for Devcon. These web services include: •OCR for documents •OCR business card scanner •SMS (sending & receiving) •Much, […]
I’VE WANTED Save and Edit Buttons in FileMaker since I first used it in 1989. I was using Omnis Pro 5 at the time, and it had that built in back then. Load a record, click edit, make changes, click save. Pretty simple, it seemed to me. Well, James Wesolowski and Colibri Solutions have made use […]
This custom function was brought to my attention the it’s creator, Caleb Miranda. Simple, and when you find a use for it, easy to implement: This function has the purpose of retrieving a simple value from another table. It always seemed so obvious for me, but I didn’t find it before The idea is, one […]
LEARN MORE ABOUT JOE SCARPETTA of the Scarpetta Group–How he ended up becoming a FileMaker developer, how that lead to more and better things, and how the Scarpetta Group is now a Platinum member of the FileMaker Business Alliance. Just a year ago, the Scarpetta Group was a couple of full time developers with several sub […]
Tony Ryan: Pity, but it only works for the current table. It hinted that it would work across unrelated tables.
caleb miranda: Well, I'm the author of the function, and I do not understand what you mean. It doesn't require any relationship…
Lodgestreet: Is it me or doesn't it work at all now? Maybe I'm doing something wrong? e.g. RequestSQL ( Contact::ContactFullName ;…