PRODUCT UPGRADES: Mailit 6 for FileMaker 10-13 – Product Info – Dacons Limited. Makes emailing from FileMaker very powerful. FM Books Connector – link FileMaker to Quickbooks. NEW CUSTOM FUNCTIONS: Jul 02 UnionList ( ListA ; ListB ; leaveBlank ) Rob Poelking Jun 27 IsUUID( Self ) John Hanson Jun 27 Convert_Text_to_UTF8 ( string ) Mogens Brun Jun 27 Convert_Text_to_Base64 […]
I’D VENTURE TO SAY that many, if not most, FileMaker based business solutions build in some components of CRM (Customer Relations Management). The core business functions of any business center around taking care of the customer, and that requires managing the communication process and well as collecting and analyzing data critical to that process: There […]
THIS HAS TRIPPED ME UP BEFORE, TOO. Setting up a dropbox link with FileMaker Server can be frustrating: In the FileMaker Server Admin Console, 1) Click on Schedules 2) Add a new schedule by clicking the small calendar icon 3) Select your databases to back up, then click ‘Next’. 4) The second screen you will see is […]
A VERY COOL example of outside the box thinking from Daniel Wood of Digital Fusion: The slide control is an exciting new layout tool introduced in FileMaker 13. Because of it’s primary function of sliding via a swipe, it is built with FileMaker Go in mind. However it is quickly finding it’s place in FileMaker Pro with […]
MORE OUTSIDE THE BOX THINKING, this time by Joe Scarpetta of the Scarpetta Group: Field Boxes everywhere, ugh. As long as I can remember databases have had labels and field boxes, and that goes back to the days of Claris Works, FileMaker 2.1. and others as well, at least when the GUI started to take over. […]
I LOVE POKING AROUND THE WEB and sharing what I find. Storytelling Is A Magical, Ruthless Discipline Interesting: The Hidden Meanings Inside 17 Tech Company Logos Some neat toys here: Top 10 Silly but Awesome Products That Make Life Easier 7 Tactics for Writing the Best Facebook Posts Every Time Louis CK Explains the Science […]
AUDIT TRAILS are very useful when it comes to figuring out what users are doing, as well as for verifying how data is modified. Doug West, of Excelysis, offers up a clean way to record all changes to a record, and even allows you to exclude non-critical changes, as well: If you don’t need separate records […]
DO YOU HAVE an interest in integrating mapping into FileMaker? Douglas Alder, of Homebase Software, has the information you need and a demo database you’ll want to download. Alder has written in the past about using the google map API with FileMaker, and now adds an alternative: OpenStreetMaps and the Leaflet.marketcluster.js javascript library. The biggest advantages: a more […]
MORE THINGS I’VE STUMBLED ACROSS that some might find interesting: Register now: Match.com teams up with Mensa to create a dating site for geniuses. A custom function to convert text to base64 (Thrilling, I know). Lots of people prefer it that way: 10 Signs You’re Living Your Life On Cruise Control Very nice mouse hover effects: Hover […]
MORE GOOD THINGS from Modular Filemaker, this time an updated QuickFind function from Kursiv Software. As every FileMaker Developer knows, FileMaker has a native QuickFind feature. So, why not use the built in QuickFind? One scenario–when the solution requires hiding the status area. Another is for FileMaker Go applications. Having QuickFind on the screen saves […]
THE SEGMENT ON SORTING PORTALS is well worth listening too. Who am I kidding–listen to it all, you’ll be better for it. Sorting Portals, Using the Return Key for controlling Dialogs, UI Structure via Filemaker Success Tips : 303_FM_Success_Tips.
TIRED OF FIGHTING with container fields? FileMaker container fields are great, but the limitations are sometimes frustrating, especially when it comes to displaying their contents in a web viewer. Mike Duncan of Soliant Consulting breaks it down for you: FileMaker 13 introduces a couple new functions, Base64Decode and Base64Encode. Base64 is a commonly used method […]
THE NEW POST FUNCTIONALITY present in the last FileMaker 13 update opens a world of possibilities. Todd Giest explores what happens when FileMaker sends a POST command–and introduces a very helpful tool called RequestBin. RequestBin gives you an endpoint to send your request to and then just prints out what it receives. You can check it out […]
THERE WERE SO MANY NEW FEATURES added in FileMaker V13, it’s sometimes hard to keep track. The latest example of this is the OnGestureTap script trigger and a companion function, Get(TriggerGestureInfo), which allow you to capture gestures in FileMaker Go. James Scarpetta of the Scarpetta Group just posted an article showing how to capture how, when […]
Can't get FileMaker Server to Backup to DropBox...: […] What to do when you get an "Invalid Path" error when trying to set up a Dropbox folder as…
Don Clark: It's usually a permissions issue. Change the folders permissions to allow read and write privileges and it should work.