Are you aware of the effect your emotional state has on your health? Learning to handle your emotions and how you react to other people and situations will give you a leg up on the competition as you navigate through life, and help you live a longer, happier and more healthy life: “What really matters […]
WORRIED ABOUT SENSITIVE DATA? Leaving your database open leaves your data exposed. Doug Alder has a simple to implement work-around: Use a FileMaker script step to close the database after a specified time period. Details and examples at the link. Auto Close a FileMaker Pro Database After a Set Interval Using an OnTimer Script Step […]
THIS LINKEDIN POST FROM LAST WEEK on using Base64 to make progress bars led to others in the LinkedIn Community to offer similar solutions from their tool chests (all files posted with authors permission): Benjamin Fehr of Geschäftsführer bei EfficientBizz GmbH shared a FileMaker file with some cool custom functions that show a variety of […]
SELLING YOUR PRODUCTS AND SERVICES is much easier if you tell a great story and paint a picture for the client – get them to see how their lives and/or business will be change for the better. This article explains the concept nicely. Change Your Metaphors: How great leaders sell technology — mobileYouth® – youth […]
AN IN DEPTH LOOK at WebDirect in this new FileMaker video. It is interesting to note that one participant I know could not get an answer or work around to the WebDirect portal selection bug that many thought would be fixed by now. Nevertheless, both thought the video worthwhile, so watch the whole thing. FileMaker […]
LOOKUPS VS CALCULATIONS. Which do you use and why? Would you kill off lookups? Any time you can introduce the calculation engine in a place you wouldn’t expect it, your design options extend radically. The auto enter via a calculated result is no exception. For traditional lookup duties, consider using an auto enter via calculation […]
WHICH PORTS MUST BE OPEN for FileMaker Server and FileMaker Server Advanced to function properly (Hint: there are six)? And what other ports are available but not necessary? Port Number Added in Server 9? Description Which Machine? 80 No Apache/IIS Web Server Default HTTP port used for access to Instant and Custom Web Publishing – […]
A REPORT ON THE MAC PRO AND FILEMAKER IN THE FIELD: Real life experiences give a better feel that just raw speed testing you normally read about. There are other factors to consider than the metrics on how much faster it is. For example, how the end users perceive the change is critical: Does it […]
SBOBET: Mac Pro is very smart!!
IT’S A PRETTY LONG LIST. I’d probably start with figuring out my “Why” first. What do you know now that you wish you knew then?
MODAL WINDOW REVERT RECORD UPDATE IN FILEMAKER That’s a mouthful, but it’s worth watching Daniel Shanahan’s video to learn more about it. Modal Window Revert Record Update – YouTube.
DIRECT from FileMaker, a short video on how to use slide controls. How to use FileMaker Slide Control Tools – YouTube.
HERE’S one of those little tricks that saves time and effort and makes life a bit easier. Hat tip to David Thorp of Excelysis: How it works on the Mac: Select the custom function(s) at the bottom you want to move. Then scroll up and command-click to ALSO select the one immediately above where you […]
SET ASIDE some time to listen: Playing with Themes, Interface for Security Privileges, Paper Dolls Filemaker Success Tips : 287_FM_Success_Tips.
ANDY PERSONS built a portable progress bar using the new FileMaker 13 Base64Decode() function and some creative thinking: This technique makes use of FileMaker Pro 13’s new Base64Decode() function to convert text into an image. The ProgressBar() custom function includes a pre-built 1 x 100-pixel bmp base image and inserts the foreground or background pixels […]
Progress Bars, HTML, Base64 and FileMaker - FileMakerProGurus: [...] THIS LINKEDIN POST FROM LAST WEEK on using Base64 to make progress bars led to others in the LinkedIn…
EfficientBizz: some remarks about my WV-Toys: For the Tickers, when you analyze the WV and the cf, you'll find the parameters…
Don Clark: I hadn't thought about building entire layouts - especially print! - in html. An intriguing thought that opens up a…
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EfficientBizz: Sad, but my tool doesn't work anymore with Mac OS X -10.10 Yosemite. Looking forward to get some hints by…
Don Clark: Thanks for the update, let's hope FMI Support comes through.
EfficientBizz: some small animated gifs will work. having more than 1 WV on a layout mostly fails rendering process. Hope this…