One of the most interesting phenomena in programming (or in life, for that matter) is when a person thinks “outside the box” and solves a problem in an unconventional manner (these are also known as “Aha” moments). Stephen, a senior FileMaker developer at Digital Fusion, had such a moment recently when tasked with converting thousands of container […]
A very slick method to integrate a progress bar into you FileMaker Pro 13 solutions. This method uses the new FileMaker commend, base64Encode, a custom function, and three new fields to add to your solution. Very easy to integrate, and very nice output for your clients! While developing videos for their FileMaker Pro video course (www.learningfilemaker.com) […]
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 […]