FileMaker Button Bar Navigation menu’s have always been a challenge for FileMaker developers, mainly because of the problems posed by making the proper button active on the right screen, and making each button navigate to the right place from every layout. The goal has been to build a contextless navigation button bar–one will work automatically when you can copy and paste […]
One of the nicest–and least mentioned, it seems–new features of FileMaker 14 is the automatic “Reconnect to Server” capability. This feature does exactly as described: Basically FileMaker reconnects you automatically if you’ve lost your connection to the server, such as when you close your laptop then open it up again some time or place later… With […]
Have you ever used a FileMaker development tool from Dracoventions? I have: I’ve been using their developer tool (now called Developer Assistant) for several years. It provides not often used functionality, but when you need it, it saves a lot of time and hassle. Developer Assistant V3.0 has plenty of new features: Ability to search in […]
How well do you know the new formatting and styling options in FileMaker 14? Have you started using them? Daniel Wood of Digital Fusion has a great post (with a downloadable file) that dives a bit deeper: FileMaker just keeps getting better! With 14 we have more flexibility than ever before when it comes to […]
A very nicely thought out system of FileMaker script workspace shortcuts using the new type ahead feature found in FileMaker 14 Script Workspace. Daniel Wood of Digital Fusion took the time to figure out the most intuitive and the shortest keystroke combinations necessary to invoke a given script step. He took it a step further by adding, when […]
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 […]
One of the most frustrating issues when dealing with ExecuteSQL is the dreaded question mark (“?”) FileMaker returns as the result of the malformed query. Your query does not work for some reason, but you have no idea what the problem is. Daniel Wood, of Digital Fusion, stumbled upon a method to coerce a useful error […]
REFRESHING RESULTS through a relationship in FileMaker can sometimes be frustrating. You will need to find a way to nudge the related records in order to get the updated results you need to show. Daniel Wood tackles this issues and developed a way to fix it: Cartesion Joins! The refresh problem arises because the relationship […]
SENDING EMAIL FROM FILEMAKER has improved with recent versions but still leaves much to be desired. There are solutions out there from different vendors and developers, but most require a plugin and still rely on FileMaker client or server to do the heavy lifting of sending the email (and attachment). This solution from Daniel Wood […]
Digital Fusion – Sending Email from FileM...: […] Sending Email from FileMaker Using Mandrill, FileMaker Pro […]
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THE GUYS OVER AT DIGITAL FUSION have found an easy way to get rid of the grey/black color that appears when you run your mouse over a portal row using the Active Row State feature: How can we do this The first thing you need to do is to go into the portal setup and […]
MORE ON DESIGN – popup windows should be in the right place, be the proper size, and communicate clearly what is needed from the user. Unless, of course, you are popping it for programming purposes and have hidden it from the viewer. On the assumption you aren’t doing that, read this post from Digital Fusion: […]
James Bardwell: Donald, doesn't FM 13's "Refresh Object" script step help to address the need to refresh a named portal?
Don Clark: Hi James- Yes, it does: If the specified object is in a portal, Refresh Object updates the object in every…