Lots of Fun Things As we wait for this years new FileMaker offering (coming this month!), people in the FileMaker Community and elsewhere haven’t been standing still. Here is a small sampling of great things I found around the web. Boolean Algebra Mislav Kov gives a mini lesson on the the use of boolean operators […]
Why Connect to the Web? The following three examples show three different ways to connect FM to the web in different ways. And there are more ways to interact, too. As a developer, you’ll need to learn techniques like these if you want to give your clients the best experience and the most powerful FileMaker […]
A lot of topics today It’s a great time to be part of the FileMaker community…developers from all over are using FileMaker’s latest tools to connect to web services, work with the operating system and more. Today we’ll look at just some of what’s going on, and also take a look at the most incredible […]
Business Process Improvement – and a Time Picker for FileMaker Go Business Process Improvement – that’s what virtually every FileMaker developer does on a daily basis. They might call it developing a solution, adding features, making it easier and prettier. But what drives the whole custom database development world is business process improvement. Saving money […]
I am still working a lot of hours on my latest project, DroneEutopia, so another short post today. Looking for white papers by Stephen Blackwell and Wim Decorte? Here’s a link to 13 white papers, covering a host of topics: FileMaker® Server 17: Admin Console, Admin CLI, And Admin API FileMaker® Server 17 And SSL […]
FileMaker 17 Douglas Alder updates his reliable backup script with the new FileMaker 17 ‘Create Directories’ command. I appreciate his comment that it only took 17 versions to get around to including a ‘Create Directory’ command…FileMaker should include a complete set of commands for dealing with the operating system. It just makes sense in this […]
It’s a brand new year and lot’s of exciting things are happening in the FileMaker world! Translating using Google Translate with FileMaker It turns out to be pretty easy, but costs for every word translated. I’d like to find a way to translate labels and tags in FileMaker on the fly – and store them […]
FileMaker Goodies I’ve been collecting interesting links here and there, saving them up to share. Here goes in no particular order: Douglas Alder sends web data directly to FileMaker (with a free FileMaker Example File at the link): Ever wish there was a way to ‘Send to FileMaker’ from your Web Browser? Turns out there […]
The GetAsCSS function has been around since FileMaker Version 7, and I have to admit to never having used it before a few days ago. I recently integrated CloudMail (from 360Works) into a FileMaker project, and for version 1 my client was planning text only emails. Jesse Barnum noted in his instructional video that basic […]
Another example of one of my favorite topics: extending FileMaker to interact with the rest of the tech world with web technologies. This time it’s Douglas Alder (again) pulling up FileMaker records based on caller ID on a Smart Phone: A while back, I did a blog entry on capturing Caller ID to look up FileMaker […]
For your technically challenged clients, Douglas Alder made a nicely illustrated, simply explained post about grabbing and sharing screen shots of FileMaker Go layouts on your iPad and iPhone: Communicating with your FileMaker application developer or other users of a database system can be greatly facilitated by the use of screenshots. Grabbing a screenshot from FileMaker Go is fairly easy to accomplish, […]
Douglas Alder extends his mortgage calculator example by adding tab panel emulation… Someone recently suggested (a blog, at DevCon? Sorry I lost my source on this one.) using the combination of FileMaker 14’s new button bar with a Slide Panel to emulate a tab panel. Why bother you ask? Well you get the cool slide animation […]
Douglas Alder made a pretty slick free mortgage calculator for the iPad and iPhone: I’ve downloaded and tried a few iOS mortgage calculators, but none of them seemed awesome or flexible enough, so I decided to make one for FileMaker Go. It is unlocked so you can modify it to your location and preferences. Any […]
Douglas Alder of Homebase software puts the button bar through it’s paces and delivers a great looking, easy to build, reusable on multiple layouts with only one script, Alphabetical Search Button Bar: FileMaker Pro 14’s new button bar brings a new twist to an old technique for creating alphabetic searches of your data. Instead of […]
Michael Rocharde: It's a very nice technique but I prefer to use just a simple radio button, that displays the index letters…
Don Clark: I like your idea, too, Michael. A bit easier to build, downside is it won't look as snazzy.
Brian: I guess I'm a noob to FMP, but I can’t figure out how the parameter works. The script opens a…
Don Clark: It is assigned by the developer when they assign the script to the button. When you choose the script to…
Nic Clark: hahahaha ... funny video re package thief