FileMaker 17 Add-on Tables Add-on tables are a brand new feature in FileMaker 17, a feature that lets beginner developers (and yes, it will save time for advanced developers, too) easily add a related table to a solution. Add-on tables will save a lot of time and frustration for beginning to intermediate users by adding […]
FileMaker 17 Master Detail The new FileMaker 17 Master Detail feature allows developers to easily add what took fair amount of work before. What is Master Detail? Simply put, Master Detail describes a single layout with list of records on one side of the layout–the Master list–with a single, detailed record on the other side […]
FileMaker Data Migration Tool The new FileMaker Data Migration Tool (available only through a FileMaker Developer Subscription) is probably one of the most appreciated new features in the FileMaker 17 release. By developers, for sure. But any business using FileMaker solutions should also rejoice. Using the Data Migration Tool will significant development time moving data from […]
Connecting FileMaker: DropBox, LiveCode, QB Let’s start with an oldie but goodie: Connecting FileMaker to QuickBooks. David Nahodyl shares a livestream presentation of Marc Larochelle of Productive Computing doing a nuts to bolts install of FM Books Connector, along with tips on using the connector once live: I fixed up two different connections to Quickbooks in […]
Learn more about Marc and Keith Larochelle, the driving forces behind Productive Computing in San Diego: How Marc got his start as a FileMaker Developer back in the early 90’s. How Marc met and tutored singer Patty Page and her husband, and helped then design a solution to help run a maple syrup farm using FileMaker […]
A FileMaker Success Story from Marc Larochelle How FileMaker Helped Make the Del Mar Thoroughbred Club Renowned and Productive The historic Del Mar Racetrack, located in the Northern San Diego coastal suburb of Del Mar, CA, has a prominent reputation of being one of North America’s major horse racing venues. The venue coined the slogan […]