Integrate FileMaker and PayPal As many developers (but not many users) know, most development languages (PHP, C, Java, Javascript, Python, Ruby on Rails, etc.) have a major advantage over FileMaker: Custom code already developed in their language to connect to various online services (API’s). Virtually every time I look into connecting FileMaker to an online […]
I purchased, configured, and installed CloudMail in a solution just recently. The learning curve is a bit steep, especially if you’re not familiar with Amazon Web services, but once you get it setup it just keeps on running. And getting feedback on clicks, deliveries, bounces, and unsubscribed is invaluable. PM Starting Point 4.6, a free, full-featured, […]
MirrorSync 2 from 360Works In January of 2015, Jesse Barnum presented to the New Mexico FileMaker User Group for over two hours, all of it on MirrorSync. He showed us how MirrorSync2 works, how to set it up, how to configure different options, and showed us actual synch operations from: FileMaker Server to FileMaker Server […]
If you need to interact with outside documents from within FileMaker, you’ll want to use Scribe 2. I have used Scribe to parse information into FileMaker from emails, word and excel FileMaker, as well as write or modify those documents from FileMaker. Powerful stuff. And this keeps you from creating/recreating the document in a […]
We read about security breaches every day in the news. And our client’s need for security is growing as the hackers develop more and better tools. One answer is to two-factor authentication, something most computer users know of, even if the name sounds somewhat daunting: Most secure sites, such as banks, credit card companies, and […]
Look for the Richard Carlton/Tim Cimburra interview soon (both had time constraints, so they graciously agreed to a join interview), and learn what they think about FileMaker’s future, some great business tips, and lots of interesting FileMaker conversation. Meanwhile, enjoy another great video from Richard on interactive containers in FileMaker:
I studied SalesForce at a client’s request a year ago or so, and found it to be a powerful, yet rigid tool. As is necessary for a tool trying to be all things to all people. Take a look at Microsoft Word or Excel. Most users barely scratch the surface of the programs capabilities, and […]
Credit card scanning machines have come down in price considerably over the past few years. The latest technology is the chip embedded scanner that allows you to wave your card–or smart phone– at the machine to complete the capture. Richard Carlton of RC Consulting explains the process in a short video showing the capture in action: […]
Learn how to add a google based HTML chart to your FileMaker solution, courtesy of Richard Carlton of RC Consulting. The process is pretty simple: Find a chart on the google chart page Click to see details Copy the HTML code Copy it into a webviewer Add the code to make it a data […]
A quick tip for beginning FileMaker developers from Richard Carlton: Updating contacts in a table by importing an Excel or CSV file. The one piece necessary for this to work is having a field in FileMaker that matches a field in the import sheet. Usually you can do this with an email address (as he does […]
FileMaker 12 and 13 both make extensive use of CSS–it’s what makes the layouts great looking and easy to modify. But there is a cost to be paid–slower load times, in particular–if you start changing individual items the wrong way. Or if your solution was designed pre-FileMaker 12 and comes with baggage already. This is […]