Sometimes you notice the little things in a software program and wonder ‘How did they do that?’. As a FileMaker Developer, the next question is usually, ‘can I do that in FileMaker?’ Today I was noticing that in Apple’s Mail App, when you start typing something in the Subject field of a message, it shows… [Read more…]
December 31, 2011
The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2011 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: The concert hall at the Syndey Opera House holds 2,700 people. This blog was viewed about 19,000 times in 2011. If it were a concert at Sydney Opera House, it would take about 7 sold-out performances for that many… [Read more…]
December 7, 2011
Recently a friend of mine who hadn’t used FileMaker for a while asked me how he could move through a bunch of records and update some text in all those records. He vaguely remembered there were some quick ways of doing this. This blog entry is for him and everyone out there in Google,… [Read more…]
November 23, 2011
Here is a demo file containing the “On Close” script. The script is self contained and can be pasted into any FileMaker database. How to stop the user from accidentally closing the last window in a FileMaker database Add a script called “On Close” In the Script, prompt them when they try to close the… [Read more…]
November 20, 2011
I was working on a database that linked a lot of data to other data, employing many join tables. It is a database about maintaining a library of video and audio recordings of art events. The idea is to allow researchers explore and move through Artists, Events, Media Assets, Groups and Programs easily. As… [Read more…]
November 14, 2011
A recent project required accessing MDB files from Access. I found this useful utility in the Mac App Store. Bare Bones Microsoft Access Table Viewer app MDB Viewer available on the Mac Store is really just a bare bones table viewer for Microsoft Access MDB files. It sells for $6 and for the right situation… [Read more…]
August 17, 2011
Mac users, do you find yourself doing this more often than you like? You select a batch of files or folders, then realize you want to put these items into a folder to facilitate moving them about. You have to back out of your selection, create the folder, then move the files into the newly… [Read more…]
August 14, 2011
FileMaker Go is a great technology to allow users to take their databases on the road. In a corporate setting sharing data is easy, just put the database on FileMaker Server and access the database via the Internet using a domain name or an IP address. Individual users without such a setup are left with… [Read more…]
May 3, 2011
Software, although continuously improving sometimes loses capabilities that were in older packages or versions. For a long time, I have wished there was a better way to tie an image map to data in FileMaker, something I saw demonstrated a long time ago. Filevision offered the ability to link graphics and data Source: ebay auction… [Read more…]
April 10, 2011
I have been looking at the feasibility of submitting an app to the Mac App Store using FileMaker. When the Mac Store was first announced, it sounded like the apps had to be created in Xcode/Cocoa and nothing else would do. Since that time, I have seen discussion of using Adobe Flash and RunRev’s LiveCode… [Read more…]
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