FileMaker 18 File Based Script Steps is a major new feature that allows a developer to manipulate files at the system level: Create, read write, and verify –there are a dozen script steps available to the developer. Below is a video of the new features and a link to another post showing a powerful way […]
Note: I will be putting up a lot of posts containing a free FileMaker Example File so I can post a link to that list. I won’t be commenting on them much, just trying to get all the new FileMaker 18 demo files on the Free FileMaker Example File list. Sending HTML Emails One of […]
FileMaker 18 is here and is Awesome! FileMaker released its newest platform release today, FileMaker 18, and it’s loaded with new features and capabilities. FileMaker released its preview video from March today, which shows all the new features in FileMaker 18, along with commentary and a question and answer period at the end. Check out […]
A Past Due Update In April of 2018, I last wrote about my son, Jon, and his journey back to health. In that post I wrote about Jon’s health problems, the miracle of Neuro-Acupuncture and of Dr. Jason Hao. Dr. Hao’s treatments got Jon out of his wheel chair and moving again, and many of […]
Repeating fields have a long and somewhat controversial history in FileMaker. If you want to start a heated discussion with another FileMaker developer, start one about repeating fields! Some developers love them, some hate them and then there are some like me, who appreciate them as another tool in the belt to be used to […]
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 […]
FileMaker and Agile Karen Craig presented on FileMaker and Agile at FileMaker DevCon 2018 last year, and if you are interested in Agile development, this video is for you. Craig is very experienced using the Agile method and will familiarize you with the pro’s and con’s of using it. What is Agile? I found this […]
Part 2 – Connecting FileMaker to Kartra In Part 1 of this series, we took a look at the overall project of connecting FileMaker to Kartra and WordPress. In Part 2, we’ll get into the details of connecting FileMaker to Kartra’s inbound API. Specifically, the ability to import updated information, such as sales data, lead […]
Every year, usually during the summer, FileMaker hosts a massive global conference for their developers. Like most customer/user conferences, the goal is to experience the product in different ways and explore new product features, in a supportive and fun environment. But leave it to technology to create a common developer dilemma – to go or […]
Note: I promised to publish Part 2 of connecting to Kartra and WordPress last week. It is still not ready. I will get it published this week, but didn’t want to go too long between posts. Enjoy this post and video about themes from last years DevCon. I found it illuminating. Why Use Themes in […]
The FileMaker Platform gives you plenty of options for exporting data out of your app. You can export files as text or even a separate FileMaker file but in our experience, the most common export format is Excel. It’s pretty easy to export data out of FileMaker into Excel; the tricky part is customizing the headers of […]
John: Don, looks good. Only the final file is not a *.xlsx file, but a *.csv. In the movie it is…
Don Clark: Hi John, You can open the .csv file with Excel and then save it as a .xlsx file. Don
API’s – Connect FileMaker the World, Save Time and Money I’ve been busy working on several projects and have been lax as far as blogging goes (and I miss it, too). One of those projects required the use of two API’s connecting FileMaker to WordPress and Kartra. Most people are familiar with WordPress – it’s […]
Creativity or Rip Off and Duplicate? I get a kick out of the second part of the above statement – the “rip off or duplicate” part. James Scarpetta quoted that phrase in his DevCon 2018 presentation on interface design last summer – and he quoted a professional photographer sharing what he perceived as a universal […]
Decreasing FileMaker Network Traffic The goal of Vincenzo Menanno’s presentation to the Atlanta FileMaker Developers Group is decreasing network traffic – and the different techniques the developers at Beezwax have used to achieve that goal. I found this presentation fascinating and, as usual, learned things I did not know. Below is an outline of what […]
Ross: That's great news, Don. I've gotten a lot of good info from Instapundit.