I love it when FileMaker, Inc. releases new versions of their database tools! And, now that FileMaker Pro 18 Advanced is available, I’m still feelin’ that love. There are so many new tools in 18 that allow us developers at The Support Group to enhance our customers’ applications — I love exploring what can we […]
A Professional Quality FileMaker Manufacturing Database Template Writing a professional quality FileMaker manufacturing database solution requires not only exceptional development skills, it also requires intimate knowledge of the manufacturing process. And a developer with just that knowledge reached out to me for help with marketing his knowledge and his template. Joe Fiore is based in […]
Arizona Forest Fires causes beautiful New Mexico Sunrises…but don’t exercise outside! A couple of hours later, though, the smoke causes our beautiful Sandia Mountains to disappear. Hey Arizona firefighters: put out those fires and give me back my mountains! Giving Back to the FileMaker Community Albuquerque’s (and Soliant Consulting’s) Makah Encarnacao presented to the Atlanta […]
Thousands of free SVG Icons, Avatars, Placeholders, Animations and Gradients from Elemental FM Daniel Wood released a new Free FileMaker Example File called Elemental FM. Note: Wood does request a donation to fund further development, but the donation is not required. And the file is fully unlocked. Elemental FM contains an unbelievable number of goodies […]
You’ve been driving your car and it’s acting funny. You keep hearing a strange noise under the hood. You take the car to your mechanic and tell him all about it. However, when you try to show him, the noise is gone. We’ve all been there. Luckily, most modern cars now have the ability to […]
As technology changes, mechanisms to protect our data resources must also evolve. The FileMaker 18 Platform includes a variety of security enhancements that I’m sure the FileMaker community has been waiting for! At The Support Group, we’re pretty particular about security. Drum roll. Some of the new security features you’ll appreciate in FileMaker Pro 18 Advanced […]
Todays’ Treat: Free FileMaker Server 18 Admin Tools First, Claus Lavendt completely rewrote the FileMaker Server 17 admin tool to include command line tools, REST API tools, and enhanced FileMaker 18 Server admin tools. And the tool is officially Beerware: if you see Claus (or any other DataManix employee) at the local, and you’ve found […]
If you had a specific situation where you needed to perform loops within a calculation, you were resigned to recursions. But now FileMaker 18 allows for While calculation functions so you can avoid those cumbersome recursive functions. No custom function necessary, no having a function call itself, no worrying about being sucked into a wormhole […]
FileMaker’s import process has not changed in a long time and so it’s ripe for an update. FileMaker, Inc. has shown it a lot of love in FileMaker 18! FileMaker’s importing capabilities are pretty extensive but they’re not always intuitive. The new import dialog interface features a mix of graphics and text so it should […]
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 […]
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