FileMaker DevCon 2017 360works Interview Every FileMaker developer with more than a week’s worth of experience knows about 360works. I have been helped by many, if not all, of the fine people who work there (Charis, it’s always nice to hear your voice when I call for help). And at DevCon 2017, I finally met […]
Are You Getting Enough Sleep? Do you get at about 8 hours of sleep a night, night after night? I don’t. I normally get less than six hours of sleep, sometimes substantially less. And I work a long hours while building a bigger and better business. Not to mention blogging most days (OK, not recently, […]
Working With Lists Most beginners get overwhelmed by the new powers they have found with FileMaker–the sheer number of features is overwhelming even to more advanced users at times. And working with lists is one of the more arcane topics, no doubt. Check out Andrew Duncan’s post on Lists for a great introduction: As you become more […]
FileMaker Success Tips 328: Deletion Sets, Filemaker/IOS SDK Released, PDF in container on Mac: Watch 30 Popular Life Hacks Get Put to the Test In This Video And it works on FileMaker Runtime solutions, as well: myFMbutler PrinterSwitch 3.0 brings 64-bit support A well thought out list with pratical advice: 12 Daily Hacks To Stay […]
This seems like the best answer to sending bulk, customized email from FileMaker. It bypasses throttling, blacklisting, and blocking access to 3rd party SMTP services: If you’ve attempted to send out your own mass e-mails using FileMaker’s built-in sending feature or an e-mail sending plugin (such as our 360Works email plug-in), you’ve probably encountered difficulties […]
Things you’ll learn about Matt Petrowsky in this interview: When he got his start with FileMaker How he got started using FileMaker What he used instead of FileMaker What he did before he went back to FileMaker The business he was running when he went back How he got started answering questions and how it […]
Have you ever used a FileMaker development tool from Dracoventions? I have: I’ve been using their developer tool (now called Developer Assistant) for several years. It provides not often used functionality, but when you need it, it saves a lot of time and hassle. Developer Assistant V3.0 has plenty of new features: Ability to search in […]
Confused by the options for 32 and 64 bit plugins in FileMaker 14? Andrew Duncan of Databuzz spells it all out for you: The recently released FileMaker Pro v14 is the first version of FileMaker Pro that can be installed and run as either a 32-bit application or a 64-bit application – on Windows you have to choose […]
24U Software announced a new version of their Phone Companion solution a couple of days ago: DIAL A NUMBER WITH A CLICK With 24U Phone Companion your FileMaker solution can tell your phone system to make a call from your phone to the desired phone number. Instead of having to read and type your […]
Base Elements announced version 3.0 of their popular, free plugin, BaseElements, on January 29th: The BaseElements plugin is a free and open source plugin, available to everyone to extend the built in functions of FileMaker Pro. Download Full versions of the latest final release ( currently 3.0.0 ) can always be found at […]
I started working with FileMaker 13’s new Install Plug-In File script step recently after watching Matt Petrowsky’s video on this subject. After careful study, I modified a client ‘s beta database to install two plug-ins (Base Elements and 360Works Scribe) on startup. And immediately started having problems with registration on the Scribe plugin–the plugin was […]
Version 0.73 is the latest, and this new release includes improved Python list & set support, and allows additional parameters to shell commands. So, what is bbox, you might ask? It’s a free FileMaker plugin from Beezwaz for Mac users: bBox FileMaker external plug-in is a toolbox of functions freely available to all developers. Use it to extend […]
Gianandrea Gattinoni: Very interesting, but unfortunately, I found some errors in the demo file (field definitions, queries, etc.) f.i. invoice::number and invoice::total…
Don Clark: Good catch! I don't normally have time to dig into these files until I need to use them.
Productive computing has released a nice Mac plugin that synchs data between Contacts (the Mac system OS address book) and FileMaker. Address Book Manipulator provides external functions that you can program into a script to initiate contact, transfer data, check for error codes, and process the data. This may sound hard, but once set up […]
bBox is a free plugin for FileMaker from Beezwax. Beezwax just announced version 0.63: bBox FileMaker external plug-in is a toolbox of functions freely available to all developers. Use it to extend the reach of your Mac OS X-based FileMaker solutions to programs, code libraries, or OS X functions that are normally outside your reach. Consisting of […]
EfficientBizz: I've invited almost every Plug-In developer to post informations whether OR when their Plugs are 64-bit ready. https://community.filemaker.com/thread/84474