Macah Encarnacao of Soliant Computing wrote a great little demo file for building folders on either a Mac or PC: It is very common to generate reoccurring reports in FileMaker that get saved to the user’s computer. Perhaps you would like to organize these reports by day or type. OS level folders and subfolders are a […]
Been busy, forgot to link these two. Now I have to find time to listen: Thu, 23 July 2015 355_FM_Success_Tips Starter Apps revisited, EMV Part1 Direct download: 355_FM_Success_Tips.mp3 Category:podcasts — posted at: 5:30 PM Thu, 30 July 2015 356_FM_Success_Tip EMV2, A Merge Technique, Record lock on approval Direct download: 356_FM_Success_Tips.mp3 Category:general — posted at: […]
Here’s what you’ll learn in this fascinating interview with Mainspring’s Mike Beargie: Tips from his WebDirect presentation The key to high performance in WebDirect Which is better in WebDirect: a concatenated text object or a field? The best way to make a list in WebDirect Optimizing the process flow for best performance Speed increase in FileMaker […]
Well, mostly FileMaker related. Here are some interesting FileMaker related links from around the web: Filemaker Success Tips : 333_FM_Success_Tips. Interview with Ray Cologon Mac only – updating FileMaker Pro will fail if Spotlight is disabled Why the Best Designers Don’t Specialize in Any One Thing Be A Google Power Searcher: 9 Tips for Finding […]
Instantly Restore Deleted FileMaker Records? How is that possible? As it turns out, it’s not that all that hard, but does require some up front planning. The secret is to put new related table in front of the table with the data, and relate the new table to the old table based on the primary […]
Jack Rodgers: Sounds like a lot of work and more problems. Easier would be to use a toggle field for relating to…
I’ve been browsing the FileMaker help site and found a some interesting FileMaker tips to share: Saving a layout with an unknown object causes slow performance and file size increase Saving a layout in FileMaker Pro 12 that contains an unknown object or an object from a newer version of FileMaker Pro causes the file to become slower and slower and the […]
Shawn A. Krueger: "This issue only occurs when the host machine is on Windows." Solution: Get a Mac! ;^)
Don Clark: That's what I use!
Wed, 24 December 2014 328_FM_Success_Tips Case Statement, Send link file as Email quirk, Deprecated Themes, Nav Path Spaghetti Direct download: 328_FM_Success_Tips.mp3 Category:podcasts — posted at: 6:30 PM Filemaker Success Tips 328
This time I’ll be listening to the podcast while traveling for Thanksgiving week. Thu, 20 November 2014 324_FM_Success_Tips Saving design Modules, Get Field Name function, An Easy Interface, RelationshipGraphLabels Direct download: 324_FM_Success_Tips.mp3 Category:podcasts — posted at: 6:30 PM Filemaker Success Tips : 324_FM_Success_Tips.
If you are not using these keyboard shortcuts, you are wasting valuable time! Here’s the Windows version of keyboard shortcuts for FileMaker: Text deletion keyboard shortcuts You can use these shortcuts in Browse, Layout, and Find modes. To delete Press Next character Delete Next word Ctrl+Delete or Ctrl+Backspace Previous character Backspace Text editing keyboard shortcuts […]
KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS will speed things up and make development easier. FileMaker has a long list of keyboard shortcuts ready for your use: Text deletion keyboard shortcuts You can use these shortcuts in Browse, Layout, and Find modes.To delete the Press To delete Press Next character Delete Next word Ctrl+Delete or Ctrl+Backspace Previous character Backspace Text editing […]
JOHN SINDELAR AND JASON YOUNG of Seedcode use the different button states combined with gradient fills to make buttons magically appear and disappear: A couple of demos showing how you can reveal additional text, or even new buttons, when rolling over buttons in FileMaker 13. We used to hide text from some button states by […]
A QUICK FIX for Douglas Alder’s Cluster Maps demo–check it out if you missed it the first time, it’s a cool technique. Previous versions of the Cluster Maps demo have suffered from a formatting issue. I have known about this for a while, but haven’t had the time to fix it. I also thought it […]
I HAVE WANTED TO DO THIS A FEW TIMES BEFORE, but never bad enough to pursue a solution: Have you ever wanted to have a script toggle the Formatting Bar on/off in browse mode? If so, you will discover that FileMaker does not provide a “Show/Hide Formatting Bar” script step. Follow the link to see […]
Mike Beargie: Thanks for having me out Don. And thanks for taking the time to do interviews and contribute to the community!…