The GetAsCSS function has been around since FileMaker Version 7, and I have to admit to never having used it before a few days ago. I recently integrated CloudMail (from 360Works) into a FileMaker project, and for version 1 my client was planning text only emails. Jesse Barnum noted in his instructional video that basic […]
Douglas Alder extends his mortgage calculator example by adding tab panel emulation… Someone recently suggested (a blog, at DevCon? Sorry I lost my source on this one.) using the combination of FileMaker 14’s new button bar with a Slide Panel to emulate a tab panel. Why bother you ask? Well you get the cool slide animation […]
Douglas Alder made a pretty slick free mortgage calculator for the iPad and iPhone: I’ve downloaded and tried a few iOS mortgage calculators, but none of them seemed awesome or flexible enough, so I decided to make one for FileMaker Go. It is unlocked so you can modify it to your location and preferences. Any […]
Douglas Alder of Homebase software puts the button bar through it’s paces and delivers a great looking, easy to build, reusable on multiple layouts with only one script, Alphabetical Search Button Bar: FileMaker Pro 14’s new button bar brings a new twist to an old technique for creating alphabetic searches of your data. Instead of […]
Very cool example of some of things you can make FileMaker do when you are willing to work with another programming language. In this case Doug Alders is using Javascript to grab data from google maps and move it into FileMaker: Using a Javascript overlay on Google Maps and FileMaker’s URL scheme to channel those coordinates […]
An entertaining and informative article by Douglas Alder about getting out of a locked screen on FileMaker Go: FileMaker Go has a great new features called ‘Reconnect to Server’, which helps keep your database connection open if your iPad/iPhone falls asleep or your WiFi connection gets dodgy. This great new feature can become a problem if your […]
Douglas Alder has an interesting and informative post on the effects of FileMaker ending support forFileMaker Pro 11 this coming September: I have written before about the need to stay current with FileMaker Pro, operating systems and hardware. I recently received an email from a reader who asked: Between me and a colleague we built […]
Douglas Alder walks us through setting up a iPod touch with FileMaker Go and integrating it with an existing database for use in a shipping receiving yard: Recently I was asked to take over another developer’s project. The customer, who runs a shop building things, had been happy with the other fellows work, but the […]
DO YOU HAVE an interest in integrating mapping into FileMaker? Douglas Alder, of Homebase Software, has the information you need and a demo database you’ll want to download. Alder has written in the past about using the google map API with FileMaker, and now adds an alternative: OpenStreetMaps and the Leaflet.marketcluster.js javascript library. The biggest advantages: a more […]
IT TURNS OUT that a Windows 8 tablet is not user friendly once you are past the opening screen full of tiles. Who would have thought that Microsoft would rush a product to market before it was ready – and market it as the best thing since sliced bread. It never ceases to amaze me […]
DID YOU EVER WISH you could make a multi-pin map in FileMaker? Douglas Alder did, and he made it happen: My goal was to make a simple modular and portable script that developers (myself included) could just paste into their solution and modify a few steps and have it up and running quickly. This demo […]
Be sure to read the comments in the original article for an interesting – and necessary – piece of information. December 6th, 2013 By Douglas Alder One of the new features of FileMaker Go 13 is the ability to scan bar codes directly into the database. It is a nice new feature but probably won’t […]
DECEMBER 3, 2013 BY DOUGLAS ALDER FileMaker Pro 13 is now available from FileMaker Inc. The marque features are the new WebDirect feature and a new licensing model based on concurrent connections. There are some very useful new interface and development tools which will get developers excited about using FileMaker Pro 13. When I read the system […]
Michael Rocharde: It's a very nice technique but I prefer to use just a simple radio button, that displays the index letters…
Don Clark: I like your idea, too, Michael. A bit easier to build, downside is it won't look as snazzy.
Brian: I guess I'm a noob to FMP, but I can’t figure out how the parameter works. The script opens a…
Don Clark: It is assigned by the developer when they assign the script to the button. When you choose the script to…