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SQL Love

  Posted by John Sindelar, 15 May 2012 - - - - - - · 71 views

Just got this from John Weinshel and had to share…
“I love SQL, love that it’s as old as relational databases, sort of Codd’s afterthought. It’s like Freud, after describing his entirely new model of the universe, added a coda, psychoanalysis, for putting it to use. Except...


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SQL Explorer for FileMaker 12

  Posted by John Sindelar, 09 May 2012 - - - - - - · 148 views

Very proud to have shipped SQL Explorer, a tool for learning SQL (so you can use ExecuteSQL in FileMaker 12) using FileMaker metaphors you already know. You can learn more about the Explorer and download a copy here: SQLexplorer But I wanted to take a moment and point out three things...


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DevCon Italty, Oct 17-19 2012

  Posted by John Sindelar, 02 May 2012 - - - - - - · 148 views

Posted ImageSeedCode is proud to be sponsoring the Italian DevCon in Rimini this October. Wish we were actually going. =(
Looks like a great program.
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ExecuteSQL – Date Formats

  Posted by John Sindelar, 21 April 2012 - - - - - - · 156 views

The problem.
SQL, including the new ExecuteSQL calc function in FileMaker 12, returns dates in this format: YYYY-MM-DD. This can be a bit of a pain if you have a string of text like this and just want to transform the date part:1170 - 2012-03-09 - - Keep: Beta Presentation @ BRN Co1171 - 2012-03-15 - 08:30:00 - Call Arthur Murray to...


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FileMaker 12 Layout Tricks: Hiding Tabs

  Posted by John Sindelar, 14 April 2012 - - - - - - · 248 views

If you wanted to use a tab control on your layout but hide it from your users, you used to have to cover it with another tab and/or make the tab text very small. This is because you both have to visually hide the tab AND prevent users who actually click on it’s tab controls from activating it. While this worked, the layouts were kind of hard...


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FileMaker 12: Why SQL? (Context Independent)

  Posted by John Sindelar, 06 April 2012 - - - - - - · 325 views

Simplify and Stay on Screen

FileMaker 12 lets us run SQL queries against our own FileMaker tables. This has been possible with plugins for a while and a number of serious devs like Mike Lee, Greg Lane, and Kevin Frank have been talking about what a great technique this is. I completely agree and think the new ExecuteSQL calc function is...


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FileMaker 12: SQL in our Free Calendar

  Posted by John Sindelar, 04 April 2012 - - - - - - · 139 views

We’re thrilled to announce our new Free Calendar Template for FileMaker 12. We’ve rewritten the free calendar to take advantage of some of the new things in FileMaker 12, including the new look and feel, but perhaps most importantly, the new ExecuteSQL function.
This makes the new calendar simpler, less dependent on context, and easier to...


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FileMaker Go Performance

  Posted by John Sindelar, 29 February 2012 - - - - - - · 217 views

David Knight of Angel City Data has put out a great webinar for FileMaker on performance tuning your FileMaker Go...


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GoDraw: markup photos in FileMaker Go

  Posted by John Sindelar, 30 January 2012 - - - - - - · 385 views

geist interactive has just released a new add on for FileMaker Go that let’s you draw on photos. The unlocked file comes in Free or Pro versions and is easy to integrate into your own files.
We’ve been playing with this for a bit and it is awesome!
A few highlights:
* Draw right on your FileMaker Go...


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Customer Videos: iCal & Google Calendar Sync

  Posted by John Sindelar, 16 January 2012 - - - - - - · 441 views

Matthew Hardy of Real Estate Success Tools has put together a great video showing off how he’s using Zulu to link iCal and Google Calendar to his application.
Great overview and a link to the video...






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