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FileMaker Hacks - User-Friendly Excel Exports, part 1.1

Mon, 20 Feb 2012 21:29:03 +0000

Bruce Robertson emailed me off list with an improved version of my demo from part 1, excel exports, part 1.1, which I am sharing with his permission. The improvements are… a) live preview fields showing the data to be exported. B) an “Eval Error Tester” script to make sure the output code in the alias [...]

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FileMaker Hacks - User-Friendly Excel Exports, part 1

Mon, 20 Feb 2012 09:00:17 +0000

Many end users appreciate FileMaker’s ability to export a found set of records in Excel format — it’s fast, straight-forward and empowering. One request that I have received from clients multiple times over the years is: make the exported field names in the top row of the spreadsheet “human-friendly”… For example,...

FileMaker Hacks - Google Route Mapping, part 2

Thu, 16 Feb 2012 02:23:52 +0000

Those of you who attended DevCon 2011 in San Diego may recall meeting Andries Heylen of BH&A, who cheerfully answered questions in the FileMaker Genius Bar. Well, from the sow’s ear demo I posted in part 1, Andries has woven a silk purse (google-route-mapping-part-2), which I am sharing with his permission, and which uses Google...

Philly FileMaker User Group - Please Join us February 28th: Scott Zeigen – WindowUtility™ Plugin

Tue, 14 Feb 2012 16:24:15 +0000

Greetings FileMaker Enthusiasts,
Our next Philadelphia FileMaker Developer Group meeting has been scheduled for Tuesday evening, February 28th, 2012 at 6:00 PM. The meeting will be held at the IT Solutions Fort Washington Office.
414 Commerce Dr., Suite 150, Fort Washington, PA 19034
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FileMaker Security Blog - External Server Authentication and [Full Access] Privileges… Life (or FileMaker) May Not Be What At First It Seems

Sat, 11 Feb 2012 16:26:00 +0000

External Server Authentication and [Full Access] Privileges…

Life (or FileMaker) May Not Be What At First It Seems

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Steven H. Blackwell

Someone recently advised me about a discussion on a FileMaker List that focused on the...

FileMaker Weetbicks - A 'Local' Way to Suppress Script Triggers

Sat, 11 Feb 2012 00:25:00 +0000

Script triggers are a great feature in FileMaker that allow you to initiate a script when certain actions occur such as committing a record or leaving a layout. Not only do they run when user initiated, they can also be script initiated by script steps. This can sometimes produce unexpected results and so you may wish for triggers to be disabled. This...

Skeleton Key's Blog - Creating a Fundamental FileMaker Go Layout - Layout Sizing

Fri, 10 Feb 2012 23:20:15 +0000

Creating a Fundamental FileMaker Go Layout - Layout Sizing

This is the second blog post in a series about Creating a Fundamental Layout for use in FileMaker Go. The goal of this series is to offer practical advice and specific instructions for creating FileMaker Go layouts that look and act the way you, and your users, expect....

360Works Articles and Tutorials - Running Credit Cards with FileMaker Go and Plastic

Fri, 10 Feb 2012 16:34:00 +0000

This tutorial video describes how to run credit card transactions from FileMaker Go using the 360Works Plastic plugin. The transcript is attached below, and the video can be watched on YouTube at http://www.youtube.c...bed/qrOucBq6HHg.

Hi, I’m Sarah Mulligan from 360Works, and this...

FileMaker Hacks - Google Route Mapping

Sun, 05 Feb 2012 01:11:21 +0000

The other day someone asked a question on the FMP Experts list about plotting a driving route in Google Maps using FileMaker data. Mark Rubinstein posted a simple solution, and my reactions were, in this order: “No way, it can’t possibly be this easy; better build a demo (google-route-mapping) to find out; wow, it really [...]

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360Works Articles and Tutorials - Creating a PDF in Instant Web Publishing using RemoteScripter

Thu, 02 Feb 2012 19:25:00 +0000

This tutorial video describes an example of using RemoteScripter to create a PDF in Instant Web Publishing. The video can be viewed on YouTube at .

The transcript of the video is provided...