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Forums are a great way to get technical advice for FileMaker but for some reason, many people don't think they have to be nice in the electronic world. I was raised to say "please" and "thank you" and that has translated over to the internet for me. But, other folks think the anonymity of cyberspace is an excuse to be a jerk. Some posters are outright offensive and others will just leave snide responses like, "that wasn't much help". News flash! People on the internet are real and you should be
The FileMaker Let function is your tool to make a calculation readable, well formatted and easy to debug. Let us discuss how it can be used.
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FileMaker Kanban is the latest tool that offers familiar functionality for users and flexibility for the developer. It offers great functionality and organizes your data visually into lanes and cards.
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The FileMaker Script Debugger is powerful. Its features are often overlooked. In this post we examine the buttons that control stepping through a script.
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For the first time, DB Services has been ranked #3494 on the annual Inc. 5000 list, which ranks the country’s “fastest-growing innovators” based on overall revenue growth over a three-year period. The Inc. 5000 list has brought attention to America’s growing private businesses since 1982.
DB Services now joins the ranks of other Inc. 5000 list alumni such as Facebook, Zappos, Pandora, and others. DB Services is top ranked FileMaker Platinum Business Alliance Partner on the 2019 Inc. 5000 li
In normal years, when I get to travel around and speak to people about FileMaker, I am always gratified by how many of you in our FileMaker community ask me about One Spark Academy, the non profit learning center that my wife Lori and I started in 2011. Many of you follow the happenings there, […]
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Demo file: set-variable-by-name-v2.zip (requires FM 16 or later) INTRODUCTION You’ve probably heard the old joke that goes… Patient: Doc, it hurts when I do this. Doctor: Don’t do that. Perhaps you’re also familiar with the FileMaker equivalent? Developer: It hurts when I try to assign certain variable names. FileMaker: Don’t do that. Or how about… Continue reading Set Variable By Name Revisited View the full article
Every trade has its own tips for making your work go faster or happen more easily. During this holiday season I thought it would be great to bring you 12 Tips of Developing in FileMaker Pro.
So, I opened FileMaker and stared at the blank screen of a new file thinking about the things that tend to help me out the most. I pulled down a CSV file from Data.gov and just let the tips flow out from there.
I hope, with this list of 12 tips, you'll pick up some productivity enhancements that will carry
With a handful of simple scripts and just a few fields, you can easily accomplish some powerful image organization both inside and outside of FileMaker. In this video, we take a look at how FileMaker can be used to organize a collection of images. This is prior to sending them out or making them available for a web server to host them.
If your FileMaker solution needs to work with images used for verification or any form of media communication, then learning how you can make FileMaker bend to y
Claris' 19.2 release of the FileMaker platform is out! In this article we will discuss our favorite new features including upgrading Server 16+ straight to 19.2, Pro’s Big Sur compatibility updates, and a preview of creating apps directly in a browser! Read the full article here.
Using JSON for passing multiple parameters can be a real life saver. Because JSON keeps all individual parameters separate from each other, you can pass pretty much any type of data except for container data - although you can pass a reference to a container easily enough. Your parameters can also have as many levels as necessary and the JSON can easily be modified as it moves from script to script.
When writing a complex and large collection of scripts, you eventually hit errors and issues. Yo
The SVG button icons that come included with FileMaker are great but there are so many holes in the library. Lately, I've been scouring the internet for free icons to meet the needs of some more complicated client interfaces. When I find a good one, it usually isn't in SVG format so I have to convert it and then add the FileMaker fill tag to get the icon ready for prime time. What I'm going to do in this article is take you through my journey to learn more about finding, manipulating and impleme
FileMaker natively provides us with some really nice tools for user feedback. We can use the Show Custom Dialog or even create a dedicated dialog using a Card Window and Layout.
There are, however, times when you need something a little more subtle. Just a simple message on screen will often suffice. The next question is whether you need the user to interact with that message or not. The solution is simply to provide both options of course.
In this video and technique file, we explore a super
It's been almost 18 months since the release of elemental_ux , and we haven't been resting....
elemental_log is our take on audit logging. Built to be super fast to log changes and even faster to integrate into your own solutions. In just a few minutes you can add a full JSON based audit trail to your solution that can track changes to whatever fields you want. We've also included an intuitive configuration tool for choosing what to log - no hard coding required.
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Demo file: a-value-list-experiment.zip Note 1: today’s demo is recycled from the one that accompanied Virtual Portal, part 2. All we care about today is how we assign the parent company; the remainder can be ignored. Note 2: if you’re unclear on value list basics, check out Thinking About Value Lists, part 1. “I want it… Continue reading A Value List Experiment View the full article
The wonderful thing about creating software is it feels like you're able to create your own universe. You're the master of that universe and how it functions and reacts to its users. It's a very empowering feeling to know you can direct and control data in a way that makes it useful to others.
When considering all the directions that software can take there's always that simple fact that different people like different things. Heck, someone buys the Rhubarb from the grocery store - because they
With our new free FileMaker add-on, FM Draw, you'll be able to write on images in FileMaker in just a few simple steps. Whether you're looking to make notations to a design or highlight sections of an image, we have you covered! Read the full article and download the add-on here. https://dbservices.com/blog/fm-draw
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Portals are wonderful tools for showing related data relevant to what your solution is solving. Sometimes, however, there's a trick to getting them to show exactly what you want. The combination of functions required may not always be obvious and it can be hard to achieve the desired result.
Essentially, you have to know how to extract the specific key values which allow you to filter only the desired rows. In this video, I walk through all the specifics of creating a custom function which allo
There's this special feeling you get when developing software where you feel like you've created something magical. Sometimes, it doesn't even matter if you've done the same type of thing before. It just feels like you're the master of the universe and you've created something super useful.
This may even be the case when you're simply creating a virtual trash can and providing users with the ability to reverse course on that accidental record deletion.
In this video, we're taking a look at a s
It’s been a few weeks since the Claris FileMaker add-ons were put into the product. A lot has happened since then. People have explored them using the sample data and even their own. The community is now filled with questions about these new packages of functionality. People are discovering what can be done with them. […]
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Our display case represents years of growth for Claris, FileMaker, and us here at DB Services. Check the bottom shelf for our most recent addition, the rare FileMaker 4 box from 1988!
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Do you need to work with online APIs and find yourself wishing there was an easy way to accomplish it? Well, there actually is. In fact, in much of technology, there's something or someone somewhere which has likely already solved the problem.
In the case of using REST (Representational state transfer) to interact with service APIs within FileMaker, it's nice to have a single tool which will handle most of the heavy work for you. When native JSON was added to FileMaker, the last piece to the pu
Almost every single solution I develop requires a method for dealing with text in fields that is purposely or accidentally formatted in browse mode. For better or worse, FileMaker allows users to change text formatting in browse mode via the Format menu. FileMaker also doesn't automatically remove formatting that's been pasted or drug from another application like a web browser. This leads to all kinds of issues with displaying field text on multiple layouts as well as output. This article will
Il faut s’y habituer, avec les nouveaux cycles courts des sorties de FileMaker, les nouveautés importantes ne sont plus forcément à date fixe avec un nouveau numéro de version. Il ne suffit donc plus, pour qui s’intéresse à la plateforme FileMaker, de réserver un peu de temps au mois de mai pour s’enquérir des nouveautés […]
Cet article FileMaker Server sur Linux : la révolution fmcloud.fm 2.0 est apparu en premier sur 1-more-thing.
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Demo file: backup-simplified.zip Like many developers I go back and forth between developing locally and in a hosted environment, and many years ago, I posted a couple articles featuring a simple backup script to create on-the-fly backups when working on local files. Recently a colleague pointed out that this backup routine, which I last wrote… Continue reading A Simpler Backup Script View the full article
Rapidly create powerful workplace #innovation custom apps across mobile, desktop, and web using #FileMaker Server 19.1's new enhanced server performance and Linux version. https://dbservices.com/blog/claris-filemaker-server-19-1-overview
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The official release of #FileMaker Server for #Linux is here! Learn the benefits of this new version of #server and check out our video on how to install it. https://dbservices.com/blog/filemaker-server-for-linux
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