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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
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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Michael Layne from Gearbox Solutions presents on FileMaker’s new JSON functions. He does a deep dive into FileMaker’s new JSON functions and demos several examples of how they are using JSON for passing parameters, populating form data, validation and rollback, managing session info such as value lists as global. Michael also demos REST client and REST server with new data API.
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Hi all,
Today I'm happy to announce the release of Elemental for FileMaker. This is a free fully unlocked solution containing some cool user interface and design stuff that I hope you find useful and can incorporate into your own solutions.
You can grab a copy now at https://www.elemental-fm.com
In Elementals first version you'll find the following:
Avatars
Over 20 API integrations with avatar generators. These are uniquely generated based on a name y
Part 2: What Should You Consider When Selecting a Development Partner? What Questions Might You Ask a Potential Developer?
Hiring a developer is about creating a working relationship. You want someone who gets your business and gets you. Having a good working relationship often determines the success or failure of a development project. Hire someone you are comfortable with who also has the skills necessary to make your project successful. Beyond the quality of the working relationsh
Recently I received an email wondering… When printing a multipage report sorted by a sub-summary, is there a way to display the sub-summary heading on the following page when it breaks across two or more pages? There are various approaches one might take, and I actually buried one of those approaches inside an article + […]
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fmQBO is now called LedgerLink and has lots of new features, upgrades and security enhancements. Because of changes that are coming in the next year we will need everyone to migrate to this version sometime in the next 6 to 12 months. To make this transition as easy as possible we are offering a package deal that includes a free year off LedgerLink and having us do the migration for you.
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Using JavaScript in FileMaker brings great functionality. In this post and video, we will review how to integrate a FIleMaker Audio Player.
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Released with FileMaker 11, more than 8 years ago in 2010, Quick Find is probably one of the most underestimated features in FileMaker. For some reason, there wasn’t even much emphasis in the product marketing when it was released. Platform evengelists would mention it as a ‘Google-like search engine within FileMaker’, product documentation said ‘search […]
Cet article Quick Find: the forgotten feature est apparu en premier sur 1-more-thing.
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Buried within the layers of complexity inside any technical system are the simple settings of multiple parameters and/or settings. You simply need to get the right pieces into the right places. You know - like a jigsaw puzzle.
And, once the puzzle starts to reveal itself, the understanding of what the picture is becomes so much more clear. That's the goal of this particular video when it comes to connecting to the myriad of possible Google services.
FileMaker Pro, in the last few years, had im
The FileMaker Script Compatibility tool ensures that each script runs correctly everywhere in the platform. Developers should use it all the time.
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It is always good to know how to get started with any product. And in this video, Barbara Cooney takes us through how to do just that with LedgerLink. Follow along with Barbara as she helps you get started using LedgerLink: Key Points Obviously you need to have a LedgerLink licence. We have a demo […]
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We need to do better logging in Karbon, both developer logging at design time, and process logging at runtime. This video covers some of the progress we have made towards solidifying our approach to login.
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This technique has no real use in the real world. Say what? Yes, you read that correctly! Think of the technique I'm about to cover as weight lifting for your FileMaker mind. It's about solving a complex problem, learning new scripts steps and functions, and generally getting smarter so the next time you tackle a problem you'll be more prepared. I believe in conditioning so much, I often write scripts from scratch I could easily copy and paste. But I digress. All I can say is if you want to buil
This technique has no real use in the real world. Say what? Yes, you read that correctly! Think of the technique I'm about to cover as weight lifting for your FileMaker mind. It's about solving a complex problem, learning new scripts steps and functions, and generally getting smarter so the next time you tackle a problem you'll be more prepared. I believe in conditioning so much, I often write scripts from scratch I could easily copy and paste. But I digress. All I can say is if you want to buil
FileMaker Pro provides us with a wonderfully blank canvas in order to present data however we wish. It's called Layout Mode. When you combine that feature with the recently added Card Windows the power to solve presentation problems goes up quite significantly.
Such is the case when it comes to providing users with a date picker, or a calendar widget if you will. In previous videos, I've provided instruction on how to make a very simple calendar widget. When you combine that widget with a Card
The topic of the Internet of Things is increasingly becoming a focus for many businesses. In this article we take a look at how IoT can help improve your productivity and quality. https://dbservices.com/articles/iot-filemaker-and-you/
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Lors de la sortie de la version 17, nous postions un article enthousiaste sur les possibilités de versioning avec le nouvel outil Data Migration Tool. L’utilisant à maintes reprises, nous avons constaté un bug qui rend l’outil pratiquement inutilisable (si on ne prend pas la peine de faire l’étape finale proposée dans la solution ci-dessous) […]
Cet article Attention : repensons le fait de repenser le versioning : FMDataMigrationTool corrompt les index est apparu en premier sur 1-more-thing.
A FileMaker date range picker is easy to implement, customize, and connect to our custom app, thanks to JavaScript. Watch the video and follow along.
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We all want our custom apps to be faster, right? As problem solvers, we design our system and complex processes to happen quickly so that the user can get on with her task. Well one method we have at our fingertips is "Perform Script on Server". Let's discuss this script step, its features and things to watch out for. As we study it and use it properly, we'll use this script step like a boss.
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Say you’ve got two fields, both number fields, and you want to use them as flag fields, to be set to either 0 or 1. But they should always be opposite from each other. Changing one field should change the other and vice versa.
At first, that seems simple. You just need to make each field an auto-enter referencing the other field, right? Nope. That doesn’t work. FileMaker’s calculation engine does not like that sort of circular references. Field A changes so Field B changes so Field A changes, e
Say you’ve got two fields, both number fields, and you want to use them as flag fields, to be set to either 0 or 1. But they should always be opposite from each other. Changing one field should change the other and vice versa.
At first, that seems simple. You just need to make each field an auto-enter referencing the other field, right? Nope. That doesn’t work. FileMaker’s calculation engine does not like that sort of circular references. Field A changes so Field B changes so Field A changes, e
LedgerLink now features the ability to add attachments and sync those to Quickbooks Online just like any other data. Read on for more info.
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Recently, while providing intermediate training at the annual FileMaker Devcon, I had an attendee approach me and ask a very simple question. "How do you turn off the grid in FileMaker?"
Like all questions, it was asked within the context of innocent ignorance. This was simply because this person had not yet used, nor explored this area of FileMaker. This is totally understandable with the increasing number of options found across the increasing number of palettes within FileMaker.
However, if
Empowering users of your solution to create their own form letters is life-changing. No longer do they have to contact the developer, explain their needs and go through a back-and-forth testing stage. The developer just designs a single interface that allows the user to create, save, edit and delete their own form letters. It's really not that hard to program either. You just need some global fields, a calculation and a couple of scripts for the foundation of this technique. This approach seems
Empowering users of your solution to create their own form letters is life-changing. No longer do they have to contact the developer, explain their needs and go through a back-and-forth testing stage. The developer just designs a single interface that allows the user to create, save, edit and delete their own form letters. It's really not that hard to program either. You just need some global fields, a calculation and a couple of scripts for the foundation of this technique. This approach seems
Hi all,
Just posted a new article over at FileMaker Weetbicks all about building multi lingual applications in FileMaker, we walk through the whole process and cover some of the challenges involved and how to overcome them. Also included is a thorough demo file.
Check it out here, thanks !
Free webinar introducing Karbon our free application framework for building ambitious custom business applications. If you are interested in using the FileMaker Workplace Innovation Platform at a high level you'll probably want to see what we have cooked up.
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