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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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[ Edit: 3/16/2016 - With the help of some other people, we have been able to recover, or recreate some of the original images from original thread. ]
Security is always a big topic when it involves data, or people, or possessions. Recently, over on the FileMaker Community, there was a very beneficial discussion regarding security. Unfortunately, that discussion was the victim of a necessary action...and was deleted. It was deleted, because the discussion was tied to a video that, as was det
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
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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Ahhh, the panacea of being able to improve my FileMaker database offline, then simply applying all the dev changes to the live production file. This is the great promise of the new FMUpgradeTool. It was released along with FileMaker 19 and it's a bit hard to dig into. Unless, you have the time like I did.
Fortunately, I'm going to save you the many hours of slogging through the documentation and the trial-n-error which comes with learning any new tech.
In this video, I spend an ample amount of
Jeremy Brown From Geist Interactive presented on the new add-on functionality in FileMaker 19. FileMaker 19’s Open Platform means that we can design add-ons using JavaScript or using FileMaker objects to create a widget to simply drop in to an app for users. This new technology gives us a lot of flexibility in making and …
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Thomas Meglasson of Blue Feather presents on FileMaker 19. Make modern custom apps using a platform you already know.
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Over the three years I’ve been here at Geist Interactive, I’ve shared quite a few web viewer widget demo files. They were meant to show what is possible in FileMaker using JavaScript. They were meant to inspire. And they worked well. In all cases, useful UI elements were added to a layout; audio players, C3 […]
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Over the three years I’ve been here at Geist Interactive, I’ve shared quite a few web viewer widget demo files. They were meant to show what is possible in FileMaker using JavaScript. They were meant to inspire. And they worked well. In all cases, useful UI elements were added to a layout; audio players, C3 […]
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One of the great things about FileMaker Pro is it starts you off with a completely blank slate. One of the bad things about FileMaker Pro is it starts you off with a completely blank slate.
Yep, that's right, there are things in FileMaker's UI which non-intentionally urge you to do things which may not be as helpful in the future. Of course, some of this comes down to learning as much as you can about how things work. Which, is likely why you'll be watching this video.
In this episode, we take
One of the great things about FileMaker Pro is it starts you off with a completely blank slate. One of the bad things about FileMaker Pro is it starts you off with a completely blank slate.
Yep, that's right, there are things in FileMaker's UI which non-intentionally urge you to do things which may not be as helpful in the future. Of course, some of this comes down to learning as much as you can about how things work. Which, is likely why you'll be watching this video.
In this episode, we take
Geist Interactive teamed up with Claris to produce a webinar focused on what JavaScript Can do for your FileMaker Apps. We also discussed how JavaScript fits perfectly into the FileMaker 19 Open Platform Release. Below are a list of resources, next steps and other online resources for people who attended the webinar. Here’s the video: […]
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Geist Interactive teamed up with Claris to produce a webinar focused on what JavaScript Can do for your FileMaker Apps. We also discussed how JavaScript fits perfectly into the FileMaker 19 Open Platform Release. Below are a list of resources, next steps and other online resources for people who attended the webinar. Once the video […]
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These days, the future of FileMaker's flexibility is being created right in front of our eyes. While it's a relatively quiet feature right now, FileMaker Add-ons may blossom into a very beneficial way of enhancing a FileMaker file. True, there are a few rough edges in this preview version of Add-ons, but it's definitely going to be a killer feature if it takes off.
Because Claris has been expanding the definition of a FileMaker file within the world of XML, the ability to modify and/or enhance
These days, the future of FileMaker's flexibility is being created right in front of our eyes. While it's a relatively quiet feature right now, FileMaker Add-ons may blossom into a very beneficial way of enhancing a FileMaker file. True, there are a few rough edges in this preview version of Add-ons, but it's definitely going to be a killer feature if it takes off.
Because Claris has been expanding the definition of a FileMaker file within the world of XML, the ability to modify and/or enhance
This post is a summary of an episode of The Context Podcast, episode 40, release date 6/16/2020. In this episode, Cris Ippolite joins us to talk about Shortcuts and NFC. Those two features are the stated topic, but, of course, we touch on a lot of other things. So here’s a summary of what we […]
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This post is a summary of an episode of The Context Podcast, episode 40, release date 6/16/2020. In this episode, Cris Ippolite joins us to talk about Shortcuts and NFC. Those two features are the stated topic, but, of course, we touch on a lot of other things. So here’s a summary of what we […]
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This article was previously released for one day but was removed from the site when FileMaker 19 was unexpectedly released. Happy FileMaking!
Designing a single-user FileMaker solution for efficient display is pretty easy. If it works on your computer, it's likely to perform the same on any other computer. The trouble starts when you share a FileMaker solution with multiple people. The rules change. There's record locking for starters but I've covered that already in several articles on this we
In part 1 of All That We Know on Add-ons, explaining all that we know about this new feature, we talked about how to create add-ons that lend themselves to UI widgets. Calendars, check box button bars, notification popovers, date pickers, timers, etc. all can be dropped into a custom app as they are. Sure […]
The post FileMaker 19: FileMaker Add-Ons with Relationships appeared first on Geist Interactive.
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In part 1 of All That We Know on Add-ons, explaining all that we know about this new feature, we talked about how to create add-ons that lend themselves to UI widgets. Calendars, check box button bars, notification popovers, date pickers, timers, etc. all can be dropped into a custom app as they are. Sure […]
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Modernize your apps with data visualization, maps, calendars and more. Open up a new universe with Claris FileMaker apps and JavaScript. Learn why JavaScript is such a good fit for the Claris FileMaker 19 open platform. See several compelling business examples, and find out how you will be able to use JavaScript add-ons for things […]
The post Webinar: Power up your Claris FileMaker apps with JavaScript appeared first on Geist Interactive.
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Modernize your apps with data visualization, maps, calendars and more. Open up a new universe with Claris FileMaker apps and JavaScript. Learn why JavaScript is such a good fit for the Claris FileMaker 19 open platform. See several compelling business examples, and find out how you will be able to use JavaScript add-ons for things […]
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Without a fundamental understanding of some programming topics, it's often difficult to solve certain problems in the easiest possible fashion. In fact, one of the things I've enjoyed learning about programming is that more code isn't always better. Searching for the simple answer sometimes takes a bit more time. And, learning to solve the problem with less code is more enjoyable.
In this video, I walk through a simple process of massaging some data into a desired format. While the objective of
Without a fundamental understanding of some programming topics, it's often difficult to solve certain problems in the easiest possible fashion. In fact, one of the things I've enjoyed learning about programming is that more code isn't always better. Searching for the simple answer sometimes takes a bit more time. And, learning to solve the problem with less code is more enjoyable.
In this video, I walk through a simple process of massaging some data into a desired format. While the objective of
