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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.
The post Like a Boss: Let us Discuss the FileMaker Let Function appeared first on Geist Interactive.
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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.
The post Like a Boss: Using the Script Debugger to its Full Potential appeared first on Geist Interactive.
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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
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.
The post FileMaker Kanban: Organize Your Data appeared first on Geist Interactive.
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A little while ago I received an e-mail asking for ideas on how to implement a multiple choice testing database. It just so happens that I had begun to build a database a few years ago which does just that. While it is not finished, I have decided to release a first version for people to download, dissect and use.
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In October 2011 I posted a simple backup script that has made my development life easier, but of course that version was for .fp7 files only (the release of FM 12 being six months in the future), and when I began converting files to FileMaker 12, I realized that the backup script was not intelligently [...]
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We’ve started including FogBugz case numbers in our script comments. This lets us move between FBz and FileMaker pretty quickly: from FBz we can easily search* the scripts in FileMaker for the case number, landing right where we might need to make a change, and from FileMaker we can quickly paste the case number into FBz to see what someone’s question was, or what issue was resolved.
*Another place where script search has become part of the daily workflow.
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FM Academy Webinar - 360Works MirrorSync: Offline Synchronization for Your iPad and Laptop
Join Us Thursday, June 28th for a free one-hour webinar at 2pm (EST) / 1pm (CST) / 11am (PST). The topic is, 360Works MirrorSync: offline synchronization for your iPad and laptop. Register here.
MirrorSync from 360Works is a bidirectional synchronization tool for syncing FileMaker Server with offline databases running in FileMaker Pro or FileMaker Go. MirrorSync requires no plug-ins, runs on e
ExecuteSQL Function - FileMaker 12 Web Series Follow Up Q&A
I was overwhelmed by the positive response to my 12 Days of FileMaker 12 - ExecuteSQL webinar. We received a lot of great questions during the session. I've included answers below for all of the questions we weren't able to address during the webinar. If you still have a question, feel free to contact us.
Thanks to everyone who participated live or via the recording. If you missed it, you can still catch the recording at FM A
Meet Our FileMaker 12 Training Series Authorized Trainers
Alan Kirtlink, FileMaker Certified Developer, FileMaker Authorized Trainer
Skeleton Key is pleased to announce that our certified developers, Mark Richman and Alan Kirtlink, are now FileMaker 12 Authorized Trainers after completing the requirements of FileMaker's instructor-led "Train the Trainer" course in April.
Both Mark and Alan attended the Train the Trainer Course at FileMaker, Inc. headquarters in Santa Clara, Califo
One thing I love about this blog is how much I learn from your comments. Having said at the end of part 1 that I couldn’t think of any serious use for a DVL on a check box set, Michael Rocharde kindly provided this example file (Conditionals), which I am sharing with his permission. This [...]
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A few months ago I mentioned “dwindling value lists” in passing, and said I would do a proper article on them at some point in the future. Well, then FM 12 was released and I went on an ExecuteSQL binge, so I’m just now getting around to honoring my promise. Dwindling Value Lists (DVLs) are [...]
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Love seeing what folks are doing to the look of our
calendar! This cool skin is from Reis Adamson is Sydney who mapped the calendar to his own TASKS table and sent us this screen shot. Love the red.
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Accessibility Section 508 - Bonus Topic 3 of 12 Days of FileMaker 12 Web Series
Tuesday, May 29th, marked Bonus Topic #3 of FM Academy's 12 Days of FileMaker 12 Web Series.<p>
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Stephens City, VA (PRWEB) May 29, 2012
VTC.com and FileMaker developer Richard Carlton announce the release of QuickStart! – FileMaker Go 12 Training Course – designed to educate a typical FileMaker developer on the “ins” and “outs” of FileMaker Go 12 for the iPhone and iPad (http://www.filemaker.com/r/fm_go_pr) from FileMaker, Inc.
Get a quick start into the world of FileMaker on the iPhone and iPad with VTC’s QuickStart! – FileMaker Go 12 training course. Detailed discussions include: Sleep/
Using iPads, FileMaker 12, and GoZyc
Just posted a great case study from the GoZync experts at FullCity Consulting. They’re taking water quality inspections offline on their iPads, the syncing the data–along with signatures and photos–back to the hosted solution as soon as they have cell signal.
Check out the case study.
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Server Performance - Bonus Topic 2 of 12 Days of FileMaker 12 Web Series
Thursday, May 24th, marked Bonus Topic #2 of FM Academy's 12 Days of FileMaker 12 Web Series.
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Window Styles - Bonus Topic 1 of 12 Days of FileMaker 12 Web Series
Great news! By popular demand, FM Academy added 3 sessions to the 12 Days of FileMaker 12 Series.
Tuesday, May 22nd, marked Bonus Topic #1.
Enhancements to the New Window script step will give developers much more control over new windows and their behavior. This webinar presented techniques for utilizing the new “Specify Advanced Styles” option to configure modeless document windows and modal dialog windows. We expl
In part 1, I listed six scenarios that could potentially cause ExecuteSQL code to break: …and managed to get through the first five before running out of steam. This time, we’re going to look at #6 on the list, as well as some other observations, and I invite you to download and follow along in [...]
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Moving to FileMaker 12 - Day 12 of 12 Days of FileMaker 12 Web Series
<p>Thursday, May 17th, marked Day Twelve of FM Academy's 12 Days of FileMaker 12 Web Series.
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Script Trigger Enhancements - Day 11 of 12 Days of FileMaker 12 Web Series
<p>Tuesday, May 15th, marked Day Eleven of FM Academy's 12 Days of FileMaker 12 Web Series.
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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 SQL is free and it works.”
Priceless.
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ExecuteSQL - Day 10 of 12 Days of FileMaker 12 Web Series
<p>Thursday, May 10th, marked Day Ten of FM Academy's 12 Days of FileMaker 12 Web Series.
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Portal scrolling has always been a bit of a struggle in FileMaker Go up until the release of version 12. This article outlines some of the changes to portal scrolling in FileMaker Go 12 and we give a couple of examples how it can be set-up to give a very nice native-application look and feel. We also cover field scrolling.
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[Note: Some of the material in this article, and in today's demo file ExecuteSQL Sandbox, previously appeared in my March 2011 article, Custom Functions for Internal SQL.] The other day a colleague remarked, “You know, it’s going to be interesting to see if you SQL guys are still so excited about ExecuteSQL when something gets [...]
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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 that make this a new kind of product for us…
1. This is the first product we built using a FileMaker 12 theme. All the layouts in the solution are based on the Onyx theme, though we did add some of our ow
