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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.
The post FileMaker Kanban: Organize Your Data 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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Hacking Your Own FileMaker Platform Solutions
Should FileMaker Platform developers mount hacking attacks on their own solutions? At first glance, this may seem an odd question. But I believe that the answer is “Yes, we should.”
Consider this. As developers we see our solutions from a totally different perspective than Threat Agents see them. Without practicing our own hacking skills, we can become blind to the vulnerabilities a Threat Agent can exploit to compromise the Confidentiality
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
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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
Accomplishing more in less time is the name of the game! With FileMaker, you can streamline the process of working with Walmart.com. Check out our tutorial on how you can add this integration to your FileMaker system: https://dbservices.com/blog/filemaker-walmart-integration
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Everyone wants a calendar in their FileMaker solution these days. There's tons of web viewer solutions out there for purchase that will integrate well with your FileMaker solution. There's even plug-ins to integrate with iCal or Google Calendar. What I'm going to give you today is a taste of how to build a calendar with just standard FileMaker tools. That means no web viewer or complex acronym web code (HTML, CSS, PHP, JSON, JAVA, etc). Just good ole FileMaker calculations, scripting and relatio
Everyone wants a calendar in their FileMaker solution these days. There's tons of web viewer solutions out there for purchase that will integrate well with your FileMaker solution. There's even plug-ins to integrate with iCal or Google Calendar. What I'm going to give you today is a taste of how to build a calendar with just standard FileMaker tools. That means no web viewer or complex acronym web code (HTML, CSS, PHP, JSON, JAVA, etc). Just good ole FileMaker calculations, scripting and relatio
Today we’re going to take another look at a challenge we discussed last time (in Conditional Summary Report Header)… namely how to cajole FileMaker into displaying a subsummary, or a reasonable facsimile thereof, at the top of a report page when items in the group begin on an earlier page. Demo file: Faux Subsummaries via […]
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Having made the connection to Google's Services using Oauth 2, and spending a touch of time investigating how we can discover documents within Google Drive, we're in the home stretch of reading and writing data to a Google Sheet.
By simplifying the way we make API calls to any of Google's services, we end up with a great solution for working with any of Google's available APIs. Also, by focusing on the simple example of working with one simple Google Sheet, we end up capturing data via a Google
Salvatore Colangelo from Goya presents on using cURL with FileMaker. He shows how to look at Insert From URL and the cURL options in a way that is applicable over and over again to different web services, like a framework. While looking at examples he also highlights some of the most common errors when trying to integrate.
The post Salvatore Colangelo, Goya – Insert from URL – Atlanta FileMaker Developers Group 10/3/18 appeared first on Blue Feather - FileMaker Developer, Android, Web.
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DevCon attendees talk about some interesting topics from DevCon 2018.
You can see the videos from DevCon 2018 at the link below:
https://content.filemaker.com/e/526331/-devcon-session-materials-2018/8j2gcj/1043433363
The post DevCon 2018 Recap – Atlanta FileMaker Developers Group 9/5/18 appeared first on Blue Feather - FileMaker Developer, Android, Web.
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Join us (Todd Geist and Jeremy Brown) as we visit the West Coast FileMaker user groups. We're geared up to talk about Innovative FileMaker power tools and frameworks and techniques. Join us for one (or many)!
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This video is a continuation of the first video in this series where we took a look at connecting to Google's myriad of available services. Once you know how to make the secure connection which Google requires, you can access all the possible services.
The trick with working with web services, such as Google or AWS, is that you need to become familiar with how FileMaker requests data and then process the response. We tackle that task within this video then move on to working with Google Drive i
LedgerLink now supports online payment processing. Barbara Cooney walks us through the new feature.
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Hi all,
Just posted a new article over at FileMaker Weetbicks all about building a breadcrumb navigation control using just a simple tab control object. Here's the blurb & link, thank you for your time.
https://www.teamdf.com/blogs/better-breadcrumbs/
A breadcrumb menu is a really useful navigation design pattern for both websites and applications. They greatly enhance the way users find their way around and are also a key visual aid in indicating the location of a user withi
Before you create any layouts, you need to decide on a theme. Choosing a theme is one of the most important decisions you will make for a project. Themes define the user experience more than any other feature in FileMaker. Buttons, backgrounds, Fields, Tab Controls, Portals, Popover Buttons, Slide Controls and just about every object in FileMaker has been thoughtfully designed by interface extraordinaire Heather Winkle. I’m not talking about the tools themselves but how the objects they create a
Before you create any layouts, you need to decide on a theme. Choosing a theme is one of the most important decisions you will make for a project. Themes define the user experience more than any other feature in FileMaker. Buttons, backgrounds, Fields, Tab Controls, Portals, Popover Buttons, Slide Controls and just about every object in FileMaker has been thoughtfully designed by interface extraordinaire Heather Winkle. I’m not talking about the tools themselves but how the objects they create a
We at Geist Interactive delivered our first webinar on the Karbon, a framework for ambitious FileMaker applications. We introduced a lot in this session. Take a look at this webinar recording to learn more about Karbon.
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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.
The post fmQBO To LedgerLink Conversion Offer appeared first on Geist Interactive.
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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.
The post Like a Boss: FileMaker Script Compatibility appeared first on Geist Interactive.
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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.
The post Karbon Update: Transaction Logs appeared first on Geist Interactive.
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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
