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In this livestream we finally finish our discussion about dynamically programable data fields! Nick wraps up with the last of his tips and tricks and does a recap of everything we've learned so far. Future live streams: https://fmtraining.tv/#LIVE [email protected] www.fmtraining.tv www.fmstartingpoint.com www.rcconsulting.com

I just wondered if you might be interested - A platform independant, basic approach to barcodes not involving plugins or fonts. Great for printing product id labels. However, barcode length is limited to 64 characters because of FileMaker's ability to display only 1000 repeats.

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This video walks you through every single step to normalize one field in a set of data and was presented during a recent workshop given by the FileMaker Mastermind Group, for beginner to intermediate FileMaker developers. Join us and see what we've got coming up! https://www.meetup.com/filemaker-mastermind-group/

We continue our conversation about dynamically programmable data fields. This time Nick discusses how to avoid creating too many fields through his technique of 'virtual fields'. Future live streams: https://fmtraining.tv/#LIVE [email protected] www.fmtraining.tv www.fmstartingpoint.com www.rcconsulting.com

We're back in this Livestream to discuss Window PDFs previews in FileMaker. Calvin gives a thorough overview with a FREE sample file. Future live streams: https://fmtraining.tv/#LIVE [email protected] www.fmtraining.tv www.fmstartingpoint.com www.rcconsulting.com

This Livestream is another Open Q&A with Jacob, Nick, and Richard. They answer questions about portals, dynamic values, FileMaker Server and the limitations of FileMaker's engine, DRACO. Future live streams: https://fmtraining.tv/#LIVE [email protected] www.fmtraining.tv www.fmstartingpoint.com www.rcconsulting.com

This Livestream is an Open Q&A with Christian, CEO of MonkeyBread Software. He covers extracting text from PDFs/Images, how to use regular expressions, taking screenshots inside of FileMaker, hidden features, and more! Future live streams: https://fmtraining.tv/#LIVE [email protected] www.fmtraining.tv www.fmstartingpoint.com www.rcconsulting.com

We're back to discuss dynamically programmable data fields with Nick Hunter and dive deeper into the free sample file that Nick is using to show his techniques. Future live streams: https://fmtraining.tv/#LIVE [email protected] www.fmtraining.tv www.fmstartingpoint.com www.rcconsulting.com

In this Livestream, Nick returns to discuss dynamically programmable data fields in FileMaker. We cover a variety of topics, including using records as fields, attaching value lists to pop up menus, and more! Future live streams: https://fmtraining.tv/#LIVE [email protected] www.fmtraining.tv www.fmstartingpoint.com www.rcconsulting.com

Kyle takes us through his C3 Charting file, showing how you can adjust and customize the data, as well as how to install it into your own database. Future live streams: https://fmtraining.tv/#LIVE [email protected] www.fmtraining.tv www.fmstartingpoint.com www.rcconsulting.com

Sometimes you need to print a document quickly that's NOT A4 or 8.5 x 11 inches. In this livestream we discuss how you can get FileMaker to do that for you, and what sort of hardware you need. Future live streams: https://fmtraining.tv/#LIVE [email protected] www.fmtraining.tv www.fmstartingpoint.com www.rcconsulting.com

Claris Engage Beyond 2021 kicked off their first webinar and covered the future of the FileMaker platform. In this Livestream, Richard and a few RCC senior engineers discuss their thoughts and impressions of the webinar. Future live streams: https://fmtraining.tv/#LIVE [email protected] www.fmtraining.tv www.fmstartingpoint.com www.rcconsulting.com

Nick discusses some of his tips and tricks to making your life as a FileMaker developer easier. His focus in this stream is mostly on how to best utilize "Groups" with your layout items! Future live streams: https://fmtraining.tv/#LIVE [email protected] www.fmtraining.tv www.fmstartingpoint.com www.rcconsulting.com

I have a process where I am storing aggregated data in to a table. Which consists of the following data points: date | staff | data | value This process will create two records per day for each staff person for the two types of data. The value is Get(FoundCount) after a find request in a Quotes table for the day / staff and a few other criteria including an omit. I store this in a $quotes variable. Then I perform a constrain on this founds set to get another Get(FoundCount) which is $approved quotes. The process then creates a record in the data warehouse. date | staff | data | value 8/28 | Jim | quote | 32 8/28 | Jim | approved | 3 …

Deleting records in FileMaker can make you anxious, especially when using Perform Find and Delete Record/Request script steps together. In this Livestream, Nick shows off his tricks to make the process less stressful. Future live streams: https://fmtraining.tv/#LIVE [email protected] www.fmtraining.tv www.fmstartingpoint.com www.rcconsulting.com

One of our engineers, Jon, shares and demos a sample file in which he integrates Dropbox with FileMaker. Future live streams: https://fmtraining.tv/#LIVE [email protected] www.fmtraining.tv www.fmstartingpoint.com www.rcconsulting.com

In this Livestream we show you how you can display the first page thumbnail of a PDF stored in a FileMaker container field on Windows. No more interactive containers needed! Future live streams: https://fmtraining.tv/#LIVE [email protected] www.fmtraining.tv www.fmstartingpoint.com www.rcconsulting.com

Let's discuss the new Script execution options that were released in FileMaker 19. These allow you to control when a script is fired - ie: by interrupting or by waiting for current scripts to finish, or something else. Future live streams: https://fmtraining.tv/#LIVE [email protected] www.fmtraining.tv www.fmstartingpoint.com www.rcconsulting.com

In this Livestream we continue our Beginner to Intermediate overview of FileMaker Security. This discussion has a special emphasis on extended privileges and how they're helpful. https://fmtraining.tv/#LIVE [email protected] www.fmtraining.tv www.fmstartingpoint.com www.rcconsulting.com

This livestream is a Beginner to Intermediate Overview of FileMaker security. In Day 1 we look at what a FileMaker Account actually is and discover some good practices for passwords and security. Future live streams: https://fmtraining.tv/#LIVE [email protected] www.fmtraining.tv www.fmstartingpoint.com www.rcconsulting.com

In this livestream, Kyle discusses how to export your FileMaker solutions as code. We also discuss updating code for different tables in minutes, saving you weeks of time. Future live streams: https://fmtraining.tv/#LIVE [email protected] www.fmtraining.tv www.fmstartingpoint.com www.rcconsulting.com

Kristian Olsen, with the help of the Monkeybread Plug-in, has crafted some efficient hacks to speed up some processes in FileMaker. In this livestream he'll break down the 'Wolf's Toolbox' and show us how he made them. Future live streams: https://fmtraining.tv/#LIVE [email protected] www.fmtraining.tv www.fmstartingpoint.com www.rcconsulting.com

Join Jacob Taylor as he discusses PowerShell on Windows. It allows for pretty unlimited control and programming of a Windows Server, allowing you to redirect to alternate locations, upload to Amazon S3, and more. Future live streams: https://fmtraining.tv/#LIVE [email protected] www.fmtraining.tv www.fmstartingpoint.com www.rcconsulting.com

Ever wanted Emojis in FileMaker? With this wonderful add-on from Calvin, now you can! Join us as Calvin breaks down how to use it and how he made it! Future live streams: https://fmtraining.tv/#LIVE [email protected] www.fmtraining.tv www.fmstartingpoint.com www.rcconsulting.com

It’s another FileMaker open Q&A! This time, Jacob’s here, answering questions about server backups, updates, and the certification test. Future live streams: https://fmtraining.tv/#LIVE [email protected] www.fmtraining.tv www.fmstartingpoint.com www.rcconsulting.com

Our FileMaker add-on pack, Wolfpack, has just been updated to version 6. In this Livestream the engineers that created the add-ons cover what improvements have been made and what new add-ons have been integrated into the collection. Future live streams: https://fmtraining.tv/#LIVE [email protected] www.fmtraining.tv www.fmstartingpoint.com www.rcconsulting.com

https://youtu.be/vyG6_IVYJSE In this Livestream one of our engineers shows off a FREE demo file that covers how to integrate Paypal with your .fmp12 file! Future live streams: https://fmtraining.tv/#LIVE [email protected] www.fmtraining.tv www.fmstartingpoint.com www.rcconsulting.com

We discuss the latest updates we've made to our calendar kit. We also discuss tips for integrating calendar functions into your solutions. Future live streams: https://fmtraining.tv/#LIVE [email protected] www.fmtraining.tv www.fmstartingpoint.com www.rcconsulting.com

In this Livestream we join Kyle as he methodically demonstrates how to install an Alerts file into your own FileMaker file! Future live streams: https://fmtraining.tv/#LIVE [email protected] www.fmtraining.tv www.fmstartingpoint.com www.rcconsulting.com

It's Day 2 of Advanced JSON with Kyle Williams. In this livestream he focuses on two examples which show you how to get JSON elements as variables and how to convert tabs into JSON. Future live streams: https://fmtraining.tv/#LIVE [email protected] www.fmtraining.tv www.fmstartingpoint.com www.rcconsulting.com

This Livestream begins our two-day Advanced JSON learning. In Day 1 our presenter does a quick recap of beginner's JSON before diving into several example files. Future live streams: https://fmtraining.tv/#LIVE [email protected] www.fmtraining.tv www.fmstartingpoint.com www.rcconsulting.com

There are some really awesome updates that one of our senior engineers, Calvin, has put in his navigation add-on - including Cards in portals and text prediction. Future live streams: https://fmtraining.tv/#LIVE [email protected] www.fmtraining.tv www.fmstartingpoint.com www.rcconsulting.com

One of our senior engineers, Nick, discusses how to get data out of your FileMaker webviewer, as well as having a conversation on old-school screen scraping! Future live streams: https://fmtraining.tv/#LIVE [email protected] www.fmtraining.tv www.fmstartingpoint.com www.rcconsulting.com

Day 2 of our JSON for Beginners livestream: We continue our prior discussion on what exactly JSON is as well as showing off simple JSON examples that you can easily implement into your own solutions! Future live streams: https://fmtraining.tv/#LIVE [email protected] www.fmtraining.tv www.fmstartingpoint.com www.rcconsulting.com

One of our senior engineers, Nick, dives into an awesome demo to show you the basics of getting data INTO your FileMaker webviewer. Future live streams: https://fmtraining.tv/#LIVE [email protected] www.fmtraining.tv www.fmstartingpoint.com www.rcconsulting.com

In Day 1 of this livestream with Kyle Williams, we cover the very basics of JSON in FileMaker. He discusses exactly what JSON is and some of it's simplest commands. Future live streams: https://fmtraining.tv/#LIVE [email protected] www.fmtraining.tv www.fmstartingpoint.com www.rcconsulting.com

In this Livestream we discuss the benefits of archiving records within an existing FileMaker solution, the techniques involved, and the importance of not deleting the records! Future live streams: https://fmtraining.tv/#LIVE [email protected] www.fmtraining.tv www.fmstartingpoint.com www.rcconsulting.com

The Final day of FM Gallery with Nick Hunter. This time we discuss importing photos from a folder, assigning photos to an Inspection Component, using Card Style Windows to open layouts from another file, localization, and more! Future live streams: https://fmtraining.tv/#LIVE [email protected] www.fmtraining.tv www.fmstartingpoint.com www.rcconsulting.com

It's Day Five of FM Gallery with Nick Hunter. This time we discuss saving photos with dated or numbered file names, how Gallery uses shell scripts to export photos, and more information on SIPS. Future live streams: https://fmtraining.tv/#LIVE [email protected] www.fmtraining.tv www.fmstartingpoint.com www.rcconsulting.com

360Works' Joe Martin returns to discuss all of the fantastic plugin updates they’ve made with 19.3. The discussion includes performance improvements, plug-in compatibility, protection against ransomware and a variety of other topics. Future live streams: https://fmtraining.tv/#LIVE [email protected] www.fmtraining.tv www.fmstartingpoint.com www.rcconsulting.com

Kyle Williams shows how to hack into the XML code for Layout objects and modify them in new ways. He also demos how to get around 30,000 character limitations to allow single-step scripts to have entire libraries of JSON. Future live streams: https://fmtraining.tv/#LIVE [email protected] www.fmtraining.tv www.fmstartingpoint.com www.rcconsulting.com

Day 4 of taking apart FM Gallery with Nick Hunter. This time we discuss how you get FileMaker to select multiple photos, open photos, saving photos at different sizes and formats, rotating photos and SIPS. Future live streams: https://fmtraining.tv/#LIVE [email protected] www.fmtraining.tv www.fmstartingpoint.com www.rcconsulting.com

Day 3 of our FM Gallery discussion. This time we cover virtual lists, generating the gallery on a server, techniques for easier debugging, fragmentation of FileMaker files and more! Future live streams: https://fmtraining.tv/#LIVE [email protected] www.fmtraining.tv www.fmstartingpoint.com www.rcconsulting.com

Jake Scheele shares his Add-On for dynamically sorting portals and lists. Inspired by Nick Hunter's Custom Sort on Portal Demo, Jake demonstrates the installation and use of his add-on. Future live streams: https://fmtraining.tv/#LIVE [email protected] www.fmtraining.tv www.fmstartingpoint.com www.rcconsulting.com

It's Day 2 of FM Gallery with Nick Hunter. Nick discusses HEIC files, relationships in FM Gallery, how the photos are organized and displayed, adjusting zoom, and more! Future live streams: https://fmtraining.tv/#LIVE [email protected] www.fmtraining.tv www.fmstartingpoint.com www.rcconsulting.com

Storing images in FileMaker in both a beautiful and useful way can be difficult, but Nick Hunter is back to show us his fantastic FM Gallery. Future live streams: https://fmtraining.tv/#LIVE [email protected] www.fmtraining.tv www.fmstartingpoint.com www.rcconsulting.com

Christian Schmitz returns to discuss the new functionality he’s just added to his plugin, specifically related to Custom Functions and javascript. Future live streams: https://fmtraining.tv/#LIVE [email protected] www.fmtraining.tv www.fmstartingpoint.com www.rcconsulting.com

Do you know about the new Quick Authoring feature in FileMaker? Claris needs us to test this new feature and provide feedback! Future live streams: https://fmtraining.tv/#LIVE [email protected] www.fmtraining.tv www.fmstartingpoint.com www.rcconsulting.com

This Livestream recaps all of the awesome new features FileMaker 19.3 has! We also share a recorded video of 24U's HOnza Koudelka talking about his Benchmarks! Future live streams: https://fmtraining.tv/#LIVE [email protected] www.fmtraining.tv www.fmstartingpoint.com www.rcconsulting.com

FileMaker 19.3 included a host of bug fixes that improved our lives in a wide variety of ways. In this Livestream, Jacob and Richard sit down and go through each of them. Future live streams: https://fmtraining.tv/#LIVE [email protected] www.fmtraining.tv www.fmstartingpoint.com www.rcconsulting.com

Join Jacob Taylor for Day 2 of the ins and outs of installing FileMaker Server onto Linux. In Day 2 he discusses how to properly configure your Linux FM Server after getting it installed. Future live streams: https://fmtraining.tv/#LIVE [email protected] www.fmtraining.tv www.fmstartingpoint.com www.rcconsulting.com

Join Jacob Taylor as he covers the ins and outs of installing FileMaker Server onto Linux. He discusses his recommended backup strategies and mission critical post-install server configuration adjustments. Future live streams: https://fmtraining.tv/#LIVE [email protected] www.fmtraining.tv www.fmstartingpoint.com www.rcconsulting.com

How do you interact with your clients in such a way that you can discover their actual needs? Richard discusses his personal tips, as well as those from several senior engineers at RCC! Future live streams: https://fmtraining.tv/#LIVE [email protected] www.fmtraining.tv www.fmstartingpoint.com www.rcconsulting.com

We're having another discussion on licensing in FileMaker, specifically, the cost of bundling FileMaker with a plug-in or add-on product! Future live streams: https://fmtraining.tv/#LIVE [email protected] www.fmtraining.tv www.fmstartingpoint.com www.rcconsulting.com

Kyle Williams returns to discuss the power that C3 Interactive Charts can have in FileMaker. We explore the substantial possibilities available to us in the world of C3 Charting. Future live streams: https://fmtraining.tv/#LIVE [email protected] www.fmtraining.tv www.fmstartingpoint.com www.rcconsulting.com

The Inspector Pane has a variety of tools that developers use to create, design, and improve layouts! With this Livestream we go into a deep dive addressing what you have available to use! Future live streams: https://fmtraining.tv/#LIVE [email protected] www.fmtraining.tv www.fmstartingpoint.com www.rcconsulting.com

It's Day 2 of the Get (Functions) Livestream! In this one, Calvin and Richard dive into the last half of the Get (Functions), alphabetically, proceeding after Get(OpenDataFileInfo). Future live streams: https://fmtraining.tv/#LIVE [email protected] www.fmtraining.tv www.fmstartingpoint.com www.rcconsulting.com

It's Day 2 of the Get (Functions) Livestream! In this one, Calvin and Richard dive into the last half of the Get (Functions), alphabetically, proceeding after Get(OpenDataFileInfo). Future live streams: https://fmtraining.tv/#LIVE [email protected] www.fmtraining.tv www.fmstartingpoint.com www.rcconsulting.com

In this stream we discussed a myriad of Get (Functions) in FileMaker with Calvin and Richard! There’s a whole host of them to cover, so get ready! Future live streams: https://fmtraining.tv/#LIVE [email protected] www.fmtraining.tv www.fmstartingpoint.com www.rcconsulting.com

Watch Jacob Taylor discuss using a XML export to reconstruct your FileMaker file! The process is fraught, but when you are in a scenario where there is no alternative, you’ll be glad you know how to do it! Future live streams: https://fmtraining.tv/#LIVE [email protected] www.fmtraining.tv www.fmstartingpoint.com www.rcconsulting.com

We're back to discuss more MBS functions in this Livestream! This time Christian discusses Excel, maps, web viewers and a whole host of other Monkeybread functions! Future live streams: https://fmtraining.tv/#LIVE [email protected] www.fmtraining.tv www.fmstartingpoint.com www.rcconsulting.com

We want to help you better understand FileMaker Pro's developer utilities, specifically the ones under the TOOLS menu with a special emphasis on encryption at rest/EAR! This is a very important part of FileMaker's security! Future live streams: https://fmtraining.tv/#LIVE [email protected] www.fmtraining.tv www.fmstartingpoint.com www.rcconsulting.com

Have you watched recent videos about MBS FileMaker Plugin on YouTube? MBS and FileMaker Custom Functions Run Via Plug-In MBS Plugin Talk - Christian Schmitz FileMaker and MBS Functions Spotlight FileMaker and MBS DynaPDF Functions Spotlight MBS FileMaker Plugin 2021 FMDiSC Meeting 3/12/2021 Monkeybread Plugin for FileMaker FileMaker Developers in Southern California MBS FileMaker Plugin …

More FREE add-on demos are shown in this Livestream! Calvin is back to show off more add-ons, this time with one that affects your back/forwards navigation and another that makes a navigation card menu! Future live streams: https://fmtraining.tv/#LIVE [email protected] www.fmtraining.tv www.fmstartingpoint.com www.rcconsulting.com

Ever wonder how FileMaker licensing works? This Livestream discusses the intricacies of FileMaker licensing on Pro, Server, and Cloud - so you better understand exactly how to get what you need! Future live streams: https://fmtraining.tv/#LIVE [email protected] www.fmtraining.tv www.fmstartingpoint.com www.rcconsulting.com

Want to have comprehensive PDF control in FileMaker? In this Livestream, Christian Schmitz takes us through how his Monkeybread Plugin offers a variety of tools to deal with PDFs in FileMaker! Future live streams: https://fmtraining.tv/#LIVE [email protected] www.fmtraining.tv www.fmstartingpoint.com www.rcconsulting.com

In this Livestream, Jacob Taylor covers the ins and outs of using the command-line interface to fully manage a FileMaker Server Installation. This discussion includes command lines to reboot services in an emergency as well as critical configuration commands! Future live streams: https://fmtraining.tv/#LIVE [email protected] www.fmtraining.tv www.fmstartingpoint.com www.rcconsulting.com

Let's show off some more free add-ons! Calvin's back with two demos: an add-on that allows you to crop images and another that enables a progress bar! Future live streams: https://fmtraining.tv/#LIVE [email protected] www.fmtraining.tv www.fmstartingpoint.com www.rcconsulting.com

Chris and Heidi from The Moyer Group go over what products try to compete with FileMaker! What do these products offer and what are their advantages and disadvantages in comparison with the FileMaker platform? Future live streams: https://fmtraining.tv/#LIVE [email protected] www.fmtraining.tv www.fmstartingpoint.com www.rcconsulting.com

Let's discuss a fantastic Calendar plug-in to use with FileMaker: Zulu from 360Works! Joe Martin is here to lay out the intricacies of what the plug-in does and how to use it with your solution! Future livestreams: https://fmtraining.tv/#LIVE [email protected] www.fmtraining.tv www.fmstartingpoint.com www.rcconsulting.com

Jacob Taylor covers the ins and outs of installing FileMaker Server onto Windows hardware! He discusses the recommended backup strategies and critical post-install server configuration adjustments! Future live streams: https://fmtraining.tv/#LIVE [email protected] www.fmtraining.tv www.fmstartingpoint.com www.rcconsulting.com

Let's discuss Keyboard Shortcuts in FileMaker! There's a group of commands to make your development easier and quicker, and we're here to share most of them! Future live streams: https://fmtraining.tv/#LIVE [email protected] www.fmtraining.tv www.fmstartingpoint.com www.rcconsulting.com

Calvin demos two FREE Add-ons: one on Neumorphism Popovers and another on Neumorphism Slide Controls! Future live streams: https://fmtraining.tv/#LIVE [email protected] www.fmtraining.tv www.fmstartingpoint.com www.rcconsulting.com

Since we got this nice database for JavaScript to do custom functions (see blog article: Custom Functions in JavaScript), we further thought about doing this with FileMaker directly. Imaging to have your custom function in a central start database. Your solution opens, defines your own environment to store them and then loads all your custom functions from a table in the database. You may even have flags to define which are active vs. inactive, testing vs. production quality or maybe limited to admins. Once you have them loaded in memory, you can call them anywhere in any open file as long as FileMaker is running. Here is our example database: As you see we can defi…

Day 4 of the FileMaker transplant! Nick Hunter shows the final steps and the finer details of combining two FileMaker files, like buttons! Future live streams: https://fmtraining.tv/#LIVE [email protected] www.fmtraining.tv www.fmstartingpoint.com www.rcconsulting.com

Day 3 of merging two FileMaker Files together! Nick Hunter discusses more techniques, specifically related to the merging and transferring of relationships! Future live streams: https://fmtraining.tv/#LIVE [email protected] www.fmtraining.tv www.fmstartingpoint.com www.rcconsulting.com

Day 2 of Dynamic Table of Contents in FileMaker! Yesterday, Nick Hunter explained to us how this table would work, now he shows off exactly how it works and how to make one! Future live streams: https://fmtraining.tv/#LIVE [email protected] www.fmtraining.tv www.fmstartingpoint.com www.rcconsulting.com

Having a Dynamic Table of Contents is a technical challenge in FileMaker even for very advanced users. Nick has created his own technique based on the latest FileMaker Pro feature enhancements! Future live streams: https://fmtraining.tv/#LIVE [email protected] www.fmtraining.tv www.fmstartingpoint.com www.rcconsulting.com

Years ago we added OCR functions to MBS FileMaker Plugin. We decided to go with the Tesseract engine, which was available as C++ library with an open source license. We integrated Tesseract in version 3.02 and stayed with that version for a long time. Since each version requires compatible data files, we could not easily change the library without you guys changing data files. That brings us to the version 4.11 of Tesseract. We had plans to use the new version and looked for a way to make the transition easy for our plugin users. But since the newer tesseract library exports a C interface, we can load it dynamically at runtime. This way we can give you a OCR.Load func…

Is there a sub forum on here for system architecture brain food? For example I will build a new system now and would like to have some input on the KPIs in which are On-Prem Operations have a preference for High Sierra on their workstations; due to the obvious cover flow view in Finder. I would prefer to use FileMaker 5.5 and 19 Server on linux Which versions of FileMaker will work in combination with High Sierra and FileMaker 19 Server? Is this page up to date? https://ithelp.brown.edu/kb/articles/high-sierra-macos-10-13-what-works Also do you know of any good sync between FileMaker 5.5 Server and FileMaker 19 Server? I have not yet fo…

You may know that our MBS FileMaker Plugin has functions for barcode generation and recognition. The Barcode.Detect function is based on the open source zxing library can recognize various types, but sadly not all QRCodes recently. To solve this we add support for the zbar open source library with our new Barcode.Scan function. Since the library is GPL, you have to include the library file with the application and load it at runtime with Barcode.LoadLibrary function. You may get a zbar library from the project website or from our Libs folder in download section. Our example project shows how to load the library at startup of application. On Linux you may just be able t…

Joe Martin will demonstrate how you can extend FileMaker by writing your own custom functions in Groovy or Java! Plus, we will demo how you can use ScriptMaster to trigger a scanner and scan documents into FileMaker.Future live streams: https://fmtraining.tv/#LIVE [email protected] www.fmtraining.tv www.fmstartingpoint.com www.rcconsulting.com

In this Livestream, we cover digital document management with the use of Containers in FileMaker! We’ll discuss Internal versus External storage, encrypted versus non-encrypted and handing user interface buttons. Future live streams: https://fmtraining.tv/#LIVE [email protected] www.fmtraining.tv www.fmstartingpoint.com www.rcconsulting.com

In Day 2, Nick discusses transferring Table Occurrences between FileMaker files! Future live streams:https://fmtraining.tv/#LIVE [email protected] www.fmtraining.tv www.fmstartingpoint.com www.rcconsulting.com

Merging two FileMaker files together is a huge challenge! In Day 1 of this Livestream, Nick will begin to execute a complete transplant of one FileMaker file into another, showing you all of his tips and techniques! Future live streams: https://fmtraining.tv/#LIVE [email protected] www.fmtraining.tv www.fmstartingpoint.com www.rcconsulting.com

Richard and Nick discuss Custom Themes and Shared Styles for your FileMaker databases! They also discuss naming conventions! Future live streams: https://fmtraining.tv/#LIVE [email protected] www.fmtraining.tv www.fmstartingpoint.com www.rcconsulting.com

We like to show you what you can do with our DynaPDF features in our MBS FileMaker Plugin. Please see the topics below and take a look on the relevant example projects once you downloaded our plugin. Create New PDF from scratch Start a new blank PDF and add content to it. Just call DynaPDF.Append to add a new page and then while the page is open, draw some content on it. This may involve setting color with DynaPDF.SetFillColor or DynaPDF.SetStrokeColor functions and calling drawing functions like DynaPDF.MoveTo and DynaPDF.LineTo to draw a line. With DynaPDF.Rectangle, DynaPDF.DrawArc, DynaPDF.Bezier123 and our other drawing functions, you may build complex ve…

Nick Hunter is back to show off how to juggle multiple tables in complex reports! He also discusses the advantages and disadvantages of multi-table reports in FileMaker! Future live streams: https://fmtraining.tv/#LIVE [email protected] www.fmtraining.tv www.fmstartingpoint.com www.rcconsulting.com

Nick Hunter is back to discuss reports for advanced users! Learn to build reports using a new approach and perspective, and how to achieve your ideal report with simplicity! Future live streams: https://fmtraining.tv/#LIVE [email protected] www.fmtraining.tv www.fmstartingpoint.com www.rcconsulting.com

FileMaker Trivia time! Our first trial run for a JackBox Episode where we have fun, and also learn important skills with the FileMaker Platform! Future live streams: https://fmtraining.tv/#LIVE [email protected] www.fmtraining.tv www.fmstartingpoint.com www.rcconsulting.com

What are the mechanical advantages and disadvantages of FileMaker? We discuss what's easy and difficult to execute in the FileMaker platform on this stream! Future live streams: https://fmtraining.tv/#LIVE [email protected] www.fmtraining.tv www.fmstartingpoint.com www.rcconsulting.com

Using our OAuth knowledge from the previous livestream, Joe Martin is here to take us on an in-depth tour of the fantastic 360works email plugin! Future live streams: https://fmtraining.tv/#LIVE [email protected] www.fmtraining.tv www.fmstartingpoint.com www.rcconsulting.com

Have an Excel file you want to convert into a FileMaker one? Richard discusses the complexities of dragging and dropping your excel file onto FileMaker, and what to do with converting multiple related tables! Future live streams: https://fmtraining.tv/#LIVE [email protected] www.fmtraining.tv www.fmstartingpoint.com www.rcconsulting.com

With Claris FileMaker 19.3.1 you can install the MBS FileMaker Plugin 11.2 for the Data API process. To install our plugin manually, just copy the plugin to /FileMaker Server/Web Publishing/publishing-engine/wip/Plugins/ folder. Then check in Admin Console to make sure you have plugins enabled for the Data API. The Admin Console doesn't list plugins for Data API. If the plugin is not yet available, you may need to restart the wip process or the whole server to recognize the new plugin. The exact location is for macOS: For Windows: And for Ubuntu Linux: If you have no toggle for Data API plugins in your Admin Console, you may need to get …

Jacob and Richard are back to discuss more advanced database crash restoration techniques in FileMaker! In this Livestream they discuss log analysis and how to deal with split container data restoration scenarios! Future live streams: https://fmtraining.tv/#LIVE [email protected] www.fmtraining.tv www.fmstartingpoint.com www.rcconsulting.com

Today Jacob and Richard cover emergency restoration procedures! How do you safely restore your database from a backup after your server crashes? Learn how to here! Future live streams: https://fmtraining.tv/#LIVE [email protected] www.fmtraining.tv www.fmstartingpoint.com www.rcconsulting.com

Want to know how OAuth works? Thankfully Joe Martin from 360Works has you covered! This one-day extravaganza will bring you up to speed! Future live streams: https://fmtraining.tv/#LIVE [email protected] www.fmtraining.tv www.fmstartingpoint.com www.rcconsulting.com

Nick Hunter is back to discuss the "Copy Record/Request" script step and how to use it to your advantage! We also take a look at setting up a database for archiving (instead of deleting records) without adversely affecting your performance! Future live streams: https://fmtraining.tv/#LIVE [email protected] www.fmtraining.tv www.fmstartingpoint.com www.rcconsulting.com

Recently a client contacted us for a problem they have. A solution hosted via FileMaker Server with Web Direct shows a layout with a container. Users can click on a button to upload an image, which uses Insert from Device script step. But if the user has an iPhone, the uploaded image may be an HEIF one. The High Efficiency Image File Format is great to preserve images in high quality, but other tools may not be able to read it. And we run into the problem, that the container is marked to be of type JPEG, which confuses other scripts (see Container.GetTypes function). Here is a script to look on the inserted image and convert it to PNG with our Container.ReadIm…