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What could possibly be better than 3 days of a FileMaker Go UI/UX event? How about 4 days of Nick covering the latest iOS design techniques! FREE sample file: https://bit.ly/3abgcKB Future live streams: https://fmtraining.tv/#LIVE [email protected] www.fmtraining.tv www.fmstartingpoint.com www.rcconsulting.com

The show must go on! On Day 3 Nick continues to cover the latest iOS design techniques to enhance the UI/UX of your FileMaker Go application. FREE sample file: https://bit.ly/3abgcKB Future live streams: https://fmtraining.tv/#LIVE [email protected] www.fmtraining.tv www.fmstartingpoint.com www.rcconsulting.com

https://firesidefilemaker.podbean.com/e/punishing-performance/ In this PodCast, we highlight yet another hero in the FileMaker market, Wim Decorte of Soliant Consulting. As long as there has been FileMaker, it seems like Wim has been there helping people on the message boards, writing white papers and presenting at Claris DevCon/Engage. He even created an open source FileMaker product, called the Punisher, aimed at testing a FileMaker solution over the network. We’ll discuss the Punisher and where you can get it, as well as optimizing performance on FileMaker Server, FileMaker Pro and FileMaker Go. Specific subjects include FileMaker Server logs, Linux, AWS, backups,…

This FileMaker Go UI/UX event was so good, it needed 5 days! On Day 2 Nick will continue to cover guidelines and principles from the latest iOS design techniques. FREE sample file: https://bit.ly/3abgcKB Future live streams: https://fmtraining.tv/#LIVE [email protected] www.fmtraining.tv www.fmstartingpoint.com www.rcconsulting.com

What better way to start a new year than with a 5 day FileMaker Go UI/UX event! Nick will go over guidelines and principles from the latest iOS design techniques. FREE sample file: https://bit.ly/3abgcKB Future live streams: https://fmtraining.tv/#LIVE [email protected] www.fmtraining.tv www.fmstartingpoint.com www.rcconsulting.com

360Works' Sam Barnum joins us to talk about fmPromise, a product that provides a richer JavaScript Web Viewer Integration! Find this FileMaker Product and more at 360Works.com. Future live streams: https://fmtraining.tv/#LIVE [email protected] www.fmtraining.tv www.fmstartingpoint.com www.rcconsulting.com

GetContainerAttribute is a great way to learn more about the data inside your containers. Nick shares a FREE sample file (https://bit.ly/34AOTpB) to help guide us through this powerful function. Future live streams: https://fmtraining.tv/#LIVE [email protected] www.fmtraining.tv www.fmstartingpoint.com www.rcconsulting.com

New to the FileMaker Platform but overwhelmed by some of the more advanced topics? This Open Q&A LiveStream for new FileMaker Developers may help point you in the right direction! Future live streams: https://fmtraining.tv/#LIVE [email protected] www.fmtraining.tv www.fmstartingpoint.com www.rcconsulting.com

If your New Year's resolution is to learn a new script step, we have the perfect LiveStream for you! Nick Hunter is here to discuss Set Field by Name. FREE sample file: https://bit.ly/2JCapmr. Future live streams: https://fmtraining.tv/#LIVE [email protected] www.fmtraining.tv www.fmstartingpoint.com www.rcconsulting.com

Don't let those pesky errors get away from you! Learn how to manage Error Capture in scripts and what to watch out for with Nick Hunter. Future live streams: https://fmtraining.tv/#LIVE [email protected] www.fmtraining.tv www.fmstartingpoint.com www.rcconsulting.com

Hi, I want to create a preferably automatically-updated table (Monthly Sales Report) that tallies the daily sales qtys for multiple items - see PDF attached. PM = Past Month totals; Tot = total of the individual columns ie Single, King Single, Long Single, Double, Queen, King. If not an automatic solution, could I create a looped routine to generate data for each item one by one and then populate a page in another layout (copy & paste routine)? I also considered creating sub-summaries and sorting by date, but I couldn't see how to create an elegant summary such as the attached PDF with zero days included. FM data is drawn from MYOB and stored in multipl…

Do you need to separate a block of text into individual fields? You cold use the Position function and a combination of left, middle and right functions or you could use the KISS method. https://youtu.be/n32QR6VqXjc Check out www.filemakercommunitycollege.com for more tutorials.

A long term project came to delivery just before Christmas 2020: DynaPDF got a new feature to convert texts to outlines. And it's just a new flag for the Optimize function: ConvTextToOutlines. The benefit of this conversion is that you can send the PDF to a printer shop and be sure that it will look exactly as you need. No font trouble, no missing fonts and no font rendering issues. Please note that the process is not reversible. Once the text is converted, the text is gone. Just the look of the text stays, so you need OCR to convert it back to text. Copy & Paste is not possible for outlines, but for some uses this may be desired. To show you what…

Getting your Found Set to contain what you need is a super useful skill to have. Nick Hunter is here to demonstrate the power of the Constrain and Extend script steps as well as some of their limitations. Future live streams: https://fmtraining.tv/#LIVE [email protected] www.fmtraining.tv www.fmstartingpoint.com www.rcconsulting.com

RCC's Junior Developers are back and this time they're sharing their experiences on building a Mechanic Inspection Form! They're also sharing the Inspection Form File FREE and UNLOCKED: https://bit.ly/3fUxYm6 Future live streams: https://fmtraining.tv/#LIVE [email protected] www.fmtraining.tv www.fmstartingpoint.com www.rcconsulting.com

Hi All, I'd like to use fmp 14 databases on my off-line computer only using local host and a browser. Is this possible without using FMP 14 server? Thanks!

Stay safe these holidays in these most difficult of times. We'll be back in the New Year with a fascinating conversation that we're sure you will enjoy.

Still have a lot of Holiday shopping to do? How about some FREE sample files from our weekly Dead Bird Friday event! Find the download links in the description. Future live streams: https://fmtraining.tv/#LIVE [email protected] www.fmtraining.tv www.fmstartingpoint.com www.rcconsulting.com

RCC's Junior Developers built their own Vehicle Manifest and are here to share what they learned along the way! They're also sharing their Vehicle Manifest File FREE and UNLOCKED: https://bit.ly/39bU8io Future live streams: https://fmtraining.tv/#LIVE [email protected] www.fmtraining.tv www.fmstartingpoint.com www.rcconsulting.com

As a developer, it can be difficult to deal with text issued from JSON, Javascript or external APIs. Knowing how to use LeftValues, RightValues, and MiddleValues will save you hours of work and a lot of headaches. Future live streams: https://fmtraining.tv/#LIVE [email protected] www.fmtraining.tv www.fmstartingpoint.com www.rcconsulting.com

Working on a complex Layout with a large amount of layout objects may require a large amount of skill. Not to worry, Nick Hunter is here to share the skills to manipulate those objects without any troubles. Future live streams: https://fmtraining.tv/#LIVE [email protected] www.fmtraining.tv www.fmstartingpoint.com www.rcconsulting.com

When it comes to explaining things that originate within FileMaker Pro, it is better to ask a “Historian” such as Nick to explain them. Nick will demonstrate the How, When and Why of sorting data. Future live streams: https://fmtraining.tv/#LIVE [email protected] www.fmtraining.tv www.fmstartingpoint.com www.rcconsulting.com

What's better than Friday? How about Dead Bird Friday! Join us in our weekly stream where we give everyone FREE FileMaker Sample Files! Find the download links in the description. Future live streams: https://fmtraining.tv/#LIVE [email protected] www.fmtraining.tv www.fmstartingpoint.com www.rcconsulting.com

CAUTION, Merge Field up ahead! Join us as we explore what Merge Fields are and how to use them in your own solutions! Future live streams: https://fmtraining.tv/#LIVE [email protected] www.fmtraining.tv www.fmstartingpoint.com www.rcconsulting.com

The Substitute Function allows you to substitute values in a calculation. How can this be helpful? Nick Hunter explores the possibilities along with a FREE sample file: https://bit.ly/nickmay2020 Future live streams: https://fmtraining.tv/#LIVE [email protected] www.fmtraining.tv www.fmstartingpoint.com www.rcconsulting.com

What are Global Fields? What are the Pros and Cons of using Global Fields? Nick Hunter answers these questions and more during this LiveStream! Future live streams: https://fmtraining.tv/#LIVE [email protected] www.fmtraining.tv www.fmstartingpoint.com www.rcconsulting.com

Apologies to all who've wanted to download the 1st FileMaker Challenge. For some reason, the web page was loading very slowly and many people gave up so here is a direct download link: https://www.filemakercommunitycollege.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/FileMakerChallenge_1..zip

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TGI Dead Bird Friday! Enjoy this week's FREE sample files! Find the download links in the description. Future live streams: https://fmtraining.tv/#LIVE [email protected] www.fmtraining.tv www.fmstartingpoint.com www.rcconsulting.com

There's a difference between handling a bicycle and handling a bus. The same applies when handling large data relationships in FileMaker. Nick will share his techniques to keep Large Solutions fast and snappy. Future live streams: https://fmtraining.tv/#LIVE [email protected] www.fmtraining.tv www.fmstartingpoint.com www.rcconsulting.com

https://firesidefilemaker.podbean.com/e/going-vertical/ Developing a vertical market FileMaker solution is something that many developers have wanted to do but few do it because they don't have the depth of knowledge as to how to go about it. In this fascinating conversation Michael Rocharde & Marc Larochelle, both of whom have developed successful vertical market solutions, talk with John Mark Osborne about all the different things that have to be taken into account. Using case studies we disect the different methods of deployment, how you find a niche market to develop for, the importance of strategic partnerships, protecting your solution and much, much more. …

At this Virtual Bar we may not have drinks to share but we do have FREE sample files: https://bit.ly/3pfxyed Join Kristian Olsen as he wraps up how Virtual tabs further demonstrate the power of the Virtual List technique. Future live streams: https://fmtraining.tv/#LIVE [email protected] www.fmtraining.tv www.fmstartingpoint.com www.rcconsulting.com

You won't need an ID to enjoy these Virtual Bars! join Kristian Olsen as he explains how Virtual tabs further demonstrate the power of the Virtual List technique. Future live streams: https://fmtraining.tv/#LIVE [email protected] www.fmtraining.tv www.fmstartingpoint.com www.rcconsulting.com

How easy is it to wreck your solution? Pretty Easy. So how about we make an indestructible FileMaker solution from the get-go to avoid problems down the road? Future live streams: https://fmtraining.tv/#LIVE [email protected] www.fmtraining.tv www.fmstartingpoint.com www.rcconsulting.com

You may know FileMaker has the possibility to save records as PDF to a file. From time to time clients ask how to script to get the PDF into a record. We like to show you a sample script on what you can do and run this either on server (e.g. triggered from FileMaker Go) or on client. The script takes the record ID as parameter. We switche to the target layout and the correct record based on the record ID to setup the context. That's important as on a server we need to setup context ourselves. On a client you can skip this, if you know you are on the right record already. We build a file path for the temporary PDF document named "temp.pdf". On a server with multip…

View File Comparative Analysis Addendum 6 Wim Decorte and I are pleased to release another White Paper in our on-going series about extending OAuth2 and OIDC in the FileMaker Platform. Addendum 6 Comparative Analysis:Providers and Operating Systems provides an overview of the many options among various IDaaS (Identity as a Service) Providers and Brokers and various versions of FileMaker Server, both on-premise and Cloud-based. Submitter Steven H. Blackwell Submitted …

FMTraining.TV's Black Friday sale event: FREE sample files! Enjoy this week's Dead Bird Friday and the files that come with it. Find the download links in the description. Future live streams: https://fmtraining.tv/#LIVE [email protected] www.fmtraining.tv www.fmstartingpoint.com www.rcconsulting.com

FileMaker Server Update 19.1.2 is here! We put together three content-packed days to keep you up-to-date! Jacob wraps up this event with what you need to know about FileMaker and Linux. Future live streams: https://fmtraining.tv/#LIVE [email protected] www.fmtraining.tv www.fmstartingpoint.com www.rcconsulting.com

FileMaker Server Update 19.1.2 is here! We put together three content-packed days to keep you up-to-date! Richard and Jacob continue with Day 2 and cover installing WebDirect Workers. Future live streams: https://fmtraining.tv/#LIVE [email protected] www.fmtraining.tv www.fmstartingpoint.com www.rcconsulting.com

In this article I want to introduce you the new functions from the MBS FileMaker Plugin in version 10.5. XL - Working with Excel Let's start with the innovations in the XL topic. With our plugin you can create and edit Excel documents via FileMaker scripts. Also in this release we have new features that extend the functionality of this topic. With the new function XL.CopyColumn you can copy the values of a column of a table into another column. This copying process is not limited to the worksheet or book. You can also copy columns between different books and sheets. These must then be defined in the parameters. You can use the XL.Sheet.AddDataValidation fun…

FileMaker Server Update 19.1.2 is here! We put together three content-packed days to keep you up-to-date! Richard and Jacob kick off Day 1 with a rundown on all the changes. Future live streams: https://fmtraining.tv/#LIVE [email protected] www.fmtraining.tv www.fmstartingpoint.com www.rcconsulting.com

I find a tooltip reads better, if you add a bit of padding. "¶ "& text &" ¶" You can convert to a custom function or use as is.

Another Friday, another FREE FileMaker Sample File giveaway during our weekly Dead Bird Friday Stream! Find the download links in the description. Future live streams: https://fmtraining.tv/#LIVE [email protected] www.fmtraining.tv www.fmstartingpoint.com www.rcconsulting.com

Saving time is super important and the updated FileMaker Import dialog is a game changer. Nick has some tips and tricks to get the most out of the Import dialog! FREE Sample File: https://bit.ly/35QiStm. Future live streams: https://fmtraining.tv/#LIVE [email protected] www.fmtraining.tv www.fmstartingpoint.com www.rcconsulting.com

GetLayoutObjectAttribute can be a daunting function to tackle. Nick Hunter wraps up this two-day tear apart and answers any last minute questions. To help, we included a FREE Sample file: https://bit.ly/3egfnAg. Future live streams: https://fmtraining.tv/#LIVE [email protected] www.fmtraining.tv www.fmstartingpoint.com www.rcconsulting.com

GetLayoutObjectAttribute can be a daunting function to tackle. With so many components we felt the need to make a two-day tear apart. To help, we included a FREE Sample file: https://bit.ly/3egfnAg. Future live streams: https://fmtraining.tv/#LIVE [email protected] www.fmtraining.tv www.fmstartingpoint.com www.rcconsulting.com

FileMaker is home to many interesting tools. Thankfully there is a great community to learn about these tools and their uses. Nick Hunter has some unforeseen uses for the List Function that may blow your mind! Future live streams: https://fmtraining.tv/#LIVE [email protected] www.fmtraining.tv www.fmstartingpoint.com www.rcconsulting.com

What's better than Friday? How about Dead Bird Friday! Join us in our weekly stream where we give everyone FREE FileMaker Sample Files! Find the download links in the description. Future live streams: https://fmtraining.tv/#LIVE [email protected] www.fmtraining.tv www.fmstartingpoint.com www.rcconsulting.com

This "must watch" event on building your own Theme in FileMaker must sadly come to an end. On Day 3 Nick Hunter wraps up the conversation and shares some last minute wisdom. Future live streams: https://fmtraining.tv/#LIVE [email protected] www.fmtraining.tv www.fmstartingpoint.com www.rcconsulting.com

Accounting for each object type, having a proper color palette, thinking of correct sizes - building your own Theme in FileMaker can be challenging. Nick Hunter is back with Day 2 of this 3 day "must watch" event. Future live streams: https://fmtraining.tv/#LIVE [email protected] www.fmtraining.tv www.fmstartingpoint.com www.rcconsulting.com

https://firesidefilemaker.podbean.com/e/anaylze-this-appealing-to-ones-base-elements/ In this episode, we are joined by a very special guest, Nick Orr from Goya, in Australia (https://goya.com.au). Nick is the creator of BaseElements, a FileMaker analysis tool which has been around since 2006 and which is one of the preeminent analysis tools for FileMaker developers. We’re also joined by our regular guest Marc Larochelle from Productive Computing (https://www.ProductiveComputing.com). Marc has created a dedicated course for BaseElements available at Productive Computing University (https://www.ProductiveComputingUniversity.com) and brings his personal experience and …

In this "must watch" three day event, we explore building your own Theme in FileMaker. And who better to share their theme building knowledge than Nick Hunter! Buckle up as we kick off Day 1. Future live streams: https://fmtraining.tv/#LIVE [email protected] www.fmtraining.tv www.fmstartingpoint.com www.rcconsulting.com

Managing Indexes is generally handled automatically by FileMaker, but different field types can affect the level of indexing. In this LiveStream for beginners, we take a look at what Indexing is and how it may apply to your solution. Future live streams: https://fmtraining.tv/#LIVE [email protected] www.fmtraining.tv www.fmstartingpoint.com www.rcconsulting.com

What's better than Friday? How about Dead Bird Friday! Join us in our weekly stream where we give everyone FREE FileMaker Sample Files! Find the download links in the description. Future live streams: https://fmtraining.tv/#LIVE [email protected] www.fmtraining.tv www.fmstartingpoint.com www.rcconsulting.com

What do the words Find, Browse, Preview and Layout have in common? They're the four modes in FileMaker! Join us as we explore each of these four modes. FREE sample file: https://bit.ly/3dxgrPz Future live streams: https://fmtraining.tv/#LIVE [email protected] www.fmtraining.tv www.fmstartingpoint.com www.rcconsulting.com

Ask your FileMaker expert if Master Detail is right for you... Join us as Nick Hunter walks through the Pros and Cons to help you decide. FREE sample file: https://bit.ly/3dxgrPz Future live streams: https://fmtraining.tv/#LIVE [email protected] www.fmtraining.tv www.fmstartingpoint.com www.rcconsulting.com

Introducing Claris Connect, a way to connect to your favorite web apps and automate your workflows! On Day 2, Calvin Mosiman wraps up the conversation on what this could mean for you and your business. Future live streams: https://fmtraining.tv/#LIVE [email protected] www.fmtraining.tv www.fmstartingpoint.com www.rcconsulting.com

Introducing Claris Connect, a way to connect to your favorite web apps and automate your workflows! Calvin Mosiman joins us and starts the conversation on what this could mean for you and your business. Future live streams: https://fmtraining.tv/#LIVE [email protected] www.fmtraining.tv www.fmstartingpoint.com www.rcconsulting.com

What's better than Friday? How about Dead Bird Friday! Join us in our weekly stream where we give everyone FREE FileMaker Sample Files! Find the download link in the description. Future live streams: https://fmtraining.tv/#LIVE [email protected] www.fmtraining.tv www.fmstartingpoint.com www.rcconsulting.com

In this article, we cover FileMaker Server 19.1's new enhanced server performance and Linux version. Check out what's new in the latest version of FileMaker Server. https://dbservices.com/blog/claris-filemaker-server-19-1-overview dbservices.com

The official release of FileMaker Server for Linux is here! In this article, we cover the benefits of this new version of server. Also includes a tutorial video. https://dbservices.com/blog/filemaker-server-for-linux dbservices.com

As we reach the end of Nick Hunter's Anchor Buoy event, we hope everyone can apply these lessons into their own FileMaker solutions. So go out there and make organized solutions that your future self will thank you for! Future live streams: https://fmtraining.tv/#LIVE [email protected] www.fmtraining.tv www.fmstartingpoint.com www.rcconsulting.com

Welcome to Day 2 of Nick Hunter's FileMaker Anchor Buoy event! In this beginner to intermediate-level stream, Nick continues on how to avoid Spider Web situations which can be hard to navigate and clean up. Future live streams: https://fmtraining.tv/#LIVE [email protected] www.fmtraining.tv www.fmstartingpoint.com www.rcconsulting.com

Ahoy matey! Join Nick Hunter in this three-day event as he dives into a conversation about FileMaker and Anchor Buoy. Learn what using "anchor bouy" means and how it can save you headaches in the future! Future live streams: https://fmtraining.tv/#LIVE [email protected] www.fmtraining.tv www.fmstartingpoint.com www.rcconsulting.com

Be very quiet, we're hunting for errors... In this Scripting for Beginners LiveStream, we'll dive into error trapping. This includes checking your logs and what the most used error codes are. Future live streams: https://fmtraining.tv/#LIVE [email protected] www.fmtraining.tv www.fmstartingpoint.com www.rcconsulting.com

What's better than Friday? How about Dead Bird Friday! Join us in our weekly stream where we give everyone FREE FileMaker Sample Files! Find the download links in the description. Future live streams: https://fmtraining.tv/#LIVE [email protected] www.fmtraining.tv www.fmstartingpoint.com www.rcconsulting.com

On Day 2 of this spectacular two-day LiveStream event, Jonathan Ray wraps up the conversation on connecting your WordPress website to FileMaker using ODBC. FREE sample file: https://bit.ly/2GrCxqw Future live streams: https://fmtraining.tv/#LIVE [email protected] www.fmtraining.tv www.fmstartingpoint.com www.rcconsulting.com

Fireside FileMaker Episode 35 - UI vs. UX Every once in a while, we find ourselves with a guest who brings a totally unexpected and fascinating viewpoint. These are the episodes that go way beyond the 'you should listen' and reach ‘you must listen'. Today's podcast is one of those episodes. We are joined by Darrin Southern, from CadenceUX in Melbourne, Australia, for an absolutely incredible conversation which starts with the somewhat 'new' concept of UX (the User Experience) and then veers off into some very intersting territory. Both John Mark and I learned a lot and you will also. https://firesidefilemaker.podbean.com/e/ui-vs-ux/ We;d love to hear from y…

Ever wonder if you can connect your WordPress website to FileMaker? Well look no further! Jonathan Ray shows you how using ODBC in this spectacular two-day LiveStream event. Future live streams: https://fmtraining.tv/#LIVE [email protected] www.fmtraining.tv www.fmstartingpoint.com www.rcconsulting.com

The fun continues with Day 2 of FileMaker's Slide Control and Button Bars! Learn what their significance is and when to properly use them. Future live streams: https://fmtraining.tv/#LIVE [email protected] www.fmtraining.tv www.fmstartingpoint.com www.rcconsulting.com

What better way to start off the week than with a LiveStream about FileMaker's Slide Control and Button Bars! Learn what their significance is and when to properly use them. Future live streams: https://fmtraining.tv/#LIVE [email protected] www.fmtraining.tv www.fmstartingpoint.com www.rcconsulting.com

Join us for the final day of Nick Hunter's UI/UX breakdown! As an added bonus for making it through these 5 content-packed days, here is a FREE sample file: https://bit.ly/34fhpvZ. Future live streams: https://fmtraining.tv/#LIVE [email protected] www.fmtraining.tv www.fmstartingpoint.com www.rcconsulting.com

Join us for 5 content-packed days of Nick Hunter's UI/UX breakdown. On Day 4 Nick shows us more amazing ways to implement UI/UX principles into our FileMaker Solutions to take them to the next level. Future live streams: https://fmtraining.tv/#LIVE [email protected] www.fmtraining.tv www.fmstartingpoint.com www.rcconsulting.com

Join us for 5 content-packed days of Nick Hunter's UI/UX breakdown. Day 3 does not slow down as we take the basics we learned and continue to implement those UI/UX principles into our FileMaker Solutions. Future live streams: https://fmtraining.tv/#LIVE [email protected] www.fmtraining.tv www.fmstartingpoint.com www.rcconsulting.com

Join us for 5 content-packed days of Nick Hunter's UI/UX breakdown. On Day 2 we take the basics we learned and start implementing those UI/UX principles into our FileMaker Solutions. Future live streams: https://fmtraining.tv/#LIVE [email protected] www.fmtraining.tv www.fmstartingpoint.com www.rcconsulting.com

Join us for 5 content-packed days of Nick Hunter's UI/UX breakdown. Day 1 brings us back to the fundamentals and covers the basic principles of design in FileMaker. Perfect for beginners! Future live streams: https://fmtraining.tv/#LIVE [email protected] www.fmtraining.tv www.fmstartingpoint.com www.rcconsulting.com

You don't need to be in a band to play with these accordion style windows. Nick Hunter demonstrates how to use accordion style windows and more specifically, when to use them. Future live streams: https://fmtraining.tv/#LIVE [email protected] www.fmtraining.tv www.fmstartingpoint.com www.rcconsulting.com

FMTraining.TV would like to present "Dead Bird Fridays". These special Fridays we'll have some FREE sample files for everyone! Jay kicks off this weekly theme with some awesome JavaScript sample files. Future live streams: https://fmtraining.tv/#LIVE [email protected] www.fmtraining.tv www.fmstartingpoint.com www.rcconsulting.com

For the MBS FileMaker Plugin in version 10.5pr3 we include the new DynaPDF library in version 4.0.43.121. The WriteFText function can now create links within the text: to a web site to a named destination within the same PDF. to a named destination within another PDF document You include \LK[] command in the text as command in your text and then specify the website. Within the brackets you specify 4 to 5 parameters: IsNamedDest (false or 0, true or 1) IsExternalLink (false or 0, true or 1) OpenInNewWindow (false or 0, true or 1) URL or name of a named destination (see DynaPDF.CreateNamedDest()) PDF file in which t…

Just when you thought Nick Hunter couldn't pull out any more Card Style Window UI constructions, he introduces a Stargate to let FileMaker Pro reach unknown new worlds. Future live streams: https://fmtraining.tv/#LIVE [email protected] www.fmtraining.tv www.fmstartingpoint.com www.rcconsulting.com

Everyone developing a FileMaker solution for macOS should get the MBS FileMaker Plugin and configure the toolbar contextual menu with our Window.ConfigureToolbarMenu function: As you see, you can configure the toolbar menu to remove the whole menu (mode 1) or hide only the entries to show/hide/configure. For mode 1 we skipped the screenshot as simply no menu shows up. If the user is allowed to configure the menu bar, he can enable commands you may have disabled via custom menus and work around your security concept. Like if you disable delete, import, export or print buttons and the user configures the toolbar to restore it.

Prepare to be amazed as Nick Hunter manages multiple FileMaker files before your very eyes. No, this isn't an optical illusion or slight of hand but it is a totally new technique! Future live streams: https://fmtraining.tv/#LIVE [email protected] www.fmtraining.tv www.fmstartingpoint.com www.rcconsulting.com

Hang on to your seat, your FileMaker custom app is about to get a whole lot faster! Nick Hunter explains how you can optimize your performance by switching to Card Style windows. Future live streams: https://fmtraining.tv/#LIVE [email protected] www.fmtraining.tv www.fmstartingpoint.com www.rcconsulting.com

To be on a Live File or not to be on a Live File, that is the question. Join Nick Hunter and Jacob Taylor as they weigh the pros and cons of working on Live Files vs Offline Files. Future live streams: https://fmtraining.tv/#LIVE [email protected] www.fmtraining.tv www.fmstartingpoint.com www.rcconsulting.com

https://firesidefilemaker.podbean.com/e/these-are-a-few-of-our-favorite-things-part-2/ In this two part podcast, John Mark and I go back deep into the past to discuss the most important and influential features released in each version of FileMaker. Many, if not most, of these fetures are still in use today but they have all paved the way for the deveopment powerhouse that FieMaker is today. Even though, nobody really needs to know when these features came about, we think you will find this episode more than a little interesting and, as always, we'd love to hear your comments. Part 1 covered all the way up to FileMaker 9 and Part 2 covers from 9 to the current v…

With the next MBS FileMaker Plugin release, we will embrace JSON functions for our FileMaker plugin. As more developers now learn JSON, we can now return you more data as JSON. Instead of making dozens of calls to query all information about a field in a PDF document, you may just want to call DynaPDF.GetFieldsAsJSON and get details for all fields in one chunk and then pick what you need. On the way we made similar functions for annotations, bookmarks, color spaces, doc information, embedded files, fields, fonts and system font information: DynaPDF.GetAnnotationAsJSON DynaPDF.GetAnnotationsAsJSON DynaPDF.GetBookmarksAsJSON DynaP…

Nick Hunter breaks down this advanced topic by starting with the fundamentals. He then demonstrates and explains the most practical and advanced way to use Value Lists while still being an easy-to-use method. Future live streams: https://fmtraining.tv/#LIVE [email protected] www.fmtraining.tv www.fmstartingpoint.com www.rcconsulting.com

The first step in preventing FileMaker corruption starts with you! Nick Hunter and Jacob Taylor demonstrate how to prevent, detect and move forward from FileMaker corruption. Future live streams: https://fmtraining.tv/#LIVE [email protected] www.fmtraining.tv www.fmstartingpoint.com www.rcconsulting.com

Manipulating objects in Layout Mode is one trick to building better FileMaker custom apps. Join Nick Hunter as he dives into the Left Pane in Layout Mode to learn how to hide objects, object grouping and more! Future live streams: https://fmtraining.tv/#LIVE [email protected] www.fmtraining.tv www.fmstartingpoint.com www.rcconsulting.com

We have a special guest speaker for this LiveStream, Claus Lavendt! Claus will be joining us to talk about his Server Admin tool for FileMaker Server and Cloud 1. Future live streams: https://fmtraining.tv/#LIVE [email protected] www.fmtraining.tv www.fmstartingpoint.com www.rcconsulting.com

We have started to look on the Windows Learning APIs to implement some functions for our plugins. Since 2017 we have CoreML functions for macOS. FileMaker 19 now ships similar functions built-in, but we think the plugin can still do more. As we are now using newer Visual Studio 2019, we can finally also check the Windows Learning functions: You can use ONNX Models with the classes, so check the Microsoft website on how to get models. This mainly points to the ONNX Model Zoo, which has some interesting models available. We started by porting the desktop SqueezeNetObjectDetection example from the Windows-Machine-Learning repository. You may want to download the Sq…

In this LiveStream recording, Nick Hunter demonstrates the power of using Card Style Windows in unforeseen ways. He also demos some real-world integration with FM Gallery. Discover new ways to make your applications more amazing! Future live streams: https://fmtraining.tv/#LIVE [email protected] www.fmtraining.tv www.fmstartingpoint.com www.rcconsulting.com

Congrats! You finished one of your first FileMaker applications! The next step is user testing and making sure they submit useful bug reports. Future live streams: https://fmtraining.tv/#LIVE [email protected] www.fmtraining.tv www.fmstartingpoint.com www.rcconsulting.com

One of the best features of FileMaker is its ability to enhance business organization and workflow, but how do you manage all the users? Join Nick Hunter as he dives into FileMaker's user settings. Future live streams: https://fmtraining.tv/#LIVE [email protected] www.fmtraining.tv www.fmstartingpoint.com www.rcconsulting.com

Want to upgrade your FileMaker Server but don't know the best way to go about it? Who better than Jacob Taylor to show you the best practices for upgrading to Server 19! Future live streams: https://fmtraining.tv/#LIVE [email protected] www.fmtraining.tv www.fmstartingpoint.com www.rcconsulting.com

UI design expert Nick Hunter is back and this time he is covering tab based layout navigation! Learn how to apply this navigation methodology to your application! Future live streams: https://fmtraining.tv/#LIVE [email protected] www.fmtraining.tv www.fmstartingpoint.com www.rcconsulting.com

With MBS Xojo Plugins 20.4 we include a new MBS Xojo FMAPI Plugin part with a few new classes to connect to a Claris FileMaker Server: class FMAdminMBS class FMDataMBS class FMConnectionMBS class FMDataSourceMBS class FMRequestMBS class FMResponseMBS class FMContainerUploadMBS The FMDataMBS class does a Data API connection while the FMAdminMBS class provides methods for the Admin API. Both have FMConnectionMBS as base class for the core functionality to connect. Connect Lets connect to a server via Data API using user name and password: // connect Dim connection As New FMDataMBS connection.Passwo…

There's a time to use the Recover Command and there's a time to panic. Before you head into your panic room, join us to learn if there's still time to use the Recover Command! Future live streams: https://fmtraining.tv/#LIVE [email protected] www.fmtraining.tv www.fmstartingpoint.com www.rcconsulting.com