Announcements of FileMaker Product, Services or Resources

Filemaker has been adding lots of good information to its download page at http://www.filemaker.com/downloads/index.html In particular is the new Filemaker Best Practices white paper. Check them out...

I am looking for a calendar. Any platforms. Any versions. Send it via my email address: [email protected]

We have created an EDI program in FMPro for companies which do business with large retailers. If you are required to support Electronic Digital Interchange (EDI) for your customers, and seek a very low-cost solution, give us a call. We can customize a solution at a fraction of the cost for canned software. Save tens of thousands of dollars! Contact: Dave Walsh at [email protected] redirect.zip

It's never too early to start planning! Due to popular demand we will be hosting the 2002 FileMaker Developer Conference in the beautiful Marriott Desert Springs Resort & Spa in Palm Desert, California. The ambience is perfect for focussed learning, networking and exchanging ideas, not to mention the great restaurants, pools and night club. I'm excited about it, I hope you are too! Mark your calendar for August 12-15, 2002. More announcements to come. Sincerely, Delfina Daves Manager, FileMaker Developer Relations

I have been developing a large Database for a strategic marketing company for about a year now. we now feel that we have a very good market information database model that could be used by other companies as a major part of their market research projects. the database is used for gathering data about the supplies and shares, trends, Values and technical segmentation of the heating and bathrooms markets. it then uses these figures to produce a major part of our reports. The database has already proved its worth in that its has been used on numerous occasions to analyse market data for large acquisition and mergers on an international scale. We are now looking for other com…

FileMaker Developer 5.5 Available October 1st From FileMaker, Inc. Delivers rapid application database development to deploy custom FileMaker Pro workgroup solutions SANTA CLARA, CA

Media Release For release: Immediate Los Angeles, CA – September 11, 2001 – FileMaker/SQL Integration Class Sells Out in Toronto, Future Dates Noted ClickWare’s SQL Plug-In course, being held in partnership with CoreSolutions of Canada, has sold out their Toronto offering. The class, which teaches developers and end-users how to successfully integrate FileMaker with SQL databases is extrememly popular and also sold out in Orlando, Florida after the DevCon. Future dates for the class are listed below. Early registration is highly recommended to ensure seats are available: November 15 & 16 – L…

Afeina Software http://www.afeina.com releases ProPrint v 1.2 – The printer switching utility for Filemaker Pro. Seamlessly switch printers with no user intervention! Coordinate complex print jobs between laser, inkjet, fax modems and Adobe Acrobat. If it prints from Filemaker, you can control it using ProPrint. Are you trying to script print jobs it in a multi-user environment? Do you have to show your users endless print dialogs, just to get them to pick the right printer settings? ProPrint allows you to set printers for each workstation on a network, and lets everyone have their own custom settings! You no longer have to script that annoying print dialog and ho…

I wonder if the UltraDev is good tool to build webpages to FMP backend. Does anyone using it or any UltraDev books out there mention about FMP backend. I read some UltraDev books , but they all mentioned about MS Access as backend. Thank you in advance. Hung Pham

First; thanks to Carey Beall and JPaul for your help in getting me up and running. The calculated grade field works great, but I'm still having trouble with my scripting. Are there any books/manuals out there that cover scripting solutions in depth? I'm still trying to create a script that will open and search the master database and then import the found set into the secondary database issuing the script. Thanks.

We are Mac and FM4 users but wondered if anyone can comment on the viirtues or otherwise of 4D when compared with FM. Thanks Apologies if this message is in the wrong Forum.

I would like to know about books for FM training. Also, if anyone knows of classes that are being held in the midwest or of any schools that offer FM training. TIA

There is a wealth of information on Filemaker Pro available at the Filemaker, Inc website (www.filemaker.com) but it is pretty difficult to find. Here is a link to a series of articles written by Filemaker Solutions Alliance memebers on various topics relating to Filemaker Pro. http://www.filemaker.com/articles/index.html

theBOSS v1.1 - integrated small business management software released. Contact management, activities, reminders, invoicing, email, postal net bar codes, credit card processing, and virtual checks in one easy to use package. E-commerce add-on generates products catalog and uploads to webserver automatically. Online ordering supported with encrypted email directly to theBOSS from any hosted webserver. Associate program available to Filemaker developers desiring to sell theBOSS. Email john@isp2001 directly for details.

FileMaker Server 5.5 Now Available from FileMaker, Inc. Fast, reliable FileMaker database hosting software now available for Windows 2000, Mac OS X (Cocoa) and Red Hat

Filemaker Pro and Adobe Acrobat are a great combination. By simply printing to the Acrobat Writer print driver, you can create elegant looking output that can be e-mailed or posted to your web site. This has always been a manual process because Filemaker forces you to type in the PDF file name and path. Until now! With AfFiler you can script the entire process of PDF file creation. Using data from Filemaker fields, calculations or scripts, you can now automatically produce uniquely named output files. One possible use is posting a PDF report to your web site for each of your customers! Using a looping script run once a day your customers can finally have the data…

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE COMM-UNITY NETWORKING SYSTEMS RELEASES SMTPIT 3.0 beta 1, A CROSS PLATFORM FILEMAKER PRO PLUG-IN. Fort Worth, TX, July 23, 2001 -- Comm-Unity Networking Systems announces the release of SMTPit 3.0b1, for FileMaker Pro 4.x and 5.x for Macintosh OS 9, Macintosh OS X, and Windows Platforms. SMTPit is a very flexible FileMaker Pro plug-in that allows you to send email directly from FileMaker without the aid of any helper applications. To use it, all you will need is an email address, an SMTP server, and FileMaker Pro 4.x or 5.x. You can easily integrate SMTPit into your existing solutions. A basic knowledge of FileMaker Scripting is needed, however…

Seamlessly switch printers with no user intervention! New version 1.1 supports Filemaker Pro 5.5 The Problem: "My program won't print correctly!" We have all heard it. Is trying to script printing in FileMaker Pro driving you crazy? Worse yet, are you trying to do it in a multiuser environment? Do you have to show your users endless print dialogs, just to get them to pick the right printer settings? No more! With ProPrint, the printer scripting tool for FileMaker Pro, you can now script the selection of printers for every print job. ProPrint allows you to set printers for each workstation on a network, and lets everyone have their own custom settings! You no lo…

Just wondering, is anyone attending the Filemaker Summit next week in Las Vegas? I just booked mine last week. Hope to get some good information about Web Publishing (CDML Tool, etc). Has anyone ever been to the Summit before? Kim

Hi, What a great place! Someone told me about it but i didn't believe it. Look, I'm the publisher of MacNETv2 at http://www.macnet2.com and we just added a FileMaker forum to our forums and we need a Mod with user experience. It doesn't pay anything, but MacNETv2 is going to be a huge place for mac lovers. We launch on July 1st. If anyone is interested, please go the site, look around, register at the forum and let me know through email. I think there are a lot of people that really want to know about FileMaker and all it can do, but there isn't a place for newbies can go and ask questions, until now. Thank you. John Manzione [email protected]

The New FileMaker 5.5 Product Line FileMaker intends to be the world

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ProPrint allows the scripting of printer changes within Filemaker Pro. http://www.afeina.com Is trying to script printing in FileMaker Pro driving you crazy? Worse yet, are you trying to do it in a multiuser environment? Do you have to show your users endless print dialogs just to get them to pick the right printer settings? No more! With ProPrint, the printer scripting tool for FileMaker Pro, you can now script the selection of printers for every print job. ProPrint allows you to set printers for each workstation on a network, and lets everyone have their own custom settings! You no longer have to script that annoying print dialog and hope that the user will pick th…

On the FileMaker website at the IT Overview page is the following: Powerful New Tools Find out what's new in FileMaker Pro 5.5 including the script debugger and database reporting tool Has anybody actually discovered the new script degugger or the database reporting tool? Clicking on the hyperlink mentions nothing about it, and I haven't found anything in the trial software.

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FileMaker Pro Earns High Marks From Top Universities SANTA CLARA, Calif., April 25 /PRNewswire/ -- In addition to highest levels of academics, 47 out of the top 50 undergraduate national universities recently ranked by U.S. News and World Report have something else in common: they are users of database software from FileMaker, Inc. FileMaker's database software enables workgroups and individuals to manage information on the desktop and the Web. Colleges and universities use the software to build applications campus-wide for tasks that span tracking individual student records and coordinating alumni events to storing high-resolution digital images and publishing universi…

Managing the Professional Service Firm By: David H Maister Free Press Paperbacks ISBN: 0-684-83431-6 Portions of this book were used at the past DevCon in the class taught by Gary Dotzlaw of MetroTechnologies Copyright Your Software Second Edition By: Attorney Stephen Fishman Nolo Press ISBN: 0-87337-494-0 Getting Permission How to License & Clear Copyrighted Materials Online and Off (With Disk of Forms) By: Attorney Richard Stim Nolo Press ISBN: 0-87337-536-X

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Here's a handy utility for scripting printer changes in any version of Filemaker Pro for Windows.Soft Tech Solutions

We are excited to announce a major upgrade of our Filemaker-based, fully-customizable product for the business of graphic design. Studio manager does timesheets, contact management, job cost tracking, estimating, billing, payables, receivables, purchase orders and change orders. It looks great and is easy to modify or add to. If you are a Filemaker consultant interested in exploring the possibility of becoming a designated Studio Manager consultant for your area, please contact me. We currently have designated consultants in New York City, Toronto and San Francisco. Each is very excited about using our product with his clients to provide a really great solution at an aff…

SAN DIEGO, CA -- March 13, 2001 -- The Software & Information Industry Association honored FileMaker Pro 5 Unlimited with a prestigious Codie Award for Best Numeric/Database Software here Monday. The SIIA selected FileMaker Pro 5 Unlimited over IBM DB2 Universal Database v7.1 and three other finalists. FileMaker Pro 5 Unlimited enables workgroups to create and publish databases over the Web. It is part of the FileMaker award-winning line of database tools for workgroups. FileMaker Developer 5, the essential database-creating tool kit for corporate and commercial developers, was a Codie finalist for Best Application Development Product. The SIIA Codie…

Don't Kill the messenger, As noted elsewhere in this forum, the general feeling about this product is that it "SUCKS". A moment of silence for those poor 30,000 souls. FileMaker Ships 30,000 Units of FileMaker Mobile In First 3 Months SANTA CLARA, CA - March 12, 2001 - Shipments of FileMaker Mobile Companion for Palm OS have surpassed 30,000 units in its first three months, FileMaker said today. The popular FileMaker Mobile software lets users transfer and synchronize data bi-directionally between FileMaker Pro 5 databases on Windows and Mac OS desktop computers and Palm Powered handhelds. The newest addition to the award-winning line of FileMaker work…

can anyone recommend a good basic book, or source on FMP scripting for someone with no scripting experience, and not the sharpest crayon in the box, using FMP 4?

I have a new FileMaker-Based solution that I'm making available in a demo version on my website: www.conceptualize.cc The product is JProject, a simple and easy to use project management tool I've been using at my day job for a few years. I would love your feedback on it, and if it's looks like a good solution for you or someone you know...please...pass the word around. Thanks. jeff morrison

Can aanyone recommend an easy book for a File Maker newbie? Thanks John

CoreSolutions Development Inc. have recently published a comprehensive set of FileMaker Pro development standards. These standards are being distributed from our web site, free of charge, to anyone who would like them. http://www.coresolutions.on.ca/

Byteworks have developed a Filemaker Pro cross plaform solution for project management and Job tracking, for further information check our website www.go.to/byteworks thank you

FM Forums is offering advertising space. If you would like to see your banner in rotation at the top of the our forum please email me. Or perhaps you would like to sponsor a fourm. What is sponsoring a forum? We can setup a forum for your FileMaker Specific product and include a static banner for your forum. Rates: Banner Rotation = $200 per year. Sponsored Forum= $500 per year.

Do you have a product announcement? Please let us know! With over 2000 members I am sure some of you out there have a product you wish to sell. Here's your chance, please step up to the podium!

FileMaker Mobile Companion for Palm OS Now Available PalmSource, SANTA CLARA, Calif.

SANTA CLARA, CA -- Dec. 8, 2000 -- FileMaker Pro 5.0v3, the popular workgroup database software, has been tested and certified to be compatible with Microsoft Windows 2000 Terminal Services, according to VeriTest, the official independent laboratory that tests software compatibility for Microsoft Terminal Services. Earlier this week, FileMaker released details on its documentation and support for running FileMaker Pro 5.0v3 (Worldwide English version) and FileMaker Server 5.0v2 (Worldwide English version) in a Windows 2000 Terminal Services environment. Details on FileMaker and Terminal Services configurations, system requirements, documentation and supp…

FileMaker Adds Support for Microsoft Windows 2000 Terminal Services SANTA CLARA, Calif., Dec. 6, 2000 -- FileMaker, Inc., a worldwide leader in database software and in the emerging category of workgroup database tools, announced the immediate availability of support and documentation for running FileMaker Pro 5.0v3 (Worldwide English version) and FileMaker Server 5v2 (Worldwide English version) over Windows 2000 Terminal Services. Details on FileMaker and Terminal Services configurations, system requirements, documentation and support are at: http://www.filemaker.com/support/terminal_server.html Customers using FileMaker Pro 5.0v3 and FileMaker…

ISO Productions, Inc. & Troi Automatisering http://www.isoproductions.com http://www.troi.com ISO Productions, Inc.announced the immediate availability of the Ranges Plug-in for FileMaker Pro, versions 4.x/5.x, co-developed with developers at Troi Automatisering. Ranges Plug-in features are: - Use two date fields to create a range of dates, numbers or time - Generate dynamic on-screen data, whether financial or otherwise - Use ranges in conjunction with Go To Related Records for quick report generation - Integrate the included Calendar Solution into new or existing files - Enhance the ease of reporting for time periods - Purchase a single lic…

Mightydata http://www.mightydata.com MightyData announces new FileMaker 5 training classes for users and developers. These classes have been rewritten to include the latest in FileMaker 5 features and techniques. Class outlines and information are available at: http://www.mightydata.com/training.html. You can register online at http://www.mightydata.com/register.html or call 800-287-0845 for pricing and dates. Discounts are available for multiple classes. Classes are held in Dallas, Texas. [This message has been edited by Ocean West (edited November 28, 2000).] FMForums_Ad2.pdf

Productive Computing, Inc. http://www.productivecomputing.com Productive Computing,Inc. announced the Release of Calendar Pop Up Plug-In Version 1.0 for Macintosh. After numerous requests from the FileMaker Pro community, Productive Computing, Inc. created Pop Up Calendar Plug-in for the Macintosh. The Macintosh version works the same as the PC version and offers the same features including a built in month view calendar navigator allowing users to quickly navigate through months and years automatically entering the selected date within a field. Click on a field to trigger the mini calendar, select a date and have that date enter into a field. You …

Chris Moyer Consulting http://www.fmpro.com Hands-On FileMaker Training With Chris Moyer Consulting Relational Database Design 1 -- NEW for FileMaker Pro 5! Originally developed by Claris (now FileMaker, Inc.) this course has been completely rewritten for FileMaker Pro 5. RDDI is a great overview, covering a wide range of topics. A key component of this class is a systematic approach to designing relational database systems in FileMaker Pro. Relational Database Design 2 -- NEW for FileMaker Pro 5! Originally developed by Claris (now FileMaker, Inc.) this course has been completely rewritten for FileMaker Pro 5. RDD2 gets deeper into relational de…

FileMaker Named Codie Award Finalist For Best Numeric/Database And Best Application Development Software SANTA CLARA, CA

Introducing FMP Reverter 1.0.0 FileMaker, Inc. did not include the capability to save FileMaker Pro

Developers in the Portland, OR, area are invited to the first meeting of the PDX Filemaker and Lasso Developers Group. The agenda for the first meeting is to eat pizza and get to know each other and each other's work. Please join us, if you can. DATE: Wednesday, September 27th (This Wednesday) TIME: 7 PM PLACE: BJ's Pizza & Grill Portland, 1933 W Burnside Portland Please contact me if you have any comments or suggestions or want to be added to the email updates for this new group. Nick

As advertised in FileMaker Advisor - Tecknowlogy FYI announces the release of the long awaited MONKEMAIL - an integrated email solution for FileMaker Pro 5. Designed to provide better management of email messages by closely integrating email functions with contact management without an email plugin. MONKEMAIL works in concert with MS Outlook Express - and marrys many of the OE features with the database power of FileMaker. Features included: 1. Sends email from FMP 2. "Gets" incoming email from MS Outlook Express (PC only) 3. Customizable email folders 4. Customizable Message rules for routing to folders 5. Add signatures 6. Auto-add "reply to" …

For Immediate Release: Hometown Information TECHnologies (HITECH) of Rochester, NY announced today that it will unveil "keyboarding free" computing systems for both horse farm/stable management and thoroughbred race analysis during the upcoming trade show at the Saratoga Springs Sheraton on 7/30-8/2. The trade show is being held in conjunction with the "Cornell at Saratoga - Equine Health" seminar cosponsored by the Cornell Veterinary School and the NY Thoroughbred Breeders. Said Dave Markant, owner of HITECH, "this is the 1st equine management system that's integrated with the MVT-12S Video Tablet which allows for pen-based input of information and data enter…

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