The Separation Model – Part 18 – Google Calendar Integration - Overview

[FileMaker Magazine]

by Matt Petrowsky

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Creating a robust scheduling calendar within FileMaker can either be a big pain or an experience of joy. If you're into "the process" of figuring things out, such as "the how" then by all means, have at it.

However, if you're simply needing the functionality, and know you've got bigger, better problems to solve, then why not take full advantage of solutions which already exist.

If you really need all your data within FileMaker, then solutions such as SeedCode's Pro Calendar will get you started faster than you can add 42 repetitions - actually not that fast, but pretty darn fast.

If you tend to enjoy the free things in life, then using Google calendar is a GREAT solution. The problem is, however, that a Google calendar knows nothing about your data and will only manage the event itself - not who's attending (at least from your database) the event or which equipment needs to be at the event or any other related bit of information in your database.

At least it doesn't know until you start using a plugin such as FMgCal. This is the route I took when integrating a calendar into the KarateApp solution. True, I was going to make this solution 100% FileMaker, but seriously the amount of work a good calendar requires is MASSIVE!

I was so gratefully happy and ready to start using this plugin, that I just had to share how I've integrated it into this solution.

If getting a calendar into your FileMaker solution, with all the bells and whistles of a Google calendar, is a feature you've always desired, then the short investment of time to watch this video will solve that pain in quick fashion.

Details: Released - 8/24/2011 / Size - 65.55 MB / Length - 43 min

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