[ANN] NightWing Demos for FileMaker 13

[CobaltSky]

I'm pleased to announce the availability of the first group of a series of new and updated demo and example files for FileMaker 13.

 

The first ten demos in this series are available immediately and include a mix of new techniques based on the features of the FileMaker 13 platform, along with updated versions of some of our previous demos (reworked in light of the new features). This set of demos showcases a number of our favourites among the features of FileMaker 13.

 

Eight of this first set of FileMaker 13 demos are unlocked, so that you can access the code. Two are preview-only (code available to registered users). These include an update to version 2.0 of our UltraLog audit tracking system (which is a free upgrade for paid licensees of version 1.0), plus a Custom Status Panel system that replicates the navigation functionality of the Status Toolbar (including a 'draggable' slider) as a compact native layout object group.

 

Other demos in this group include a new three-way interface system for portals, a new take on showing progress indicators, our fourth and final demo of active row highlighting, a new method of highlighting search text in a field, an updated and extended distinct values toolkit and more...

 

Links to the info and download pages for each of the new demos can be found at:

 

http://www.nightwingenterprises.com/demos.html

 

Further demos are planned (also a mix of new techniques and updates to earlier examples) and will be published at the above link when available.

 

Regards,
Ray

[jorfasan]

This is the best new since the release of FM13!!! 

Enjoyment & learning

 

Thanks, Ray

[Lee Smith]

Thanks for sharing.

[HarryGlos]

Thanks Ray,

 

You've always made yourself available to the FileMaker community and offered your vast expertise.

 

Thank you for your steadfast support of the FileMaker community...

 

Harry

[pedrinalex]

Thank you for sharing

 

Regards

 

Pedro

[Josh Ormond]

Harry? Hey...you are still alive!!!

 

Thanks Ray,

 

You've always made yourself available to the FileMaker community and offered your vast expertise.

 

Thank you for your steadfast support of the FileMaker community...

 

Harry

[CobaltSky]

Hi Folks,

 

A quick heads up for those who may be interested... An additional demo has now been added to the set, bringing the total number in this group to eleven. You'll find it on the same page as linked in the first post in the thread.

 

The new demo shows an updated FileMaker 13 technique for viewing found records in a portal - with the portal contents dynamically updating as the found set changes. We've published demos on this subject before (for FileMaker 5.5 and FileMaker 8) but the approach in this one is all new.

 

FWIW, the new demo also includes a custom Find interface and a portal-based navigation system, so there are several things going on...

 

Regards,

Ray

[CobaltSky]

A further update on this today...

 

The twelfth demo in this latest series is now available for download and is listed at the same location as the original group - ie at:

 

http://www.nightwingenterprises.com/demos.html

 

The latest addition is a new/updated version of the "Dynamic Layout" technique we first published for FileMaker 9 back in 2008. While the basic concept is similar, v2.0 includes some additional functionality, an updated interface and shows a variant of the techniques that have been adapted to make use of the expanded feature set of FileMaker 13.

 

Regards,

Ray

[CobaltSky]

A quick heads up for those who may not yet have caught up with the latest on this demo series...

 

The thirteenth demo completes the set and is available on our demos page at:

 

http://www.nightwingenterprises.com/demos.html

 

This new demo shows a way of working with relational data - analogous to a "portal within a portal" - involving cascading portals where selecting a row in one portal invokes the display of related records (i.e. related to the record that's active in the first portal). And selecting a row among the 'child' rows in the second portal invokes the display of 'grandchild' records in a third portal. It's a sequel to a cascading portal demo that some might remember me posting on this site many moons ago...

 

In this case, the demo shows only three portals interacting, but the technique can be extended to as many levels (on a single layout) as you wish.

 

Also featured in the new demo is a FileMaker 13 technique using conditionally hidden attributes to enhance the user experience of adding records to a portal. In each portal, you can add, edit or delete records within the cascading hierarchy (preserving relational links as you do) - all from a single layout.

 

Also, as an aside, if you've found our demos and other resources interesting and/or useful in the past, you may be interested to know that I'll be presenting a series of master classes in various parts of the world in the coming months. I recently posted an announcement elsewhere on the forum:

 

[ANN] FileMaker Master Classes - 2015

 

While the master classes do include discussions about specific techniques, including some of those featured in various demos, the main focus is the thinking behind these and other approaches, placing them within a wider framework for advanced FileMaker development.

 

Regards,

 

Ray