You’ve read our Mapping and More post. You know what Geographic Information Systems are. You’re starting to understand why you need GIS in FileMaker… now let’s get to the how. In this post we’re going … Read more about GIS and FileMaker – Part 1: The Basics
FileMaker's default Paste behavior is to paste formatted text in a FileMaker text field. Additional steps, either by the user or the developer, must be taken to paste unformatted text. Text stored … Read more about Enhancing the FileMaker Paste Command
FileMaker is by far the easiest to use custom application solution available. To prove this and to educate my 12 year old daughter, I took on the task of showing her how to build a custom FileMaker … Read more about Create a Custom App in Less Than an Hour with Minimal Programming!
This sample database can be used by FileMaker developers to help create a customized solution. It is provided free of charge. TinyURL is a URL redirection service that takes a long URL and makes it … Read more about fmTinyURL – Make Shorter URLs with FileMaker
This sample database can be used by FileMaker developers to help create a customized solution. It is provided free of charge. I was reading a FileMaker blog the other day about addressing the issue … Read more about FileMaker Web Viewer Dynamic Image Resizing
Take a break and have some fun playing PacMan in your database. This is a simple demonstration example file of the use of the web viewer in FileMaker. Download fmPacMan … Read more about Pac Man for Claris FileMaker
WordPress Every business needs to have a strong public facing website to be viable in today’s market. WordPress is our recommendation for the best tool available to build that website … Read more about WordPress and Claris FileMaker – A Match Made in Heaven
Today, May 4th is Intergalactic Star Wars day! The non-Star Wars fan may need an explanation. Perhaps one of the most memorable phrases from Star Wars is “May the force be with you.” Today that … Read more about Intergalactic Star Wars Day and FileMaker
We recently found BatchGeo.com. It's the fastest way to create Google maps from your data. It accepts addresses, intersections, cities, states, and postal codes and then does the hard work of figuring … Read more about fmBatchGeo – Multiple Location Google Maps from FileMaker
I came across the nautical flag codes one day and thought it would be fascinating to see my name in flags. Around the same time, FileMaker 12 was released and I was looking for a project that would … Read more about fmNauticalFlags – View Your Name in Flags!
Abbott Northwestern Hospital, part of Allina Health in Minneapolis Minnesota, is the largest non-profit hospital in the Twin Cities. US News ranked it in the top 50 hospitals in the United States. The … Read more about The Internal Medicine Residency Program at Abbott Northwestern Hospital Uses FileMaker to Assist with Leading Edge Technology Training
Scripts make up the key technique for FileMaker automation. Creating scripts can quickly get unmanageable if you do not document them well, have consistency in naming, pass parameters easily, etc. … Read more about FileMaker Script Template for Better Coding