Download Demo File Recently, I was explaining the Pick List technique for a friend and thought there might be a good example online, but couldn’t find one, so here is my version. This is a pretty simple technique and can be adapted to many different aspects of a solution. Whenever you want to get data […]
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Simple Pick Lists in FileMaker Pro
November 7, 2022 
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Word Processing Functions in FileMaker using Buttons and Scripts
May 30, 2020 10 Comments
…a new post specifically detailing this version and how to add these features to your own database.
Continue reading Scraping Tables – Pulling Data Tables from Web Pages into FileMaker Pro
January 25, 2019 2 Comments
In an ideal world, this data would be published to a JSON file and FileMaker could easily parse that data into records. Unfortunately, many organizations are not there yet, in terms of sharing their data easily. That is where this parsing routine comes in handy.
Continue reading Elapsed Time Display in a Web Viewer
November 21, 2018 Comments Off on Elapsed Time Display in a Web Viewer
A simple approach, easy to integrate into other FileMaker solutions. A Web Viewer is being sent an HTML page with a Javascript timer displaying the elapsed time. Using the same FileMaker Start Timer script, a Start Time field is set at the same start time and then ended when clicking a FileMaker End Timer button/script.
Continue reading Time Picker for FileMaker Go on iOS
September 3, 2018 3 Comments
I watched this short video by Angel City Data and was inspired to create my own Time Picker for FileMaker Go on iOS.
Continue reading Ever wish there was a way to ‘Send to FileMaker’ from your Web Browser?
July 26, 2017 Comments Off on Ever wish there was a way to ‘Send to FileMaker’ from your Web Browser?
Turns out there is a fairly easy way to do this. It involves creating a bookmark in your web browser that is written in Javascript. It calls a FileMaker script using the URL scheme ‘FMP’ and sends the web page title, and the page’s URL to FileMaker. Once you have this in FileMaker, you can […]
Continue reading Harnessing FileMaker Pro 12/13’s Document Management Features WITHOUT FileMaker Server
October 15, 2014 Comments Off on Harnessing FileMaker Pro 12/13’s Document Management Features WITHOUT FileMaker Server
Many small businesses take advantage of FileMaker Pro’s ability to host up to 5 clients from a copy of FileMaker Pro, rather than invest in the more pricey FileMaker Server. Recently, I encountered just such a client who wanted to add some document management features to their solution and I wasn’t sure they would be […]
Continue reading Dialing Phone Numbers using SkypeOut from FileMaker Pro
September 3, 2013 11 Comments
A while back, I found a technique to launch Skype and using the SkypeOut URI scheme, dial a number in Skype. I tested the ability recently and was surprised to see that the technique seems to be broken. Back in 2006 Skype announced on their blog that a FileMaker plug-in had been created by Premium […]
Continue reading FileMaker Navigation – Go to Layout Script
July 10, 2013 1 Comment
This is a demonstration of a simple navigation system. FileMaker has had layout tab objects for a while and they are great, but in many solutions you actually want to move between layouts to view different data tables. I show the way I like to do it and then an alternative that works in some […]
Continue reading UTF, WTF! Writing HTML and JSON from FileMaker
September 5, 2012 9 Comments
Recently, I was working on a Timeline creation database. A FileMaker Pro database is used to store the events that will be displayed on the timeline. When the data has been entered, the database is designed to export two files, one an HTML file for the main page display and the second a JSON file […]
Continue reading Database Development with FileMaker Pro Advanced on a tablet
July 14, 2012 Comments Off on Database Development with FileMaker Pro Advanced on a tablet
Is database development with FileMaker Pro Advanced possible on a tablet computer yet? Not really, but soon, maybe. FileMaker Go is a wonderful tool for deploying FileMaker databases on iOS devices (iPad, iPods and iPhones) but it leaves something to be desired for the FileMaker developer. There is no way to flip open the hood […]
Continue reading Making FileMaker interact with Google Translate
June 5, 2012 8 Comments
2017-12-31 Update – It has been a while since I looked at this file. Reader Jose, informed me that it was no longer working, so I set out to modernize it using the new JSON functions in FileMaker 16. I have created a new demo file, which requires FM 16 to use. The interface is […]
Continue reading Getting FileMaker Go databases onto an iOS device using Dropbox
August 14, 2011 12 Comments
Update 2017-08-31 – This article is getting a little long in the tooth. FileMaker Go doesn’t look like this any more. There are easy ways to get files to and from Google Drive, Dropbox and iCloud using the sharing menu in iOS. Here is an article about using Google Drive from a web client as […]
Continue reading Shortening URLs using FileMaker
September 6, 2010 5 Comments
Update: 2012-11-27 At the request for reader Robin, I had a closer look at this and it seems that both Google and Bit.ly have gone to POST method (rather than the simpler GET method) and are more locked down. They both now require an API key. You could build a method for this approach, but […]
Continue reading “FileMaker Go” demonstrates Apple’s double standard on Flash
August 31, 2010 18 Comments
UPDATE Sept. 9th, 2010. Apple: We have listened to our developers and taken much of their feedback to heart. Based on their input, today we are making some important changes to our iOS Developer Program license in sections 3.3.1, 3.3.2 and 3.3.9 to relax some restrictions we put in place earlier this year. In particular, […]
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