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 […]
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Cluster Maps Continued: Perimeter Search in FileMaker Pro 12
June 21, 2013 
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Working on a presentation for a customer that employs the Cluster Maps concept, the request came up about doing perimeter searches—as in ‘How do I see all the related addresses around a specific location?” This ability would aid sales people in the field, cut down on travel etc. A search on Brian Dunning’s very useful […]
Continue reading Cluster Maps Update – Running URL Scripts in a Web Viewer
June 18, 2013 6 Comments
A reader’s suggestion prompted me to try a powerful technique I have been wanting to experiment with: two-way communication through the Web Viewer. By that, I mean sending a calculated link into some HTML in a FileMaker Web Viewer via a script or calculation. Then with the Web Viewer displayed, the user clicks on the link […]
Continue reading How to Setup FileMaker Server for Remote Access
March 13, 2013 7 Comments
Setting up remote access to FileMaker Pro databases is a fairly common task for FileMaker Developers. It is also one of the more common support questions asked by my clients after I have left the building, so I have created a walk through on how to set this up that is hopefully simple enough for […]
Continue reading Screen Capture from FileMaker Pro on the Macintosh
January 23, 2013 5 Comments
Macintosh OS X has a built-in command line utility for taking screen captures. This utility can be called via AppleScript. FileMaker Pro can send out this command from a script. Why would you want to take screen captures using FileMaker Pro? I can think of two good reasons: building documentation within FileMaker Pro and for […]
Continue reading 2012 in review
December 30, 2012 Comments Off on 2012 in review
The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2012 annual report for hbase.net’s blog. Here’s an excerpt: This blog had 50,000 views in 2012. Click here to see the complete report.
Continue reading Building a Barcode System in FileMaker Pro
December 18, 2012 11 Comments
I had a discussion recently from someone wanting to know how to setup FileMaker Pro with a barcode scanning system. I have setup a FileMaker Pro system called PassTracker that employs barcodes to keep track of membership activity at gyms. I was able to provide him with an overview of how to do this and […]
Continue reading Creating Timelines for the web in FileMaker using TimelineJS
October 1, 2012 5 Comments
2018-03-28 Update: LuminFire has taken over development of this timeline project. Check their web site for updates to the database file. 2016-07-19 Update: Check out this simple and elegant timeline integration by Av Rolf at Mallverkstan. 2014-08-09 Update: I have added a Virtual List export to complement the existing XML Stylesheet export. Both versions are in the […]
Continue reading Guided Access—Kiosk Mode for FileMaker Go on the iPhone or iPad
September 24, 2012 11 Comments
A software-only solution to turning your FileMaker Go databases into true Kiosks. Photo: iPad POS Flip Mountby NClosures Why am I always the last to hear about these things? Apparently this feature, called Guided Access, has been on iPads for a while, and is now available on iPhones with iOS 6. I stumbled on this […]
Continue reading How to Automate Webcam Photo Capture Within Filemaker Pro (Mac)
September 10, 2012 7 Comments
2018-08-16 Update Reader Tim Fox from Miami pointed out that this demo file wasn’t working any more. I have updated it to FM12 format and edited the Automator routine a bit to make it a little faster and smoother running. If you have already attempted to use this and are re-downloading the file, please delete […]
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 How to use Field Comments as Tooltips.
August 31, 2012 Comments Off on How to use Field Comments as Tooltips.
Good tips for tooltips. I had seen this before but couldn’t remember how to do it. Thank you Google. Thank you Philly FileMaker. FieldComment ( Get ( FileName ) ; GetFieldName ( Self ) )
Continue reading How to Automate ‘Paste and Match Style’ in FileMaker
August 28, 2012 6 Comments
Copying text from another application, such as a Web browser or Word document, and then pasting that text into a field in a FileMaker database field, can be annoying when the text pasted arrives with an undesirable style, color, font, or font size. In many programs, such as Numbers, Pages etc, there is the capability to […]
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 Simple Static Map Overlays in FileMaker Pro
July 2, 2012 7 Comments
This is an idea I had about creating static map overlays in FileMaker Pro. The gist of it is to create a base graphic map using a program like Photoshop and then add a number of transparent overlays to the map. Save the base map and overlay layers as transparent PNG files and import them […]
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