FileMaker Go 12 has a new mobile function called “Location()”. Location() only works on Mobile devices at this point, so to test this demo file you need to have FileMaker Go 12 installed on your iOS device, an iPhone, iPod or iPad. FileMaker Go is free and available here for the iPhone and here for […]
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Shrinking Batches of PDF Files on a Mac for FileMaker Server 12
June 25, 2012 
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Putting PDFs on a diet. With FileMaker 12’s new container abilities, more developers and companies will be using FileMaker 12 for document management systems. One of the issues with document management is file size. ‘Garbage in, landfill overflow’ as they say. If you put in huge files, you may quickly end up with a gigantic […]
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 Using FileMaker 12 Runtime files with FileMaker Go 12
April 15, 2012 23 Comments
Did FileMaker just open the door for developers to create databases that will run on Macs, Windows, iPhones and iPads, all for free? Runtime + Go = Free Distribution Platform The recent launch of FileMaker Pro 12 has been getting rave reviews around the web. A big bonus of the new version is that FileMaker […]
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December 31, 2011 1 Comment
The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2011 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: The concert hall at the Syndey Opera House holds 2,700 people. This blog was viewed about 19,000 times in 2011. If it were a concert at Sydney Opera House, it would take about 7 sold-out performances for that many […]
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January 2, 2011 2 Comments
The stats helper monkeys at WordPress.com mulled over how this blog did in 2010, and here’s a high level summary of its overall blog health: The Blog-Health-o-Meter™ reads Wow. Crunchy numbers A Boeing 747-400 passenger jet can hold 416 passengers. This blog was viewed about 9,700 times in 2010. That’s about 23 full 747s. In […]
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