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Export Calendar Files from FileMaker – the easy way!

June 27, 2022 by Douglas Alder Comments Off on Export Calendar Files from FileMaker – the easy way!


I have written about this multiple times in the past and thought I was done with this, but apparently not. A reader from Germany reported that there was a problem with a certain type of export and could I just tweak the script to make it work.

Why fix something minor, when I can rewrite the entire script?

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FileMaker Pro, FileMaker Pro Techniques
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Deleting Files from Your Computer Using Native FileMaker Pro

November 16, 2018 by Douglas Alder 1 Comment


Why would you want to delete files in the Finder from FileMaker Pro? Once the files are imported into FileMaker, they are removed from the user’s ‘Scanner Document’ folder on the Desktop of their computer.

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FileMaker Pro 17, FileMaker Pro Techniques, Macintosh, Scanners
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Ever wish there was a way to ‘Send to FileMaker’ from your Web Browser?

July 26, 2017 by Douglas Alder 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 […]

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Apple, FileMaker Go, FileMaker Pro Techniques, Macintosh
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