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 […]
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Creating Google Cluster Maps from FileMaker
February 17, 2012 
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2014-12-17 Update: The FileMaker Pro 11 demo works well on Macintosh, but there are some issues with Internet Explorer on Windows. If at all possible, it is recommended that you use FileMaker Pro 12 or 13 on Windows. Here is a link to the FileMaker Pro 12 Demo. 2014-01-25 Update: Working with the demo file in […]
Continue reading Changing Window Names based on User Input
January 6, 2012 4 Comments
Sometimes you notice the little things in a software program and wonder ‘How did they do that?’. As a FileMaker Developer, the next question is usually, ‘can I do that in FileMaker?’ Today I was noticing that in Apple’s Mail App, when you start typing something in the Subject field of a message, it shows […]
Continue reading FileMaker and Image Maps in a Web Viewer
May 3, 2011 14 Comments
Software, although continuously improving sometimes loses capabilities that were in older packages or versions. For a long time, I have wished there was a better way to tie an image map to data in FileMaker, something I saw demonstrated a long time ago. Filevision offered the ability to link graphics and data Source: ebay auction […]
Continue reading FileMaker Progress Indicators using a Web Viewer and Animated GIFs
November 9, 2010 13 Comments
With the advent of the Web Viewer technology being added to FileMaker, developers started to employ these useful containers for all sorts of things. One of the obvious things is to add an animated GIF to a layout to give users an indication that something is happening when a long script is running. There is […]
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