FileMaker developers (and other app developers) are always looking for better ways to communicate information to their users. System level notifications have proven to be an effective way of sending short ‘dissolving’ messages to users. These Notification messages show up in the top right corner of the users screen, make a little chime, hang around for […]
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Applescript Notification from FileMaker
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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 Drag and Drop List or Portal Sorting
August 17, 2010 6 Comments
2014-06-16 Update: After spending a fair bit of time on getting this technique to work, I have come to the conclusion that it is too slow to use on a network and can’t recommend it to others. If you plan to use this on stand alone or runtime solutions, it could still be an interesting approach. […]
Continue reading Growl Integration with FileMaker
August 12, 2010 4 Comments
FileMaker dialog boxes can be informative, but sometimes they are just annoying. You have to click them to get them to go away. Lots of times, you just want to give a little bit of feedback to the user, so they they get a clue as to what your scripts are doing, without requiring them […]
Continue reading Creating an Action Items Menu Button on a Layout
August 5, 2010 3 Comments
FileMaker 10 and 11 Script triggers allow you to clean up your interface by condensing a number of script buttons into a single popup. Here is how to get rid of unsightly buttons on your main layout by condensing a bunch of scripts into a single Action button. Source: FileMaker Advisor: http://my.advisor.com/doc/19582 1) Create a […]
Continue reading Highlighting Rows in FileMaker lists or portals
July 24, 2010 11 Comments
Update: New Demo File is here. Added demo of Portal Row highlighting as well. This new demo employs a similar technique, except instead of using the Get(RecordID), instead, the script gets the actual ID from a field. It requires a few additional steps, but if you read through the stuff below, you should be able […]
Continue reading Listening for Keystrokes
July 19, 2010 1 Comment
Here is another great Script Trigger technique. Sometimes you want to use Up and Down arrow keys to navigate a portal or list view. Here is how you can do it, by writing a simple script and attaching a script trigger to the layout. In this example, I use the Up/Down keys to move through […]
Continue reading Processing Indicator in FileMaker 11
June 13, 2010 1 Comment
A processing indicator is something that FileMaker has long needed. Various developers have come up with different solutions to this missing feature. With FileMaker 11’s ability to create charts and graphs, finally there is a fairly easy built-in method to doing a processing indicator. What follows is a description of a fairly portable approach to […]
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