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CDML to Lasso Converter
by Kevin Y.- 1 follower
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This is a little embarrassing. we might possibly have the last website in the world still running on CDML. When Filemaker discontinued support of CDML we planned to convert to Lasso but ran out of time. Then Blackbelt showed up and allowed us to remain in our current platform, which we continue to use today with FM Server 11. It really has worked very well, but we've outgrown it and we need to upgrade to FM 18 and Lasso, which is the middleware used by our consultant. When we were planning to convert in 2009, we got a copy of the CDML to Lasso Converter and ran it on all our files. Since then, we have lost track of the Converter. Our format files have changed a lot s…
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DDR Generation Error SAXParseException
by kirkrr- 3 followers
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SAXParseException: invalid character 0x10 (Occurred in entity '/private/var/folders/dv/lq8dt54j77548t0z0pvmczhh000gq/T/FMTEMPFM512802b70076.tmp' at line 261773, column 29.) Any idea what this Filemaker Pro dialog error is talking about? It shows up everything that I generate a DDR report on a multi-file solution that is FM3 code moved to FMS11adv.
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FM Locator - A helpful small tool for developing FileMaker solutions
by doantrongnhan- 3 replies
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Hello All, This is just a small FileMaker-based tool whose input is the XML data of Database Design Report exported from Filemaker. It can help developers save time finding elements in a solution. Below is what the tool provides • Search any fields in a whole solution • Search any layouts in a whole solution • Search any scripts in a whole solution • Search any TO (Table Occurrence) in a whole solution • Import many solutions You can download the tool from the following link http://www.locatorfm.com The zip file is around 4MB so it can not be uploaded here Enjoy using it. Thanks, Nhan
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Data Modeling Resource!
by Feirefiz- 0 replies
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You know how we ordinary FileMaker folks are always wondering how come the ones who know what they're doing know what they're doing, in particular regarding relationships and data modeling in general? We're always looking for examples, manuals, tutorials, how-to guides, and in this regard, the FM books stay at a rather basic level and use practically the same example. Well, a couple months ago while looking at various FM books, I stumbled across a book recommendation (I forgot from which book: FM Developer's Reference or FM Bible or another?): The Data Model Resource Book. There are three volumes, and the one I've been looking at is Volume 3: Universal Patterns for Data M…
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http://twdesigns.com/filemaker-code-objects-erd/ This diagram shows the inter-relationships of the internal programming constructs within Filemaker - interesting, informative, and FREE! (PDF link available)
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FM on almost any device?
by kirkrr- 1 follower
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Anyone know anything about this announcement from World Cloud, some 8 months ago? (I'd call Joe - he is a great guy to talk to - and ask, but I don't have the time right now). What is this, and what does it do? Is this virtual client just MS Remote Desktop Protocol or is there more to it? The HTML5 reference "clouds" :-) the issue. HTML5 and RDP combined clients would (will?) be an interesting development, as performance should be greatly improved. I'm not finding VNC/HTML/OS X combos as yet, but there are a number of early RDP/HTML5/Windows combinations out there. I would also guess - if I am reading this right - that the server requirements might be a bit…
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I just ran across Monkey Bread Software's Filemaker PlugIn. If I am reading the feature list right, this seems like FM nirvana! Syntax Color Coding - Been looking for this from FM for years!! Progress Bar Greatly enhanced webviewer support Enhanced SQL support ..... and a zillion other features. http://www.monkeybreadsoftware.de/filemaker/ Anyone have any experience with this??? Also ran into this freely available external FM Script Editor, as an extension to Textmate. https://github.com/DonovanChan/filemaker.tmbundle Same question: Anyone have any insights?
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**** I have no affiliation or experience with this product, but in the spirit of letting people know of things that can help out the FM development efforts, here is a new product offering -- Kirk **** Use it by itself, or as a companion to the Address Book plugin, Froodware offers the ability to easily write Filemaker applications that interactively communicate with the OS X calendar and contacts. With the iPhone, iPad and iCloud services the need for a good connection between the Apple Calendar and your Filemaker solutions is becoming more and more important. Froodware developed Calendar Plug-In for Filemaker, a plug-in that enables you to copy events from …
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http://www.froodware.com/ Daniel is offering a free address book plug in to any FM developer. This allows bi-directional communication with the OS X address book. He also offers a number of other FM solution extensions - check it out!. Daniel Talma | Froodware info@froodware.com
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Optimizing your FileMaker Solution - FMBench.com
by Josh Ormond- 0 replies
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HOnza has been hot on the trail of finding ways to make solutions run faster. And has started documenting his journey and tips over at his FMBench website. You can sign up to receive notices about new videos and blog articles. Enjoy. Click Here
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Cleveland Consulting is proud to announce the release of CC Pivot. ---------------- CC Pivot is a simple-to-use fully unlocked FileMaker solution designed to make the creation of pivot tables simple for anyone. It is built for (and requires) FileMaker Pro 11 and also offers a lean interface for read only support for FileMaker Go on the iPad. CC Pivot features: * A completely unlocked file structure for complete control * CSS Styling for a rich dynamic report style * Multiple slicers in either columns or rows for robust report generation * Dynamic query engine built in to the pivot * Standard HTML table generation for easy printing or copy/paste in…
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Press Release from Dracoventions
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Generating Sample Data for Testing
by Josh Ormond- 4 replies
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I finally got around to posting an article and link for getting sample data for use in FileMaker (and other applications as well). http://filemakertoday.com/com/entry.php/78-Generating-Sample-Data-for-Testing
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New Signature capture for FM2Go
by kirkrr- 4 replies
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Ran into this on one of my news feeds today - interesting stuff!! Signature capture on the iPad/iPhone $79 for one organization - $299 developer version. http://www.geistinteractive.com/GoSign
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We are excited to announce a new section on FileMaker Today - "Marketing Tips". There are a large number of excellent articles written by Stephen Knight of FMWebSchool, that will help you market your FileMaker Pro product or business. This are excellent articles for an skill level. Click here to explore.
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Sell Your FileMaker Solution On iTunes - New App Generator
by FMWebschool- 0 replies
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FileMaker Developers, if you have ever wanted to sell a solution on iTunes now you can. 1. Create a FileMaker database 2. Upload it to our App Creator 3. Submit the App to Apple for approval Our FileMaker test group now has over 20 Apps selling on iTunes. Mark from Custom Desktop Solutions used our automated system to get his great solution on iTunes. We are limiting the first group to 50 developers. If you would like to sell your FileMaker solution on iTunes and get 50 million eyes on your App, then check out FMTouch Enterprise! http://www.fmtouch.com/filemaker-iphone-enterprise.php Get started now! In Kindness Stephen Knight
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FMWebschool December Newsletter - Articles & Sample Files
by FMWebschool- 0 replies
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Each month FMWebschool releases a FileMaker newsletter to over 9400 subscribers. This free newsletter is filled with FileMaker sample files, how-to workshops and articles on how to grow your business. Our December issue features articles from Five FileMaker experts. Be sure to join this exciting community of FileMaker enthusiast. http://www.fmwebschool.com/newsletter.php This month we decided to do something unique for the FileMaker community. We asked the FileMaker Twitter community what articles they would be interested in reading. Their requests make up the content of this newsletter. This month's articles are: • 6 Key Factors for FileMaker Runtime Succ…
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FM Expression Editor - A new way of writing calculations. If you've ever wanted to write complex FileMaker calculations or wished you had the simple things in life like type ahead prediction and syntax coloring - This application is for you. FM Expression Editor simplifies editing of calculations, improves readability and decreases the amount of time calculations take to write. It includes the following features: - Syntax coloring (recognizes full set of FileMaker functions and add's extra color differentiation for comments, strings and numbers) - Auto Complete (a custom auto complete tool - start typing the name of a function and use arrow keys or a mouse to select…
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FileMaker DevCon 2009 Blog
by miraklemax- 0 replies
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Hello, Anyone who is interested, I am blogging as much as I can about DevCon on this blog: http://filemakerdevcon2009.blogspot.com/ You can also follow me on Twitter at: http://twitter.com/ChrisKubica I'm trying to give the feel for what it's like to be here if you couldn't make it. If anyone has special requests for the sights and sounds of DevCon, let me know and I will do my best. Chris Kubica President, Founder Application Architects 1-888-896-4608 (Ph/Fax) 1-202-280-2042 (Int'l Ph/Fax) http://www.applicationarch.com Certified FileMaker Developer FileMaker Business Alliance (FBA) Member Certified Project Management Professio…
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Running Active-X Control Inside FM
by thamera- 0 replies
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I have an active-x control that I would like to be able to run "inside" filemaker. This active-x control is a graphical viewer that exposes navigational and selection controls for viewing a 3D object. Within the control, 3D "sub-objects" can be clicked and the active-x control provides data that is nested within the 3D sub-object. I would like to be able to run this control in FM. When an object is clicked, I would like to be have filemaker find and display a record that contains additional data about the object that is stored in FM. Obviously, there will need to be a unique data field in the active-x object being clicked that also exists within a table in FM. Does …
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August 6th, 9:30am at the Hub Cira Centre At IT Solutions, we’ve been working on ways to help our clients make better use of their existing FileMaker systems for faster access to information, resulting in better data driven decisions. We’ve been helping clients utilize some of the exciting new features in FileMaker 10, but even if you’re using a previous version, there are still plenty of ways to maximize your data access efficiency. We’re eager to share this knowledge at an August 6th seminar dedicated exclusively to working with FileMaker. "Better Data, Better Decisions with FileMaker" will be an information-packed 1/2 day seminar at the new Hub Cira Cen…
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I do not harbor pretentious aspirations for lofty praises for the interface on this thing — it's just the data, ma'am, and just enough interface to let you have at it — but here, as intermittently promised, is a guide to all the versions of FileMaker and what was in them, and reciprocally all the features and in what version they first appeared. For calculation functions (i.e., those available to calculation-field formulas and also available to a vast number of script steps) and for script steps (available steps that one might insert into one's script), it's pretty comprehensive. For other functions, there's room to say I neglected to mention this or that feature, bu…
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SQL, from a FileMaker Developer's Perspective
by AHunter3- 8 replies
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Kind of like a Windows switcher's guide to the Mac or vice versa, I guess; the web — Amazon and otherwise — have plenty of guides to SQL, beginner's orientations, SQL for Dummies, etc etc, but some of it assumes you've never met a database before in your life, while some assumes a passing familiarity with relational db theory... I never did find any that were truly aimed at the proficient FileMaker developer. Having muddled through it a bit this winter and spring, I thought I'd share my perceptions. Those of you who are FileMaker-centric as I am, and have yet to mess with SQL to any real extent, may benefit somewhat, and those of you who came IN here to learn F…
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FileMaker IRC Channel
by dave_d- 0 replies
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Dave Dowling here, with Dowling Data Consulting. I've officially registered the IRC channel #fmpro at irc.freenode.net. If you haven't used IRC before, it's a fantastic community and help resource. Feel free to join the channel and contribute. Please post questions, suggestions, comments, etc. regarding this channel as comments to the announcement post on my business weblog. Admin: please consider making this a sticky post.
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Apple Script
by Guru D- 4 replies
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How can i import the apple script to filemker. It's possible withe windows or not. because i'm using wndows OS.. If possible to implement means please suggest me how can i import this.. Many thanks in Advance.
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Fuzzy filemakerin'... listening to the the matt and matt podcast
by Maarten Witberg- 1 reply
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Following up on this thread ... I listened to the podcast of the two matt's: Matt Petrowski and Matt Navarre, both well known figures in the community. At first I thought what the bleep? but then I sort of got into the flow of two chatty guys being geeky about filemaker. it's really neat. they share a lot of knowledge and sit there clicking away, sharing their favourite links... it was a pleasant experience and it got me thinking. always good that, thinking. so here's their site where you can link to their podcast in iTunes... http://filemakertalk.com/ enjoy ps brsamuel, thanks for the link
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A Filemaker-powered message board
by AHunter3- 1 reply
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Not sure this is the best place to post this, since I'm not quite offering a resource, but close enough... I have created an IWP message board in FileMaker. vBulletin it's not, but it works...all without php or any other custom web tools, just plain ol' IWP. The purpose to which I intend to put it is a) to replace the "Sign my Guestbook" thingie on my personal web site; and b) to link to it from my online resume / professional website to receive comments pertaining to me & my services as a FileMaker developer. (And for this it serves the additional purpose of showing off a fragment of my wares). To read the board as a guest as directed from th…
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FilemakerMagic - Blog sobre Filemaker
by JavierPar- 0 replies
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FilemakerMagic - Blog sobre Filemaker Hola amigos, Os comunico que en la web http://FilemakerMagic.blogspot.com Tenéis buena información sobre Filemaker, trucos y ayuda útil sobre el manejo del programa. Espero que os guste. Javier
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Yes, another DevCon has passed. Now that I’m back with my trusty Internet connection, I thought it would be a good time to reflect on the conference. For those of you that attended, please join in with the highlights of your week. If you missed DevCon this year, this is a little bit of what you missed. I must say, I was very happy with the sessions this year. From Matt Navarre’s interesting (and useful) session about extending FileMaker’s Search capabilities to find and display results from multiple tables, to Jeff Hough’s web viewer trick for tracking user activity though a solution. We had a wealth of interesting topics to choose from, and lots of ne…
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DevCon Developments
by Ender- 17 replies
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Yes folks, it's that time of year again. The FileMaker Developer Conference is right around the corner and it's time to book the flights before the window seats are all taken. I'm pretty excited to go this year, as the sessions look especially interesting: http://advisorevents.com/cff0708p.nsf/w/Monday It's been a couple years since I've been able to get out there. I've had to get my "geek fix" by hanging around the forums. But thank goodness for DevCon (and a company willing to pay for me to go)! Of course, my favorite part is the classy hotel (hey, I don't get out much). But really it's just great to meet up with other folks with the same kind of F…
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