FileMaker 17 was officially announced last week, and there are some pretty cool new features to share. I’m going to highlight the Show Custom Dialog Variables, now updated for the use of variables or fields, which should be a time saver for you. So how many of us have been using global fields to enter [...]
As part of what has become an annual update around the middle of May, FileMaker continued its pattern with FileMaker 17, an update that tunes the platform to both the end user and the developer. There are a lot of subtle changes that will not initially jump out, so let’s take a look. Licensing [...]
Have you ever been given a huge block of nested JSON, or you are playing around with an API and you would like to see the keys for what is being returned? With the introduction of FileMaker 16’s JSON functions and a single script you can get a list of all the unique paths [...]
Susan Fennema, one of our project managers, is this week's guest blogger. You've decided you're ready to invest in a custom development project - your very own software - for your business. But, how do you navigate this new world you're stepping off in? It can be challenging to [...]
FileMaker DevCon ended a few weeks ago and what an awesome honor to have received the FileMaker Business Alliance Excellence Award for Design on Jarvis CRM. Go check out the post on FileMaker Developer Conference 2017 to see photos and read a little about it. Coming off that, I wanted to share a design [...]
The FileMaker Developer Conference wrapped up Thursday, July 27, 2017, at the Marriott Desert Ridge in Phoenix, AZ. This is my favorite location for the conference, as it's great for networking, relaxing (lazy river) and spending time with friends. The food is always exceptional. The conference was a different format this year. It began [...]
Jarvis CRM v4 Even More Powerful and Easier to use! The Jarvis CRM V4 simple user interface is easy to adopt and implement. Optimized for the FileMaker 16 Platform, Jarvis CRM is intuitive, customizable, and highly scalable. Jarvis CRM has the features to run your business more effectively than ever before. Fully unlocked and customizable to your business [...]
I am excited to share with you some of the new features now that FileMaker 16 has officially been released. In this post I thought I would start out simple and show the JSON parsing function coupled with a simple API call which allows for simpler data entry when it comes to entering in [...]
FileMaker 16 was announced this morning and I'm excited to show you a couple of things it can do. You may remember a couple of posts: FileMaker User Interface Design - Time for a change and Contextual Mode Shifting - It's a Thing! Both Techniques showed us how to have a cleaner design in "Browse [...]
Here’s a quick fix if you have an Excel spreadsheet that has a field that combines the city, state, and zip in one field. Three calculations will easily extract the information and place them into individual fields allowing you to easily import them into FileMaker. The combined field is present in B2 and the formula [...]