FileMaker Pro Tip-n-Tricks: Moving Files Without a PlugIn in FileMaker Pro

Moving Files Without a PlugIn with FileMaker Pro! This FileMaker Pro tip and trick shows a simple method of moving files without a native FileMaker plugin, and works on both Mac and the PC/Win platforms. The idea for this Tip-n-Trick originated when building an updater that required files to be in a predetermined location for automated imports.

By |2019-04-29T20:26:49+00:00May 16th, 2014|0 Comments

FileMaker Pro Tip and Trick: Setting Portal Color

Setting Portal Color using FileMaker® Pro Here is a little FileMaker Pro Tip and Trick… Have you tried setting the color or opacity of your portal object only to find that it doesn’t seem to take? That happened to me and it took looking at the CSS to realize that while my Portal object was set

By |2019-05-14T22:25:50+00:00April 30th, 2014|0 Comments

FileMaker Go: Dynamic Script Triggers

Using Dynamic Script Triggers in FileMaker Go What? It was a couple years ago that I was introduced to dynamic script triggering in a video by Matt Petrowski. The basic premise is that you maintain a table with the names of scripts and a label that is presented in a portal view on a layout. You

By |2020-03-25T22:19:56+00:00December 11th, 2013|0 Comments

FileMaker Pro Code 39 Barcode Generator: Without Fonts or Plug-Ins!

Using FileMaker Pro to generate Code 39 barcodes without the need for fonts or plug-ins. Yet another FREE FileMaker Pro Tips-n-Tricks demo file from Excelisys, showing you how to generate code 39 bar codes with no need for fonts or plug-ins! This FileMaker Pro file demonstrates the use of conditional formatting with a repeating field to draw the

By |2022-04-13T19:02:53+00:00November 20th, 2013|6 Comments

FileMaker Pro Recursion PT 3: A Wrinkle in Timeliness: The Final Reckoning

FileMaker Pro Recursion PT 3 By Andy Persons: *This article is part 2 of a 3 part series: part 1, part 2. In my first post of this three part series, I posed a challenge: how do you update hundreds or thousands of tasks interconnected with tens of thousands of connections? In my second installment, we

By |2022-07-08T14:48:14+00:00August 5th, 2013|10 Comments

FileMaker Pro Development is Not ALL Fun and Games, Or Is It!?

Serious FileMaker Pro® Development. Tic-Tac-Toe: A Challenge of Unspoken Requirements In a recent FileMaker Pro software development stress-relieving exercise, our FileMaker Pro developers were offered a simple challenge to create a Tic-Tac-Toe software game using FileMaker Pro while following a few basic requirements: The Quality must be apparent in the user interface. It doesn’t have to look

By |2020-08-24T18:03:09+00:00July 18th, 2013|0 Comments

Excelisys’ eX-BizTracker 4 Goes Public Beta!

The eX-BizTracker 4 Goes Public Beta! The eX-BizTracker 4 is now out for public beta testing, ready for you to put it through its paces! If you were one of the 100,000 plus people who downloaded eX-BizTracker v3.0, you might recall that FileMaker® Pro template or jump-start solution’s attractive GUI and feature set. You might also remember

By |2022-04-13T19:02:46+00:00June 27th, 2013|0 Comments

Perfecting FileMaker Pro Recursion & Virtualization Part 2

A Wrinkle in Timeliness Pt 2 – Perfecting FileMaker Pro Recursion & Virtualization, by Andy Persons of Excelisys *This article is part 2 of a 3 part series: part 1, part 3. Perfecting FileMaker Pro Recursion & Virtualization Part 2 explores the use of recursion and virtualization (through global variables) in solving complex data interconnectivity challenges

By |2022-04-13T19:02:46+00:00May 7th, 2013|2 Comments

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