by William | Jul 30, 2019 | FM Tips
Some of the most exciting products to make are the mobile tools, iPad or iPhone apps, which can be used to conduct business in out-of-office locations, like on-site at a client’s business, or even out in the field for some construction, oil well, or vineyard apps...
by William | Jun 18, 2019 | FM Tips
There are three primary models, or ways of arranging the data architecture in FileMaker Pro. These are: 1. Hub & Spoke (HS) 2. Anchor-Buoy (AB) 3. Selector-Connector (SC) HS has been around for a long time, and is perhaps the oldest and often original method for...
by William | May 13, 2019 | FM Tips
A nice change which they made in FileMaker 17 is an enhancement to the Master-Detail portal. If you don’t know what that is, a Master-Detail portal is a UX design in which a portal is on the left-side (typically) of the screen, and displays all the records for that...
by William | Mar 13, 2019 | FM Tips
You may not have noticed this in FileMaker 17, but there is a very nice new display feature called “My Apps”. Under the File menu there is the usual, “Open”, “Open Recent”, and “Hosts”. But there is also one called “My Apps”. This is basically a ‘favorites’ list. It...
by William | Jan 22, 2019 | FM Tips
You may have noticed a name change with the new FileMaker Pro Advanced 17 release. FileMaker, Inc, used to provide two varieties of their desktop app: FileMaker Pro which retailed for about $329, and FileMaker Advanced which retailed for about $500. The Advanced...
by William | Nov 6, 2018 | FM Tips
FileMaker Pro has had support for iBeacons for several years now. But with FileMaker 17, some new functions were added which can capture sensor support from iOS devices. Using a new calculation function mobile apps can capture information from iOS sensors in your iPad...