New FM 18 Function: While

FileMaker 18 released a new function called While. Anybody who has done any programming in the past will be familiar with the concept of this function. In fact, the While function goes all the way back to BASIC, if you are old enough to remember that.  The While...

Get a S.Y.S.T.E.M. in place

A well-known acronym is SYSTEM, because it: Saves You Stress, Time, Effort, Money As Jim Collins indicated in “Good to Great”, the great companies have figured out how to systematize their processes, and then keep doing the same thing over and over again...

New FileMaker 18 File Commands

FileMaker 18 added a number of long-requested features to their capabilities. You can now do some very cool data FileMaker 18 commands: 1. Create Data File:  Creates an empty, closed data file, to then open with the Open Data File script step and add data to...

FileMaker Customers

Who uses FileMaker? FileMaker, Inc. has recently released a list of some of the Fortune 500 Companies who uses FileMaker. The list is pretty impressive. Some of the companies listed are: Toyota Berkshire Hathaway Honda Costco Panasonic Nissan BMW Home Depot Wells...

Six-Part Developreneur Strategy

There are lots of people out there who are part Developer and part Entrepreneur. They are called ‘developreneurs’. Maybe you are one of them. People in this category love to develop and build out their software creations, many times using FileMaker Pro to do it. But...

FileMaker Go 18

Just a reminder that whenever FileMaker (now Claris International) releases a new version of FileMaker software, they always release a matching copy of FileMaker Go. FileMaker Pro is on a yearly release cycle, so every May or June, you can expect to download and...

Variable Data and Your Marketing

Some companies are using the power of FileMaker to really customize their marketing options with variable data. Everybody knows that customized marketing is more powerful than cookie-cutter ads. And most people are familiar with mail merge options via Word or...

Speed Arrow Keys

FileMaker Pro Advanced 18 has a ton of new features, but sometimes it is the little ones like speed arrow keys that make life easier which get our attention. They have added this option now: Shift + Arrow = 10 pix jump In layout mode you now have the ability to use...

FileMaker, Inc. is now Claris

At the FileMaker Developer’s Conference which we attend every year, a dramatic new announcement was made to all attendees. FileMaker, Inc is expanding their digital footprint, and adding in additional tools to extend the capability of FileMaker far out into the...