Instant Database File from Excel

FileMaker Pro has great integrations with Excel. Not a lot of people realize that you can instantly create a FileMaker database using an Excel file. Here’s how; it’s very complicated, so pay close attention: Drag the Excel file onto the FileMaker icon. That’s it! As...

Six Pillars of Success

About two years ago I met the owners of ActionCoachMN. They are a business coaching company. My accountant had sponsored a breakfast called the “Six Pillars of Success” breakfast. And at that breakfast the ActionCoach people made their presentation. They convinced me...

Case Study: Time Card App

Recently HighPower Data Solutions completed a Time Card Application for a construction company. Here was the need: the capability for about 30 people to log in on their phones, and have those hours immediately linked into the main business application so that they...

Hybrid Products vs. Responsive

These days there are so many options in terms of how to display and access applications, that it is often best to plan on a hybrid application right from the start. Some will call this ‘responsive’, but that is typically used just in the context of web-sites. A simple...

We do more than just FileMaker Development

Our goal at HighPower Data Solutions is to be a one-stop shop for whatever you may need to automate your business. This means that besides FileMaker Pro development, we can also coordinate your hosting and sell you the FileMaker licenses you need. Plus, as it relates...

Three Things Your FileMaker App Website Must Do

If you have a FileMaker application which you would like to sell, then you of course will need a website to help you sell it. But the mistake which many people make is that they do not realize what exactly is the purpose of that website. That is, they so generalize it...

Mobile Signature Capture

An overlooked feature of FileMaker on the iPad or iPhone is the ability to capture a signature from a customer on the spot and have it stored in the system. This can be a great tool for businesses which send out their techs into the field to do work. When the work is...

Marketing Solution: Go Deep not Wide

Alan Dib tells us in his book, The 1-Page Marketing Plan, that choosing a good niche for your business is one of the most effective ways to grow your business. Too many businesses feel that narrowing their focus will cause them to lose business. “We don’t want to...

FileMaker 17 New Feature – Multiple Email Attachments

Yes, it is a pretty common ability in almost all programs to add multiple email attachments. But the big news here is that FileMaker has finally joined the rest of software and now can include multiple attachments to any of its emails it sends out. Yay! Now, you could...

New FileMaker 17 has been released!

FileMaker Pro 17 has been released. It has a lot of great new features which will make your business more productive and efficient. Here are just a few of them: 1. Sensors The software is now coming with a nice set of tools to track sensors in your iPad and iPhone....