How FileMaker can help your business in the ‘remote economy’ All businesses are in a new reality which we would never have anticipated three years ago. In the past two years, business have allowed their workers to work remotely out of necessity because of lock-downs. But now, in this post-pandemic economy, workers are demanding to […]
Here are the top three mistakes people make when trying to build with FileMaker Pro by Claris FileMaker applications can be really fast and zippy, if they are built correctly. FileMaker is easy to use, which is great! But it is also easy to use wrongly, which is not so great! So, with a tongue-in-cheek […]
What happens if the last project did not work out? We have noticed a pattern in the last three months here at HighPower. Four times in the last three months, we have had new clients hire us, even though months earlier they had passed over us for a “less expensive” developer. In most of these […]
An interview with the owner reveals some powerful benefits to hiring HighPower Data to use FileMaker to run your business We sat down with Joe Cherrie, owner of a printing company, to discuss the ways that HighPower Data Solutions was able to assist them by installing a business SYSTEM using FileMaker Pro. Now just to […]
Why a common fear of FileMaker users almost never happens We will sometimes get calls from clients who are concerned that their copy of Claris’ FileMaker is accidentally deleting records. Or sometimes we get the companion, related worry that FileMaker is not saving records they have entered. We will explain why these worries are unfounded. […]
We have been doing websites for years. We thought we should tell you about it! Our focus as a company has always been business automation. We want to help businesses succeed by helping them to automate as many of their digital processes as they can. Or to take paper-based processes, and turn them digital. As […]
Nobody likes a boring looking application! And that is why people like to add graphics, and colors, and text highlights, and sizes, and lots of other visual enhancements to their application. And there is (almost) nothing wrong with this. An application needs to be aesthetically pleasing or people don’t like using it. Before I get […]
We have a number of clients who create, rent, or sell movies, videos and video equipment. This is a brief overview of how they use FileMaker to run their business. How to use FileMaker to advance your video business: 1. Use FileMaker to create a massive database of video clips One of our clients provides […]
Claris’ Newest Offering in the FileMaker family builds on a solid set of releases in the version 19 space A few years back, Claris made a commitment to provide more frequent updates. Now, rather than having to wait for sometimes a year or more, they began offering releases almost every quarter. The change is most […]
Two Software Products have been added to the Claris Marketplace Claris has approved the addition of two of our powerful software tools to their Claris Marketplace. If you are not aware of what this is, the Claris Marketplace (marketplace.claris.com), is an international repository of top FileMaker Pro software. Last month our Freelance agency software which […]
FileMaker Remote
How FileMaker can help your business in the ‘remote economy’ All businesses are in a new reality which we would never have anticipated three years ago. In the past two years, business have allowed their workers to work remotely out of necessity because of lock-downs. But now, in this post-pandemic economy, workers are demanding to […]
How to Make FileMaker Really Slow!
Here are the top three mistakes people make when trying to build with FileMaker Pro by Claris FileMaker applications can be really fast and zippy, if they are built correctly. FileMaker is easy to use, which is great! But it is also easy to use wrongly, which is not so great! So, with a tongue-in-cheek […]
When HighPower is not your first choice
What happens if the last project did not work out? We have noticed a pattern in the last three months here at HighPower. Four times in the last three months, we have had new clients hire us, even though months earlier they had passed over us for a “less expensive” developer. In most of these […]
Case Study: a Printing Company
An interview with the owner reveals some powerful benefits to hiring HighPower Data to use FileMaker to run your business We sat down with Joe Cherrie, owner of a printing company, to discuss the ways that HighPower Data Solutions was able to assist them by installing a business SYSTEM using FileMaker Pro. Now just to […]
Is FileMaker accidentally deleting my records?
Why a common fear of FileMaker users almost never happens We will sometimes get calls from clients who are concerned that their copy of Claris’ FileMaker is accidentally deleting records. Or sometimes we get the companion, related worry that FileMaker is not saving records they have entered. We will explain why these worries are unfounded. […]
HighPower Web Design
We have been doing websites for years. We thought we should tell you about it! Our focus as a company has always been business automation. We want to help businesses succeed by helping them to automate as many of their digital processes as they can. Or to take paper-based processes, and turn them digital. As […]
How Themes Can Speed Up your FileMaker Application
Nobody likes a boring looking application! And that is why people like to add graphics, and colors, and text highlights, and sizes, and lots of other visual enhancements to their application. And there is (almost) nothing wrong with this. An application needs to be aesthetically pleasing or people don’t like using it. Before I get […]
How FileMaker is used in the Video Business
We have a number of clients who create, rent, or sell movies, videos and video equipment. This is a brief overview of how they use FileMaker to run their business. How to use FileMaker to advance your video business: 1. Use FileMaker to create a massive database of video clips One of our clients provides […]
FileMaker 19.4 is Here!
Claris’ Newest Offering in the FileMaker family builds on a solid set of releases in the version 19 space A few years back, Claris made a commitment to provide more frequent updates. Now, rather than having to wait for sometimes a year or more, they began offering releases almost every quarter. The change is most […]
HighPower’s Newest Software Offerings
Two Software Products have been added to the Claris Marketplace Claris has approved the addition of two of our powerful software tools to their Claris Marketplace. If you are not aware of what this is, the Claris Marketplace (marketplace.claris.com), is an international repository of top FileMaker Pro software. Last month our Freelance agency software which […]