FileMaker: Explore

FileMaker Go is a Go

by Chad Novotny on Jul 20, 2010, filed under: Announcements, Get ( Answers ), Reflections

Today’s the lucky day for all of you that have been asking, “When is FileMaker going to make an iPhone app?” FileMaker Go is an amazing new iOS app that gives you access to your FileMaker solutions on your iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch.

We are incredibly excited about the possibilities now available for our customers—and for us personally, too! FileMaker Go runs most .fp7 databases without modification. Layouts are rendered almost identically as in FileMaker Pro; portals, tabs, and Quick Find work; technologies such as web viewers, script triggers, and External SQL Sources (think of the possibilities there) all transfer to your iDevice. And you get the best of both worlds: you can connect remotely to an available FileMaker Server WiFi or 3G to access live shared systems, or you can copy a .fp7 file to your phone or iPad to carry your data with you.

Before you get started with FileMaker Go and your current databases, you’ll want to consider some differences between FileMaker Pro and FileMaker Go.

DevCon Preview Webinar: FileMaker and Google Apps

by Chad Novotny on Jul 14, 2010, filed under: Announcements

UPDATE: If you missed today’s webinar, a recording should be available shortly. We’ll update this post once it goes live. Thanks to all that attended!

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FileMaker Pro makes it easy to create solutions to implement logic, automation, and business rules. Google Apps - the suite of applications for email, contacts, calendars, documents, etc. - makes it easy to set up an organization with back-office IT systems. For those that use both tools, linking the two together is a natural wish.

On Wednesday, July 28th, yours truly will be presenting a special DevCon 2010 session PREVIEW web seminar, FileMaker and the Cloud: Integrating with Google Apps, hosted by FileMaker, Inc. I’ll be discussing some of the reasons The Support Group switched to Google Apps, and how we continue to use our FileMaker solutions with data stored “in the cloud.” I’ll explore the challenges of using API’s designed for web applications, and demonstrate authenticating and adding and retrieving “records” from Google Apps through a FileMaker interface.

Registration is limited so please register for ONLY one web seminar.

Wednesday: July 28, 2010 8:00AM (PT), 11:00AM (ET)
https://filemakerevents.webex.com/filemakerevents/onstage/g.php?t=a&d=573693492
Wednesday: July 28, 2010 11:00AM (PT), 2:00PM (ET)
https://filemakerevents.webex.com/filemakerevents/onstage/g.php?t=a&d=574821544

For more sessions like these, be sure to attend the FileMaker Developer Conference, August 15-18 in San Diego, California. Register today: http://www.filemaker.com/devcon

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FileMaker 11v2 Updaters Now Available.

by Chad Novotny on Jun 30, 2010, filed under: Announcements

FileMaker has released the v2 updater for FileMaker Pro 11, FileMaker Pro 11 Advanced, FileMaker Server 11, and FileMaker Server 11 Advanced.

There are the usual number of bug fixes, as is to be expected, as well as a small but important change in behavior. If you’re using variables in merge text on your layouts, variables without values will now appear empty. In FileMaker Pro 11v1, empty merge variables would instead appear with the name of the variables, such as:

Total Invoices: <<$$invoiceSum>>

You can read more about the various issues addressed in FileMaker’s release notes for Pro and Pro Advanced, and Server and Server Advanced.

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Webinar: FileMaker Web Publishing

by Chad Novotny on Jun 25, 2010, filed under: Announcements, Videos

UPDATE 2: The webinar recording is now available. Sign in as a registered visitor to download the recording (requires the WebEx WRF Player).

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UPDATE: If you missed today’s webinar with James, a recording should be available shortly. We’ll update this post once it goes live. Thanks to all that attended! If you had a question for James and didn’t get a chance to get it answered, post in here in the comments for him.

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With about 1.8 billion people going online every day, the Internet is the platform to expand your reach and connect with your target audience. On Tuesday, July 13th, join The Support Group’s James Dcunha, System Engineer, as he explores connecting FileMaker to the Web in this web seminar hosted by FileMaker, Inc.

FileMaker provides the ability to securely connect your database with the World Wide Web using several options. Demonstrating different systems ranging from a super-simple site using Instant Web Publishing to a full-fledged shopping cart using Custom Web Publishing and PHP, James will discuss the strengths and weaknesses of each publishing option and what you’ll need to make your FileMaker data accessible to the Internet.

This 1-hour webinar will be offered twice on Tuesday, July 13th. Reserve your place now as space is limited.

Date and Time:
Tuesday, July 13, 2010—11:00 am EDT / 8:00 am PDT
Tuesday, July 13, 2010—2:00 pm EDT / 11:00 am EDT

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