When writing a FileMaker script to perform a find, sort, or export, doing it manually first can save you LOTS of time. Development manager Jeremy Kipling describes one way.
How to get word wrapping to indent the second line, and all lines thereafter, for a standard, edit-box text field
Sometimes an empty field isn't really empty, but instead means that a related record doesn't exist. Here's how to search for those instances.
Our customer wanted to suppress the virtual keyboard in FileMaker Go when scrolling through a read-only field with many paragraphs of text. The solution? Using a web viewer instead.
When developing solutions using FileMaker Go for iPhones and iPads, you'll want to design your workflows and user experience to fit the way people create and consume information on the go. View the webinar with Chad Novotny.
To check to see whether you are holding your iPhone or iPad in portrait or landscape orientations, use the Get ( WindowContentHeight ) and Get ( WindowContentWidth ) functions
A reader asks why a calculated full name is being exported as the number 0. The answer is probably that pesky calculation result type.
Conditional formatting can be a convenient tool for pointing out new database functionality for your users.
Display the running count of records in a portal, and summarize number fields with running totals.
A reader asks: "What is the best way to create a script that loops through all selected records?"
Creating a watermark for a report that prints across multiple pages is easy, if you remember that only part of an object needs to be in the header for it to print on every page.
FileMaker 11's filtered portals exist don't really cooperate with aggregate calculations, as those calculations aren't "aware" of the filter. Here's a simple technique to summarize the rows ina filtered portal, using summary fields instead.
When working with dates, it's often useful to be able to find the preceding Sunday. Here's a method for finding any given preceding day of the week.
Use the Get(ApplicationVersion) function to test for users using Instant Web Publishing.
You can use FileMaker Pro Advanced's custom menus to set a default for which records to print.
Make sure you understand how FileMaker Pro 11's Quick Find feature works and what fields you're actually searching.
FileMaker 11 introduces three new functions, but two seem awfully familiar...