Tag Archives: Filemaker

Bento 3 – Free Kit

Posted on February 18, 2011 by Dirk Reynolds

Filemaker’s younger and simpler brother, Bento, is now offering a handy free demo and kit for its newest version (Bento 3). If you like databases, but hate all the programming bits, then Bento could very well be just the ticket … Continue reading →

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Join Tables, Many-To-Many solutions

Posted on February 17, 2011 by Dirk Reynolds

In Filemaker, it’s all about relationships. In order to make your data fly, it’s a good idea to break out the data into appropriate tables. For example, if you’re running a small business, instead of putting all your data into … Continue reading →

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Script Trick – Set Last Page

Posted on February 15, 2011 by Dirk Reynolds

Going from meh to awesome is all in the details. Sometimes the little things are what make a tool truly great. One of the many small scripts I carry along with me in every solution I build is a Set … Continue reading →

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Basic Layout Categories

Posted on February 13, 2011 by Dirk Reynolds

When building any database, but in this case a Filemaker Pro database, it helps to organize the layouts into categories. Typically within a Filemaker solution, the layouts will fall into to one of the three following categories: Detail List Print … Continue reading →

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Simple VCF to CSV converter. Online & Free

Posted on February 11, 2011 by Dirk Reynolds

The bane of all data geeks’ existence? Converting data from one format to another. In a perfect world, all data would always simply be rows and columns with no additional anything. This is however, not the case. For example, a … Continue reading →

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Filemaker PDF Printing Trick

Posted on February 10, 2011 by Dirk Reynolds

Printing on Filemaker is easy. You can even automate the printing of a PDF file via Filemaker’s own scripting tools (Scriptstep: Save Record as PDF). That’s all fine and well, but the best little PDF printing trick is to also … Continue reading →

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Don’t Enter, Just Scan

Posted on February 9, 2011 by Dirk Reynolds

A frequently requested feature in Filemaker databases is some sort of inventory management function. An easy thing to program, but a hard thing to maintain due to the tedious nature of inventory itself. Counting and entering what’s in stock is … Continue reading →

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Go Easy on the Calcs

Posted on February 7, 2011 by Dirk Reynolds

For the gazillion Excel users out there, Filemaker is an extremely attractive alternative. Essentially, Filemaker is a spreadsheet on steroids. Complete with a cool layout functionality that allows you to create your very own look and feel. You can take … Continue reading →

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Learn Filemaker Programming – Quick & Easy

Posted on February 3, 2011 by Dirk Reynolds

Filemaker is not a hard program to learn. As a matter of fact, as far as databases are concerned, it’s quite possibly one of the easiest. This does not however mean you can just sit down and produce the super … Continue reading →

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Filemaker’s Instant Web Publishing

Posted on February 2, 2011 by Dirk Reynolds

Filemaker does many things, not the least of which is its built-in Instant Web Publishing (IWP) capability. It does exactly what it says. Whatever you build in Filemaker can be published to the web, making your database accessible to all … Continue reading →

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