We are very excited to release Barcode Creator version 1.4. In this version, Barcode Creator gets support for DataBar and DataBar Expanded symbologies, some speed improvements, and a couple of other refinements. With this release Barcode Creator can generate every...
I am back! Last year, I took the year off from speaking. But this year I am back. I have two presentations on totally awesome fun topics; building native iOS apps, and JavaScript. iOS SDK - Launcher File My talk on building native iOS apps with FileMaker iOS...
Today we are releasing Barcode Creator 1.3.0 with support for generating EPS barcodes on Mac Desktops. The EPS file format is vector based and therefor scales up or down with no pixelating; like you get with bitmap formats (PNG). A bug in FileMaker prevents the...
Today FileMaker Inc. announced the FileMaker iOS Application SDK, a toolkit for building fully native iOS Apps. This is awesome. Finally we can build applications for iPads and iPhones that look and behave just like native applications. How does it all work, though?...
Does the Apple Pencil work with FileMaker Go? The answer is yes! You can use an Apple Pencil along with FileMaker Go's native signature capture feature. Here at Geist Interactive we have two addons for FileMaker Go, GoDraw and GoSign and both Apple Pencil compatible....
How do we prepare the next generation for a world where the only constant will be change? A world where the jobs they will hold consist of skills that haven't been invented yet; in which they will have to re-tool many times in their adult lives to adjust to the...
[vimeo id="145207519" align="left" mode="normal" autoplay="no" maxwidth="640" grow="yes"] Sometimes you want to make sure that once a user opens a record it remains "locked" until the user is done with it. Unless you as the developer take special measures, the user...
Many solutions use Script Triggers like On Record Commit or On Object Exit to ensure that records are updated correctly. This works great on FileMaker Pro. But if you are deploying with Web Direct, and relying on Script Triggers to enforce business logic and...
We are extending our FileMaker DevCon Sale until the end of July, 2015. Get 15% off all our products. Barcode Creator - create barcodes with just FileMaker GoSign - Signature capture for FileMaker Go and FileMaker Pro GoDraw - drawing add on for FileMaker Pro and...
Todd Geist, founder of Geist Interactive, was awarded the FBA Excellence Award for Development Leadership at the 2015 FileMaker Developer's conference. The award was given out for the work Todd did on evangelizing the Selector Connector Design Pattern. I am...
We are excited to announce the release of GoSign 3.5 with support for Scriptel Signature Pads. Scriptel has a complete line of signature capture devices that work on both Macs and PCs. With GoSign, these devices can now easily connect to any FileMaker Pro 12 or...
The award winning Barcode Creator has been updated to v1.2. This new version can generate QR codes faster than previous versions, and performs a more compact encoding of Japanese characters. This minor update is recommended for users who are using QR codes or...