FileMaker 13.0v2 shipped today. One of the things that got fixed was the FileMaker Pro URL protocol. Previously you could only use the URL protocol with FileMaker Go, or with FileMaker Pro hosted files. If you wanted to talk to FileMaker Pro files that were local on...
WaterMarking Photos with the FileMaker WebViewer
All our videos are HD. Please enjoy in full screen. 🙂 The FileMaker WebViewer is a powerful JavaScript Runtime engine. If you know how to exchange data between the WebViewer and FileMaker you can do all sorts of cool things. In this video we...
FileMaker Sync – My Three Favorite GoZync Features – Video
Last week we published a video on Syncing FileMaker with Transactions. We used our transactional Filemaker sync framework, GoZync for the demonstration. Although GoZync's transaction safe sync may be my favorite feature, it is not the only cool...
FileMaker Developer’s Conference 2014
FileMaker Inc. just announced the 2014 Developers Conference. I am proud to be presenting again this year. My topic for this year is Modular Design. We will explore the newest tricks and tips for building reusable, sharable, maintainable chunks of FileMaker code. We...
Syncing FileMaker with Transactions Video
This is part 3 of a video series on FileMaker Transactions. It might be helpful to watch part 1 and part 2 first. But it's not required. In this video we took a look at why transactions are important to syncing FileMaker and FileMaker Go. We use...
Simple FileMaker Transactions Video
This video is part 2 of a series on FileMaker Transactions. Part 1, titled "Fixing Slow FileMaker Reports" demonstrated one of the many reasons why transactions are an important part of building multi-user FileMaker apps. In this video, we break...
Fixing Slow FileMaker Reports
This video is part 1 in a series on FileMaker Transactions and why you should use them. In this video, we look at a slow FileMaker Report. The report is slow because it is based on unstored calculations. We look at a way to speed up the report,...
Building Multi-User FileMaker Apps
Building Multi-User FileMaker Applications FileMaker is a great platform for building multi-user applications. It's easy to get started, but powerful enough to build applications that can run an entire business. One of the reasons it is so easy and powerful is that it...
FileMaker Transactions
FileMaker Transactions Although it isn't talked about much, FileMaker does have solid support for database transactions. You can write scripts with full commit and rollback support, just like MySQL and most other Relational Database Management Systems (RDBMS). This is...
Announcing Barcode Creator
Announcing Barcode Creator Geist Interactive is excited to release Barcode Creator v1.0 for FileMaker. Barcode Creator can generate 14 different types of barcodes — all without using plugins, fonts, or web services. It's pure, 100%, native FileMaker. It works on the...
Using BaseElements FileMaker Plugin to Generate Code – Video
BaseElements FileMaker Plugin BaseElements is very powerful free plugin from Goya . Among it's dozens of useful features is the ability to create FileMaker code in the form of ClipBoard objects and place them on the clipboard so you can...
What Can WordPress Teach FileMaker?
WordPress is the dominant web platform on the planet. It's ecosystem is orders of magnitude larger than FileMaker's. Clearly they are doing something right. Is there anything that FileMaker and FileMaker Developers can learn from Wordpress's success? At first blush,...
Announcing GoSign v3, Scriptable, FileMaker Signature Capture
FileMaker Signature Capture Newbury Park, California, Feb 5th, 2014 – Geist Interactive is pleased to introduce GoSign 3.0 for FileMaker Go and FileMaker Pro. GoSign 3.0 is a major rewrite of the popular FileMaker Signature Capture add-on for FileMaker Go. GoSign...