I was complaining to Richard Gaskin of FouthWorld about how LiveCode's Application Browser showed plugin stacks. I almost never want to see those there. They just get in the way. Richard convinced me that I could create a Patcher Stack that would solve the problem....
When FileMaker Go first shipped, I wrote about it being a whole new platform. The opportunity that it presented was so big that I thought FileMaker Go would be come the first Platform that I would build for. But in the months after the release, I didn't even use it...
For years I have been using a recursive custom function to get a list of all the Selected Tab Panels on a layout. This works quite well, but in my current project I wanted to get rid of all custom functions. I didn't really want to use a looping script. I wanted a...
UPDATE: I got re-tweeted by Sencha Inc. it blew out my bandwidth at screencast.com. That is totally cool! I have been doing a lot of work with JavaScript lately. Specifically looking at how to build cross platform mobile web apps that connect to FileMaker. There...
After taking a couple of years off, I am happy to announce that I will once again be speaking at the FileMaker Developer's conference. The 2011 conference will be held in San Diego, CA, August 2-5, 2011 (Tuesday-Friday). I am very excited to be doing this again. I...
Geist Interactive is proud to announce the release of proSign v1.0. proSignp makes it easy to add signature capture to any FileMaker Pro solution. Signatures can be captured using any touch pad or pen and tablet input device. No special hardware is required. It runs...
This post is a direct response to a support request I got from a customer earlier today. The question was how do you change the size of the captured signature? It isn't too hard, but unless people are real familiar with how the web viewer works they might miss some...
I just came across an interesting little FileMaker quirk. The "Set Variable" script step does not allow you to begin the variable name with a space. But you can declare variables with the Let Statement can also declare variables and they can start with a Space. For...
Nov 22, 2010, Newbury Park, CA. Geist Interactive is proud to announce the release of GoSign v1.0. GoSign makes it easy to add signature capture to any FIleMaker Go solution. With GoSign you can incorporate Signature Capture into any FileMaker Go work flow. It only...
I am very excited to announce my first actual product for sale here at Geist Interactive. GoSign - easy signature capture for FileMaker Go! Using GoSign you can add signature capture to any FileMaker Go application in about ten minutes. The core technique involves...
UPDATE: I just added a new screen that shows your location too So I have come up with a method to get Geolocation data into FileMaker. I am using only native FileMaker scripting and layouts. 100 percent pure FileMaker goodness, made from all natural organic free...
I have to say I just love this thing! FileMaker Go is much more than just a way to access FileMaker Databases on your iOS device. It represents the beginning of a whole new platform. There is quite simply, no easier way to develop database driven iOS apps than with...