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  • FileMaker 11 is Available!

    FileMaker 11 is Available!

    FileMaker Inc. released FileMaker 11 today for both Mac and Windows. Read about the new features. If you use FileMaker in your business, we highly suggest updating to FileMaker 11. However, we also suggest not using it for a while. How long? Well, that depends on you. If you are an ‘early adopter’, then go for [...]

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  • Using iPhone Dragon Dictation with Things

    Using iPhone Dragon Dictation with Things

    I’ve been interested in adding items to my Things To Do list while away from my computer with out typing them. Typing is a pain. The steps to do this are: Open Dragon Dictation on the iPhone. Tap the button to do something with the note. Press Email. Press Send. If you set your iPhone to automatically BCC yourself [...]

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  • FileMaker Type Ahead with FMSnippets and Spell Catcher

    FileMaker Type Ahead with FMSnippets and Spell Catcher

    For some time now, FMSnippets has been fantastic for speeding development. Typing out simple abbreviations as save us so much time rather than pointing and clicking or typing out the functions. We received a Twitter message from Damon Casey (@AutomatingData) where he told us about how Spell Catcher can be used to add type ahead functionality to [...]

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  • FileMaker Clip Manager Monkey

    FileMaker Clip Manager Monkey

    Learn how to create FileMaker fields and script statements in seconds with Clip Manger from  myFMbutler and a bit of FileMaker code. This example uses FileMaker code to create FileMaker code! Download our ‘Clip Manager Monkey‘ as seen in the video. View the video on YouTube to the the HD / High Resolution version.

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  • Teaching FileMaker to Send Alerts to an iPhone

    Teaching FileMaker to Send Alerts to an iPhone

    Reposted from: http://www.emptyofwhat.com/blog/01/31/2010/teaching-filemaker-send-alerts-iphone: Teaching FileMaker to Send Alerts to an iPhone Posted Sun, 01/31/2010 – 12:31 by eow Tags: ScriptMaster, Push Notifcatins, Prowl, iPhone, Growl, FileMaker, 360works Recently I had the need to send alerts to my iPhone from my FileMaker system.  I started using Twitter, and while that works ok, the alerts would get lost in my twitter stream. [...]

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  • Logitech Touch Mouse

    Logitech Touch Mouse

    The Logitech Touch Mouse is perfect when you forget your mouse back at the office or if you need to control your computer from a distance, like when presenting a talk… From Logitech: Touch Mouse is an application that turns your iPhone or iPod touch into a wireless trackpad and keyboard for your computer. There are two [...]

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  • FileMaker Postal Address Standardization

    FileMaker Postal Address Standardization

    Have you ever wanted to Standardize a postal address to post office specifications? There’s a great php script available here: http://www.analysisandsolutions.com/software/addr/addr.htm One of the things that this script does is to take all the different abbreviations that people use and convert them to standards. Below you can see a few of these and HUNDREDS more handled in [...]

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  • PauseOnError Portland Audio Download

    PauseOnError Portland Audio Download

    The FileMaker PauseOnError Portland unconference ended a few hours ago. Below you can download audio files for the sessions that I attended exported from my Pulse Pen. PauseOnError rocked! Well worth traveling the 2500 miles from Orlando!!! AppleScript and FileMaker – Bruce Robertson.aac Data Visualization – Chuck Melton.aac FileMaker Design Patterns – Don Levan.aac FileMaker Testing and Implementation – [...]

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  • FileMaker Products and Windows 7

    FileMaker Products and Windows 7

    Tomorrow Windows 7 will be released and FileMaker just released two support documents which may help if you plan to use Windows 7 in the near future. Windows 7 and FileMaker 10 products Question Are FileMaker products compatible with Windows 7? FileMaker Pro 10 & FileMaker Pro 10 Advanced are both compatible with Windows 7 and have Known [...]

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  • A QuicKey to Quickly Export a FileMaker XML DDR

    A QuicKey to Quickly Export a FileMaker XML DDR

    Yesterday, I recorded a QuicKey to export a FileMaker XML DDR. It automatically chooses the menu item, changes to XML, and unticks auto open, then clicks create leaving you at the save dialog. If you export XML DDR’s it will save you from several extra clicks. Download PDF of the QuicKey Steps

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