During the month of September, we asked the attendees of FMburgh (the Pittsburgh FileMaker Developer Group) and the larger Claris FileMaker community a few questions to understand how they use FileMaker and its many features. We also asked a non-technical question to help us learn a little bit about our […]
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The October 2020 meeting of FMburgh, the Pittsburgh FileMaker Developer Group, took place on Wednesday, October 7. Since the state and national health directives related to COVID-19 encouraged social distancing when possible, the meeting was held in an online-only format. We welcomed our own Thomas Waters and his colleagues Karen […]
In the 24th annual FileMaker DevCon, Claris International, Inc. had announced its new branding that included a name and another product. The original name of the company when it first began was Claris, then transitioned to FileMaker, so it brings back to what it once was called. To make it […]
Due to circumstances beyond our control, the Workplace Innovation Jumpstart scheduled for September 2020 has been canceled. We hope to reschedule this two-day training event for spring 2021. Please check back in the coming months for updates. Are you stuck in a work rut? Is you business hindered by rigid […]
The September 2020 meeting of FMburgh, the Pittsburgh FileMaker Developer Group, was scheduled for Wednesday, September 2 in an online-only format due to the regional and national health directives related to COVID-19. As part of the “FileMaker Show-n-Tell” agenda for this meeting, Beth Latta of IT Solutions Consulting, Inc. showed […]
Claris International, Inc. has updated the old “Custom App Academy” to “Claris Academy”. When the “Custom App Academy” was introduced in late 2017, it opened doors in learning how to develop in Claris FileMaker. Providing their own instructional set of videos and documentation allows users to easily find a tutorial. The way that everything […]
The August 2020 meeting of FMburgh, the Pittsburgh FileMaker Developer Group, was held on Wednesday, August 5 in an online-only format due to the continuing regional and national health directives related to COVID-19. To avoid conflicts with the online Claris Engage conference also taking place that week, our meeting started […]
When designing layouts for any application we create we consider what is the best method to show information for people viewing it. In a database system, we are dealing with tables that have many records in them. Some views that will be the detail of a record (and potentially related […]
Due to circumstances beyond our control, the Workplace Innovation Jumpstart scheduled for June 2020 has been postponed, but we hope to reschedule the event for late August or early September. Check back next month for updates and the revised schedule. Are you stuck in a work rut? Is you business […]
Helpful notes before reading: Here is a link to a video tutorial on the process mentioned in this blog: Portal Row Buttons as Radio Buttons One method to pass parameters is using JSON. Refer to our blogs “Evolution of the Script Parameter” and “Evolution of the Script Parameter Redux” for […]
Yesterday, May 22, Claris Inc. announced the release of the newest iteration of its flagship business innovation platform, FileMaker 19. This release, while light on features compared with other annual releases, stands out for multiple reasons. The first, which is the first thing any long time users will notice, is […]
As we discussed in our previous blog article, we are very excited about the new workflow automation product from Claris Inc., Claris Connect. Easily being able to connect all your applications into automated, business logic driven flows will help any company improve their efficiency and enable a remote workforce to […]