Monthly Archive for February, 2009

"The Power of 10" FileMaker Road Show Coming to Philadelphia, April 1 2009

Published on February 26, 2009. 0 Comments

Big news.

The last time FileMaker went on the road was back in 2004, coordinated with introduction of FileMaker Pro 7, which, you’ll recall, was a huge (HUGE) release.

FileMaker Pro 10 walked into our lives recently, and, as we learn more about the implications of Script Triggers, live SubSummaries, the Toolbar and Saved Finds, we’re beginning to realize that 10 is a much deeper, more substantial and groundbreaking release than the snappy new interface might lead one to believe.

Which is why it’s great news that the FileMaker Road Show is back, and it’s coming to Philly!  

…more after the jump.

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2/24 Meeting Recap, Presentation File

Published on February 25, 2009. 0 Comments

We had 19 folks come to hear Ben last night, and had a lively discussion about AppleScript, AppleScript Studio, XCode, Automator, the whole bit. Thanks for coming out, Ben!

Plans to webcast the presentation were killed by me earlier in the week, mainly due to procrastinatory tendencies.

Ben sent me a few links as a followup, if you want to get a sense of the meeting’s agenda.

This is the presentation file he used during the meeting, in PDF format.

This is his complete list of presentations, books and so on.

 
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Loreli Voltmer, PFUG Member, interviewed by FileMaker Addict

Published on February 25, 2009. 1 Comment

Our very own group member Loreli Voltmer of MATAAC has been interviewed by Tim Dietrich on his FileMaker Addict Blog.

Loreli’s history of moving from FoxPro to Access to FileMaker makes for great reading and an interesting case study for how skills transfer between database applications. It’s also useful to hear FileMaker discussed by a current user with a history external to the product.

Congratulations, Loreli! Go read it now.

 
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Reminder: Feb 24: Join us for an overview of AppleScript and Automator integration with FileMaker

Published on February 19, 2009. 0 Comments

Reposting this as a reminder:

Greetings FileMaker Enthusiasts,

Our next Philadelphia FileMaker User Group meeting has been scheduled for Tuesday evening, February 24th 2009 at 6:00 PM.  

The meeting will be held at the IT Solutions Fort Washington Office:

+  414 Commerce Dr., Suite 150, Fort Washington, PA 19034 
+  Google Map: http://tinyurl.com/37mhhh

Join us for an overview of AppleScript and Automator integration with FileMaker

With FileMaker Pro’s built-in scripting tools, it’s fairly easy to automate time consuming and repetitive tasks within your custom database.  But, what if you want to integrate your database with other applications and processes in Mac OS X?  AppleScript and Automator extend your options greatly.  Join automation columnist and consultant, Ben Waldie, and learn how to take your FileMaker databases to the next level with AppleScript and Automator integration.  

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Tips and Tricks: Sharing Color Palettes in a multiple developer environment

Published on February 17, 2009. 0 Comments

Chad showed this one to me, but since it came up in a conversation with some other colleagues yesterday I thought I’d share it on his behalf.

It’s often the case that when designing a solution, you and the client agree on a color palette as part of the overall look and feel of the product.  However, when several developers are working on the same project, one needs a way to share those colors across the team.

On the Mac, one way to do this is by defining a new Color Palette, and share the Color Palette file with the other team members.  Since this trick uses the OS Color Palette tool, it’s Mac only.

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FTS Training in Philadelphia offered by IT Solutions, May 4-7 2009

Published on February 9, 2009. 0 Comments

Hello everyone;

Just a quick note to say that we’re taking registrations for our spring FTS Training Series, scheduled for May 4 through May 7 2009.  Official blurb below the cut.

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Tips and Tricks: Arbitrarily Navigating an Array of Fields in FMP 10

Published on February 9, 2009. 0 Comments

To follow up with the presentation from Tuesday night, here is the first of half a dozen or so posts going into more detail on my demo files.

First up, navigating an array of fields in an arbitrary order (as opposed to tab order).

First, a little setup. To make this work you need to give layout object names to all the fields in the array. I just chose array01, array02, etc. so we can do some simple math to find out which object to go to.

Be sure and name and or number all your layout objects.

Be sure and name and or number all your layout objects.

When Filemaker allows us to go to field by name, this solution will be a little more elegant, for now you just need to name the layout objects and your field names can be arbitrary.

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Feb 24: Join us for an overview of AppleScript and Automator integration with FileMaker

Published on February 9, 2009. 0 Comments

Greetings FileMaker Enthusiasts,

Our next Philadelphia FileMaker User Group meeting has been scheduled for Tuesday evening, February 24th 2009 at 6:00 PM.  

The meeting will be held at the IT Solutions Fort Washington Office:

+  414 Commerce Dr., Suite 150, Fort Washington, PA 19034
+  Google Map: http://tinyurl.com/37mhhh

Join us for an overview of AppleScript and Automator integration with FileMaker

With FileMaker Pro’s built-in scripting tools, it’s fairly easy to automate time consuming and repetitive tasks within your custom database.  But, what if you want to integrate your database with other applications and processes in Mac OS X?  AppleScript and Automator extend your options greatly.  Join automation columnist and consultant, Ben Waldie, and learn how to take your FileMaker databases to the next level with AppleScript and Automator integration.  

More after the jump:

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