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A quick thanks to Jesse for presenting last night. We had 21 attendees for a very informative discussion of the 360Works suite of plugins and the java framework underlying them. There are interesting implications for document management, collaboration and markup with some of these plugins – very interesting stuff.
John Gehman won the raffle and joined FMPUG the same day!
See you next month.
Just a reminder that for those of you who’re just a bit too far to attend in person:
FMPug has been posting selected presentation content on the FMPug site, available for FMPug members. You can access it here:
Ernest Koe’s ProofGroup presentation is up at this URL, as well as Jess Barnum’s presentation, both filmed at the Orlando FL FMPug chapter. Kudos to Andy for putting this together.
Note that you need to join FMPug to access most of the content, but you can see a free 12 minute video introduction by Jesse to get a sense of how it all lays out.
If I haven’t harped on it enough, online videos aren’t the only reason to join FMPug. Here’s a grid of benefits:
A virtual membership will get you into the FMPug site and its benefits; a portion of a Chapter membership goes to support us at PFUG (since we’re a local FMPug chapter), plus eligibility for FMPug member giveaways at meetings (like tonight’s, for example).
- Colin
(Editor’s Note: As some of you know I’ve been asking my colleagues to write tips and tricks content for the blog. At some point in the future we may be asking the group community at large for contributor content as well. Jerry is a 9 Certified FileMaker Developer at ITS; he also runs the 101 and Intermediate trainings here. Thanks, Jerry!
– Colin).
One thing that really gets my goat is multiple security gates. If I have already logged into my computer using a login and pw, why do I still have to use another login and password to further authenticate myself when I open my database? Worse yet, sometimes an end user will put in an account/password to get into the computer, then the SAME account/password info to log into the database.
There are a couple of ways around this. Most programmers will tell you, “Use Single Sign On authentication.” FileMaker developers will typically say, “Use an opener file and save the login and PW there.”
Both of these are fine if the situation merits or permits it. Here I present another option. In this case, the end users are not using active directory to manage Accounts. They also don’t want to use an opener file, for a number of reasons that are outside the scope of this document.
Continue reading ‘Tips and Tricks: Open a FileMaker database using a Hyperlink’
Just a quick reminder – we’re meeting tomorrow at 6 PM; Jesse Barnum from 360Works is going to present. Should be some pretty compelling stuff.
We’re also planning on taking him out for a drink after (depending on how things go) and anyone’s welcome to join us.
Details here:
Hello everyone;
A reminder that we’re still taking registrations for our spring FTS 10 Training Series, scheduled for May 4 through May 7 2009.
Continue reading ‘FileMaker Training Series 10 May 4-7 at IT Solutions, Inc.’
Greetings FileMaker Enthusiasts,
Our next Philadelphia FileMaker User Group meeting has been scheduled for Tuesday evening, Apriil 28th 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
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Jesse Barnum from 360Works: Extending FileMaker Capabilities
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Continue reading ‘Join us April 28: Jesse Barnum from 360Works – Extending FileMaker Capabilities’
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