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Please join us May 22: FileMaker Go at the Philadelphia Apple Store!

Published on May 16, 2012. 0 Comments

RSVP: http://www.fmpug.com/rsvp.php?eventID=1324

Please join us this May 22 for a very special gathering of Philadelphia Area FileMaker User Group with a focus on the latest version of FileMaker Go. Our location this month is the downtown Philadelphia Apple Store Briefing Room. Representatives from FileMaker, including regional Systems Engineer Matt O’Dell, as well as FileMaker Business Alliance members will be highlighting the FileMaker Go 12 features as well as productivity-improvement solutions built on the FileMaker Go 12 platform.

We will also be reviewing FileMaker Go solutions from Kevin Ayers and a few surprises as well. Seating will be limited for this unique evening so reserve your spot today!

Date & Time:
Tuesday May 22, 2012
6:00pm – 8:00pm

Location:
Apple Store, Philadelphia Walnut Street
1607 Walnut Street
2nd Floor Executive Briefing Center
Philadelphia, PA 19103

Map of location: http://tinyurl.com/6rw8egv

RSVP: http://www.fmpug.com/rsvp.php?eventID=1324

(NOTE: We have no plans to serve food at this meeting.  We usually provide dinner for the user group, but since this is our first time using the Apple Store’s facilities, we can’t do it this time.  I’m not sure if it’ll ever be possible at that location, but we’ll find out.

If you can, try to get there early and pick up food in the area.  The Apple Store’s well situated for both fast food and more sit-down type eating.  Or if you can hold out you can make a night of it and go for food after 8.  There are some higher end restaurants in walking distance (http://www.butcherandsinger.com/, http://eatmarathon.com/, etc).)

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Published in FileMaker, FileMaker Go, FileMaker Inc. and Meeting Announcements by Colin Keefe. Tags: Tags: , .

FileMaker 12 Developer Grab Bag File from last night’s presentation

Published on April 25, 2012. 3 Comments

Thanks to Matt O’Dell for an excellent and informative presentation last night on FileMaker 12!

As promised, he’s provided us with the FileMaker 12 Developer Grab Bag file he used during the course of the 12 walkthrough, and we’re posting it here for download.

Happy FileMaking!

 
Published in FileMaker, FileMaker Go, Meeting Recaps and Tips and tricks by Colin Keefe. Tags: Tags: , , .

Please join us April 24: Matt O’Dell on FileMaker 12

Published on April 11, 2012. 0 Comments

Greetings FileMaker Enthusiasts,

Our next Philadelphia FileMaker Developer Group meeting has been scheduled for Tuesday evening, April 24th, 2012 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

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Please RSVP here if you are planning to attend this meeting.

FileMaker 12

Matt O’Dell: FileMaker 12!

Join FileMaker Systems Engineer Matt O’Dell for a close look at the new FileMaker 12 product family.

Matt will explore the new design features in FileMaker Pro 12 that immediately boost solution usability and developer productivity through a completely reworked design surface.  He’ll discuss enhanced container fields, charting improvements, and more.

Matt will also walkthrough performance and reliability improvements in FileMaker Server 12, including improved backup efficiency through progressive backups and hard links, a more stable architecture, and support for enhanced containers. Finally, he’ll look at FileMaker Go 12 – which is now FREE.

About the Presenter

Matt O’Dell is a Systems Engineer with FileMaker in the Northeast. He has 10+ years experience using FileMaker and building web solutions. Along with being a certified FileMaker Developer, he also is an authorized FTS trainer and a certified MySQL 5.0 developer. Prior to working for FileMaker, Matt was an application developer, trainer, and  tech support professional with Soliant Consulting in Chicago.

About the Philadelphia FileMaker User Group

The Philadelphia FileMaker User Group was founded in 2004 as an initiative by FileMaker Business Alliance Platinum member IT Solutions Consulting.  The group’s goal is to provide an open forum for FileMaker developers and those interested in FileMaker to meet, brainstorm and network.

We hold meetings the 4th Tuesday of every month at 6PM, in the office of IT Solutions Consulting, Inc., at 414 Commerce Drive, Suite 150, Fort Washington PA.

Meetings are open to all, regardless of background and there’s no charge to attend.

Please subscribe to our Mailing List to get announcements on upcoming meetings. The list is set to Announce only, so the volume is typically between one and 2 emails a month.

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We’re also an FMPug Chapter.  Consider membership today, especially if you purchase training, plugins, 3rd party products, or web/filemaker hosting – FMPug membership affords considerable discounts across a range of offerings.

Finally, The Philadelphia FileMaker User Group is hosted by:

IT Solutions Consulting, Inc.

Employee ownership – fueling our innovation, strengthening your business.

http://www.itsolutions-inc.com/

IT Solutions is proud to be a member of FM Academy, a consortium of leading FileMaker development companies in the United States whose purpose is to further educate FileMaker users and developers to encourage best practices and foster further adoption of the software through online webinars.  Learn more here:

http://www.filemakeracademy.com/

 
Published in FileMaker, FileMaker Go and FileMaker Inc. by Colin Keefe. Tags: Tags: , , .

DevCon 2011 Recap

Published on August 12, 2011. 3 Comments

2011 FileMaker Developer ConferenceOver the past ten years, the annual FileMaker Developer Conference (DevCon) has been a truly enjoyable experience for me. It’s the one place on the globe that the best and brightest FileMaker talent gather for a little under a week to share ideas, learn techniques, find answers to challenges, collaborate, and get a few hints about the future of FileMaker.

This year’s conference was held at the gorgeous San Diego Hilton Bayfront where we enjoyed temperatures in the 70s with low humidity and a pleasant breeze. The accommodations and facility was top notch, with plenty of space for the conference and all of the normal hotel patrons.

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Published in Conferences, DevCon, DevCon, FileMaker, FileMaker Go and FileMaker Inc. by Jason Mundok. Tags: Tags: , , , , , , , , , , .

Dial My Database

Published on July 5, 2011. 9 Comments

For the past few weeks I have been thinking about our last Philly FileMaker user group meeting back in May.  It was all about connecting your database to other services and extending your information to contacts and calendars outside of your database.  Imagine being able to dial a phone number right from your database!  How positively retro.

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Published in FileMaker Go and Tips and tricks by Jerry Salem. Tags: Tags: , , .

FileMaker Go now supports Charts, Printing and Signatures!

Published on April 20, 2011. 0 Comments

FileMaker Go for iPad/iPhone Updated

What’s New in Version 1.2.1
- Adds support for FileMaker Charts (compatible with FileMaker Pro 11).
- Records and saves signatures to the database file.
- Adds support for printing.
- Improves rendering, display, and printing of PDFs.
- Sends notification to user when there is a record lock conflict.
- Adds ability to open hidden files.
- Resolves compatibility issues when running on iPad.

Update:
Check out the “FileMaker Go 1.2 In Two Minutes”

 
Published in FileMaker and FileMaker Go by Chad Sager. Tags: Tags: , .

Filemaker Go Update: Updated

Published on September 22, 2010. 1 Comment

Filemaker just released a new update to Filemaker Go this morning, and it’s big!

A particularly huge item that seemed to slip through the cracks of the new features list is:

iOS app developers may take advantage of the newly enhanced URL protocol from FileMaker for calling FileMaker Go. Using the URL protocol, developers can now specify a FileMaker Pro script and script parameters. This allows developers of commercial and in-house iOS applications to extend FileMaker Go databases and provide a wide spectrum of useful solutions such as bar code scanning.

Press Release

This means that you can write applications for iOS and call scripts in Filemaker using parameters. You can’t even do this in Filemaker Pro! Who needs to to use plugins on iOS, just use iOS apps, communication can go both ways by registering a url scheme for your own app that Filemaker can call to trigger actions.

Filemaker Go 1.1.1 Update Page

Filemaker Go Update

- Take photos, add them to the database, and email as an attachment
- Convert records to PDF and email file from the database
- Save a copy of a database and email it as an attachment
- Import records from FileMaker Pro databases to FileMaker Go via scripts
- Be able to require users to re-log onto FileMaker Go after iPhone hibernates
- Solves compatibility issues running on iPhone

I think these have got to be some of the biggest requests on my list. I’m downloading as we speak.

 
Published in FileMaker Go and FileMaker Inc. by Chad Sager. Tags: Tags: , , , .

Please Join us September 28: FileMaker Go! For iPad/iPhone/iPod Touch

Published on September 17, 2010. 0 Comments

Greetings FileMaker Enthusiasts,

Our next Philadelphia FileMaker User Group meeting has been scheduled for Tuesday evening, September 28th 2010 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://bit.ly/d7L05o

As always, pizza and soft drinks will be provided.

Please RSVP here if you are planning to attend this meeting:
http://www.fmpug.com/rsvp.php?eventID=1085

INTRODUCING FILEMAKER GO!

[late breaking: FileMaker Go 1.1 is out!  Details here; if you weren’t planning on coming before, you might want to do a rethink.]

Introducing FileMaker Go With Matt O’Dell, Systems Engineer, FileMaker Inc.

FileMaker Go allows you to view, edit, and search your FileMaker Pro records on your iPhone, iPod Touch, or iPad. Your existing FileMaker Pro layouts look amazing on the large iPad display screen – no modification is necessary for many solutions. FileMaker Go easily connects to databases hosted on FileMaker Server or FileMaker Pro via a local wireless network or over the Internet using Wi-Fi or 3G. Continue reading ‘Please Join us September 28: FileMaker Go! For iPad/iPhone/iPod Touch’

 
Published in FileMaker, FileMaker Go, FileMaker Inc. and Meeting Announcements by Colin Keefe. Tags: Tags: , , , , , .