Greetings FileMaker Enthusiasts,
Our next Philadelphia FileMaker User Group meeting has been scheduled for Tuesday evening, March 23rd 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
As always, pizza and soft drinks will be provided.
Please RSVP here if you are planning to attend this meeting:
Join us for an exclusive look at FileMaker 11!
We have a very special featured speaker coming from FileMaker this evening – Matt O’Dell, our regional FileMaker Systems Engineer!
Matt will be giving us an overview of the new features in FileMaker 11, and their implications both for making life easier for FileMaker users and for new techniques for the developer. Matt’s presented to PFUG twice before, most recently on using server OS and FileMaker scripting and Script Sequences, and we’re pleased to have him back.
What’s new in FileMaker 11?
FileMaker Charts!
Quick Reports in Table View
Snapshot Links
Recurring Imports
Quick Finds!
Inspector – a master tool palette for layout design
Object Badges
Built-in Invoice Starter Solution
Layout Folders
Portal Filtering
Scripting Enhancements
Improved File Security, including specific file access authorization
Variables in Find Requests and Merge Fields
We’re looking forward to this presentation, and hope you’ll be able to join us.
About the Speaker:
Matt O’Dell is a Systems Engineer with FileMaker in the Northeast US and Canada. He has 11+ 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.
The status toolbar is the gray area located horizontally across the top of a FileMaker Pro 11 window and can be easily customized to suit your needs. If you’re using older versions of FileMaker, the status toolbar combines all of the functionality of the old status area, which was located on the left side of the window, and the optional standard toolbar, both of which existed in versions prior to FileMaker 10. By default the status toolbar comes loaded with commonly used features, such as record navigation (the book), Show All, New and Delete Record, and Find. Depending on how you use FileMaker, there may be other buttons that make more sense for you to have on the toolbar. With a few clicks, you can set up your FileMaker toolbar however you’d like.
Speak your Mind. Using Comments, part 1.
Recently I was on a family trip to Pittsburgh. We were walking around the campus of Carnegie Mellon and I saw this memorial brick;
It got me to thinking about some of the monster databases that I have had to take over for clients. When I take over a project, often I am spending a great deal of time just trying to figure out what the developer was trying to do.
Our earlier posts on this blog are generally concerned with improving the user experience(better printing workflow) or getting more out of your data (One Report two sets of summarized data). Today I would like to return to that lowly person, the developer. Anything that I can do that can make my job easier will make be a better developer and ultimately make my customers happier. Or as my grandfather would say to my grandmother, “What would you do if I got hit by a bus?” Continue reading ‘Speak your Mind. Using Comments, part 1.’