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Matt O’Dell on HTML5: Example Files

Published on January 26, 2012. 2 Comments

Matt O’Dell of FileMaker Inc. presented this past Tuesday at the Philly FileMaker User Group, providing an overview of HTML5 and possible applications in FileMaker Go.

We’re happy to share that Matt has graciously provided his complete demo files and presentation slide deck for download!

Included are some pretty slick iPad geolocation demos, graphical seat assignment, canvas drawing and charting, web chat, and more!  All in all fun stuff.

Thanks Matt!

Edit 1/30/2012:

While this was probably clearer during the presentation, some of the code in Matt’s DevCon 2011 offering should be credited to Todd Geist of Geist Interactive who shared his expertise with Matt for this portion of demo.  Todd has coincidentally released – today – a packaged tool for performing canvas drawing in FileMaker Go, so if any of this has whetted your appetite for this kind of thing, you’re in luck.

It’s called GoDraw.  It looks pretty slick, the lite version is free, and the full version offers editing saved drawings, Save as PDF and more.

 
Published in Meeting Recaps and Meetings by Colin Keefe. Tags: Tags: , , , , , , , .

Please Join us January 24th – Matt O’Dell – HTML5: An Overview

Published on January 11, 2012. 2 Comments

Greetings FileMaker Enthusiasts,

Our next Philadelphia FileMaker Developer Group meeting has been scheduled for Tuesday evening, January 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
Google Map

Please RSVP here if you are planning to attend this meeting:
http://www.fmpug.com/rsvp.php?eventID=1267

Matt O’Dell – HTML 5: An Overview

In recent history HTML5 has become a familiar buzzword in technology news. Besides being the next generation of the backbone coding language of the web, what is HTML5?

This session will cover the beginnings of HTML5 and the problems it is trying to solve. It will show popular examples as well as some simple frameworks to get started easily.

Lastly it will show ways to enhance your FileMaker Pro and Go solutions using Custom Web Publishing and Web Viewers to develop engaging user interfaces.

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.

http://fmpug.com/mailman/listinfo/philly_fmpug.com/

You can read our blog to get updates and meeting recaps:

http://www.phillyfilemaker.org/

Twitter here:

http://twitter.com/phillyfilemaker

We’re also an FMPug Chapter: http://www.fmpug.com/ 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/

 
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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.

Continue reading ‘DevCon 2011 Recap’

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

Dial My Database

Published on July 5, 2011. 5 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.

Continue reading ‘Dial My Database’

 
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: , .

Meeting Un-recap – FileMaker Go; next up: Amazon Web Services

Published on September 30, 2010. 0 Comments

Thanks everyone for coming out Tuesday!  We had 26 folks here to listen to Matt O’Dell discuss FileMaker Go for the iPad.

I’m going to save a real recap for next week.

In the meantime, I’ll just put the word out that our next meeting is going to feature Alan Deffenderfer, who’s been doing some amazing stuff integrating Amazon Web Services with a FileMaker Bookseller’s management product.  More on that to come.

- Colin

 
Published in Meeting Recaps by Colin Keefe. 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: , , , , , .

Please join us August 24: 2010 FileMaker DevCon Recap

Published on August 20, 2010. 0 Comments

Greetings FileMaker Enthusiasts,

Our next Philadelphia FileMaker User Group meeting has been scheduled for Tuesday evening, August 24th 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
+  Full Google Map: http://bit.ly/d7L05o (or just mess with the inline map below)

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=1078

2010 DEVCON RECAP

Presenters: Jason Mundok, Chad Sager, Colin Keefe

The fifteenth annual FileMaker Developer Convention was held August 15-18 in San Diego CA.  We’ve just gotten back and can’t wait to share.  Come join us for a discussion of FileMaker GO, new techniques and technologies, and a general roundtable talk.

Continue reading ‘Please join us August 24: 2010 FileMaker DevCon Recap’

 
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