The release of FileMaker Go has added a new variable to the equation we use when considering whether to use a FileMaker plug-in. We are experiencing a big shift to mobile solutions. Within less than a year ignoring the iOS platform became an unforgivable mistake for every FileMaker developer.
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The FileMaker Technical Network is now free for FileMaker developers, designers and users to share their knowledge and skills amongst one another.
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PauseOnError London was a great success! FileMaker developers, speakers and sponsors flew from all over the world to attend the first Pause on Error event in Europe.
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Tiz the season to be jolly and all that. So What is on the good Filemaker developers wish list? Read more…
This is a concept shown by Fabrice Nordmann at this years Pause on Error London.
Having seen how he uses this, I have used it in a couple of solutions and found that it does make moving data around really easy and saves on creating lots of variables, so cuts down development time as well.
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We are just about to start a project to allow employees to log in and out of a FileMaker system using RFID tags. In the past we have done this by hanging a Phidget RFID reader directly off the back of a computer. In the past we have always had a computer available for the purpose but this project not only has the requirement for a number of readers to be distributed around a factory but the readers have to work substantially faster than FileMaker and an attached phidget can work.
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Pause on Error was a huge successes with some fantastic sessions and a really great atmosphere. Thanks to everyone involved from the Sponsors to the Speaker and Delegates.
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I think of all the things I love about being a web developer – its the constant development and evolution of the technologies available to me as a developer. Just this week we have the following (proposal only at the moment) from Adobe – CSS Shaders.
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While NULL is a concept familiar to SQL users FileMaker developers tend to have little exposure to the idea. Effectively NULL is the value given to a field who has no known value. It is distinct from an empty field or a field that contains the text NULL. NULL has some interesting characteristics most based around the fact that NULL ≠ NULL so SELECT * where field = NULL will never return any values; NULL never equals anything even itself. To test for NULL within MySQL the IS NULL function is used.
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One of FileMaker’s great strengths in the ability to convert a standard layout into a web page. Instant Web Publishing is a great way to get a database driven web site up and running if you have no knowledge on how to build a web site and connect it to a database.
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