Estimated Time To Read This: 4 – 6 minutes       FileMaker is a great software application – we all know that. As with all great applications – to keep making it better means they need to come out with different versions which in turn means that you do need to upgrade from time to time and FileMaker are committed to release a new version every 12 – 15 months. FileMaker recognized early on that upgrading can be a costly venture and have come up with a number of ways to make it as cost effective as ... Read More

Estimated Time To Read This: 3 – 4 minutes       The world is quickly becoming a “Get it here and now” society with so many of us needing to be “plugged in” and looking for the easiest way to get what we need when we need it! We have learned to multi-task whether we wanted to or not, and in this vain we are almost forced to look at other ways we are able to obtain the training we require without the hassle of traveling or going off-site for hours or days at a time. With every position I have held, I ... Read More

Estimated Time To Read This: 5 – 8 minutes       It seems only logical that new functions are necessary for new functionality, so knowing what new functions you have at your disposal (and how to use them) is key to mastering the new functionality that becomes available with the dawn of any new release of FileMaker Pro. In this article, I’ll be discussing the various new functions that you’ll have in your arsenal with this newest release of FileMaker Pro 10. One of the new enhancements to FileMaker 10 that ... Read More

Estimated Time To Read This: 4 – 6 minutes       Almost exactly 18 months since the release of FileMaker 9, FileMaker Inc. released version 10 on January 5, 2009. Sporting a new interface on the main screen, gone is the old status area, replaced with a new customizable Status toolbar across the top of the screen. According to FMI, the toolbar has been redesigned to allow the user to perform common tasks with the fewest mouse clicks. Browse Mode Layout Mode Another new feature that changes the look of FileMaker ... Read More