Estimated Time To Read This: 4 – 7 minutes       Up until now, there have been very few options for searching dates and times in FileMaker Pro. The user could search for a specific date or time (e.g. 1/15/2006 or 12:15 PM), or they could search for a range of dates or times (1/1/2006…1/31/2006). However, FileMaker now allows the user to take advantage of several new search options, which makes searching much easier. Before covering the new search options for searching dates and times, we will cover some ... Read More

Estimated Time To Read This: 4 – 6 minutes       FileMaker Inc., with the release of FileMaker 8 and FileMaker 8 Advanced has significantly modified the ways scripts can be written and tested. It is worth it to rethink our approach to scripting from the ground up. Scripting philosophies and techniques might differ user by user, developer by developer, but there are a few common principles worth considering. FileMaker 8 Advanced introduced several new tools. Copy/paste tables, scripts and script steps, ... Read More

Estimated Time To Read This: 5 – 8 minutes       FileMaker Inc. introduced FileMaker 8 with many outstanding new feautures. Sending emails by the user directly from FileMaker is one of them. A Send Mail script step was first available in FileMaker 2.1 for Windows, but accessing the functionality required scripting. In FileMaker 8, sending one or multiple email(s) using data in the solution is offered from the menu, no scripting required (provided the developer does not remove this option using menu ... Read More

Estimated Time To Read This: 4 – 6 minutes       In previous versions of FileMaker, it was fairly difficult to change the behaviour of the default FileMaker Menus. You could restrict access to some menu functions using passwords, but to make any other changes, you needed to rely on third party solutions. With FileMaker 8, however, we now have the option to create custom menus. Creating Custom Menus In order to create Custom Menus for a solution, you need to use FileMaker 8 Advanced. In the File menu, go ... Read More

Estimated Time To Read This: 5 – 8 minutes       This year’s Developer’s Conference in Phoenix Arizona saw the introduction of a brand new application family: FileMaker Pro 8. The family includes FileMaker Pro, FileMaker Advanced (previously known as Developer), FileMaker Server and Server Advanced and FileMaker Mobile. The server products and Mobile won’t be shipping until later this year. Past history had many in the developer community wondering if the new features warranted a whole number ... Read More