Estimated Time To Read This: 2 minutes       Just a quick post as I get back into things after the holidays. While I’ve had a chance to use most browsers (Internet Explorer, Opera, Chrome, Safari, etc) I tend to use FireFox day to day, so it’s no surprise that I do most of my testing and development on it. One of the nice things about modern browsers is that they allow you to use add-ons, and there are a number of them that are useful for web development. Here are a couple that I use. Firebug Firebug is a ... Read More

Estimated Time To Read This: 3 – 4 minutes       PD Place will streamline your professional development programs and save your organization valuable time and money, but that’s not all!  Did you know that you can use PD Place to generate a revenue stream for your organization?  In this blog, I outline a few different ways of how you can utilize PD Place to create a new source of income for your company and establish your organization as an industry leader in professional development.  With PD Place, your ... Read More

Estimated Time To Read This: 9 – 15 minutes       Over the years, there have been a number of different file formats that the various versions of FileMaker Pro have used.  Currently, we at CoreSolutions Software Inc. are only supporting the .fp7 file format which pertains to FileMaker Pro versions 7 through 11.  If you’re using one of the earlier file formats in your database system, I would highly encourage you to upgrade.  There are of course many reasons to upgrade, and these reasons range from ... Read More

Estimated Time To Read This: 3 – 5 minutes       The benefits of business blogs are numerous. They are a great tool for communicating with customers and for employees to share their expertise on a subject. They work well to build additional web traffic with little direct costs associated. They create a community and grab attention. For these reasons it is no wonder that business blogs are sweeping across the internet. My topic today is a little bit of an aside for myself – as well as offering some (hopefully) ... Read More

Estimated Time To Read This: 3 – 4 minutes       This week I’ve decided to post about the FileMaker community in general and all the helpful resources that are out there.  It’s a sure sign of a good product – one the users believe in – when people are willing to take time out of their schedules and share their knowledge with anyone who needs it. The FileMaker community is definitely one of the most helpful out there. Let’s look at what FileMaker Inc. offers to its users: The ... Read More

Estimated Time To Read This: 2 minutes       PD Place provides users with the capability to upload or link to ebooks, websites, PDFs, videos… almost any file type you can name!  It’s easy, using the Resources module.  Each of your resources can be categorized and accessed by your staff or public users if you so choose.  There is also a search feature built right into the module. Resources can also be linked to specific in-services in PD Place.  You can do this when you create the in-service.  On the ... Read More

Estimated Time To Read This: 2 minutes       Before the advent of FileMaker’s Quick Find, finding a value across multiple fields required you to create a series of find requests and enter the search text in the fields to search. Wouldn’t it be nice to be able to search all fields (including merge fields) on a layout for anything that matches the entered text? The new Quick Find does exactly that! When in browse mode, you’ll see a search field on the right side of the status area. This is where you will ... Read More

Estimated Time To Read This: 1 – 2 minutes       With each new version of ContinuED®, many new and exciting features are added. These features range from minor adjustments to large scale changes. How does the ContinuED® team determine what new features are added? When the ContinuED® team receives a new feature request, the request is recorded in a list of changes. This list of changes is reviewed by the ContinuED® team between releases. If the request is a feature that many clients will find useful, the ... Read More

Estimated Time To Read This: 1 – 2 minutes       In FileMaker Pro 9 one of the major changes was a non-modal dialog for scripts and script editing. Along with that was the ability to put scripts in folders. Now in FileMaker Pro 11, that ability has been extended to layouts. An improved Manage Layouts dialog allows the developer to create folders of layouts as well as separators (appear as lines separating layout names). It also allows the developer to edit the layout options, show/hide in layout menus, re-order ... Read More

Estimated Time To Read This: 3 – 4 minutes       Recently I attended two events that together reaffirmed for me the recipe for success in leading a successful business or any organization for that matter. Assuming you have a great product or service to begin with, what is the alluring recipe for success? It’s simple, “Surround yourself with good people and make sure they are all singing from the same hymn sheet”. In my last blog on April 15 I spoke about the importance of everyone in an organization ... 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: 1 – 2 minutes       With each new release of FileMaker we get to see many incredible new features! However, it makes keeping up with your FileMaker skills a full time job, and for most of us, we already have full time jobs. Whether we are a FileMaker user tasked with keeping our company database up-to-date and functional, or a certified FileMaker Developer creating a custom software solution for a client, where do we go to stay informed and how do we find the time? Lucky for us, ... Read More