Filemaker Success Tips

065_FM_Success_Tips

fmst@sonic.net — Thu, 5 Nov 2009 15:30:00 GMT

Copy Layout, FMStarting Point, Global variable polution ($$Variable)

064_FM_Success_Tips

fmst@sonic.net — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 14:30:00 GMT

FileMaker 9 Admin and Java 6 v10+ = Crash, Loop exit trap, Manual Backup, A broken Foundation... Halloween Show!!!

063_FM_Success_Tips

fmst@sonic.net — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 14:30:00 GMT

When the Relation does not work, Hidden values in checkboxes, Design for Testing, FilemakerFree

062_FM_Success_Tips

fmst@sonic.net — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 14:30:00 GMT

Window Dressing, Design for multiusers with global fields, Context

061_FM_Success_Tips

fmst@sonic.net — Thu, 8 Oct 2009 14:30:00 GMT

Else/If Scripting OR Case Statement in set field?, How to sell an FM app?, Fun with Conditional Formatting

060_FM_Success_Tips

fmst@sonic.net — Thu, 1 Oct 2009 14:30:00 GMT

Basic TO to TO relation as a query/filter, Problems with Server admin app, Right Border

059_FM_Success_Tips

fmst@sonic.net — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 14:30:00 GMT

Get As... Text/Number, etc, When to add TOs or add a TOG, Solving differences - How do you work through the math problems?

058_FM_Success_Tips

fmst@sonic.net — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 14:30:00 GMT

Searching for an e-mail address? Use âname\@isp.comâ, When to make the time to encapsulate, Preview and PNGs, Cheap Heavy Metal

057_FM_Success_Tips

SCS@sonic.net — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 14:30:00 GMT

Cartesian Join Relationship, The debugger, Macintosh - Force Quit / Relaunch Finder

056_FM_Success_Tips

SCS@sonic.net — Fri, 4 Sep 2009 14:30:00 GMT

AutoUpdate, Speak the customers language, Q1 Review#2

055_FM_Success_Tips

SCS@sonic.net — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 14:30:00 GMT

Autosequence mismatch, Manual entry of time into Time format, spaghetti to anchor buoy

054_FMSuccess_Tipss

fmst@sonic.net — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 14:30:00 GMT

Tips, tricks and fun from DEVCON 2009

053_FM_Success_Tips

SCS@sonic.net — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 14:30:00 GMT

Samsung Q1, Market Research, Email from NSW

052_FM_Success_Tips

SCS@sonic.net — Thu, 6 Aug 2009 14:30:00 GMT

1 Year anniversary! Printing subroutines which handle preview, One2One=ONE table= GREAT performance, Utility menus you need to have, Checkboxes and one value set Vs mulitple

051_FM_Success_Tips

SCS@sonic.net — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 14:30:00 GMT

Manual overide on a calculation field, Canât mod field because another layout is modifying the field, Concatenated key revisit, Calc field Vs Calc Auto Enter for concat key

050_FM_Success_Tips

SCS@sonic.net — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 14:30:00 GMT

Getting age from current date - DOB, Keepin it clean - remove it if you are not using it., Chart making 1, SetFieldByName

049_FM_Success_Tips

SCS@sonic.net — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 14:30:00 GMT

Pixelmator, Security Tidbits, AVG interferes with port 80 and IWP

048_FM_Success_Tips

SCS@sonic.net — Thu, 9 Jul 2009 14:30:00 GMT

Transparent PNGs, Script Trigger find on single TO, Sorting subsums, Set the defaults on your file locally before you upload to server

047_FM_Success_Tips

SCS@sonic.net — Thu, 2 Jul 2009 14:30:00 GMT

Looping, Upgrading to version 10? Why?, Uniformity of design

046_FM_Success_Tips

SCS@sonic.net — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 14:30:00 GMT

Set Field By Name provide field addressing for encapsulation, How an invoice works, LanguageIndex, Data entry screens vs. print layouts

045_FM_Success_Tips

SCS@sonic.net — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 14:30:00 GMT

Using buttons for status info or highlighting with Cond formatting, Product Doc Menu, Table Magic view once more! Group sort display Table Magic, Layout Partitions and how they work

044_FM_Success_Tips

SCS@sonic.net — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 14:30:00 GMT

When to use FM canned routine and when to script?, On Timer script, Setting mulitple selected objects, 1. Description of what weâre doing with Strength as a hosted vert app

043_FM_Success_Tips

SCS@sonic.net — Thu, 4 Jun 2009 14:30:00 GMT

Script trigger fun 3- Cond format on âapplyâ btn, Drop down list Vs Popup menu.Relationship Graph... basics The relation, Using a graphic in a field for info

042_FM_Success_Tips

SCS@sonic.net — Thu, 28 May 2009 14:30:00 GMT

Script trigger - pull down menus, EscapeCharacter, Whatâs a key? , A time tracking system

041_FM_Success_Tips

SCS@sonic.net — Thu, 21 May 2009 14:30:00 GMT

Get PrivilegeSet, Script trigger fun 2 - arrow keys, ESS import, Use of modeless daughter windows

040_FM_Success_Tips

SCS@sonic.net — Thu, 14 May 2009 14:30:00 GMT

Manage 5, Conceptual UIs, User Mod Tableview revisit, April Fools FileMaker 11

039_FM_Success_Tips

SCS@sonic.net — Thu, 7 May 2009 14:30:00 GMT

Continuation of Table View Discussion... adding other fields, Merge Filed - Using data in labels, Script Lunch, Value pricing

038_FM_Success_Tips

SCS@sonic.net — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 14:30:00 GMT

Whatâs the difference between Exit Script and Halt Script?, Using Insert script steps... , Yellow - empty Conditional formatting, Importing within your own solution, WarehouseMaster

037_FM_Success_Tips

SCS@sonic.net — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 14:30:00 GMT

Turn on the Object Grids in Layout mode, Save as PDF, append to PDF, Script arrange and layouts arrange... What divisions do you use to segment you Script Manager?, Referrals from employees leaving, Smallerscripts

036_FM_Success_Tips

SCS@sonic.net — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 14:30:00 GMT

UserCreated, date, modified in Auto enter, Script steps cut/ copy/paste, More uses of script triggers, IS Model - Transactions, decision support, conditionalvaluelists

035_FM_Success_Tips

SCS@sonic.net — Thu, 9 Apr 2009 14:30:00 GMT

Script trigger traps, Magnetic card scan - credit card, dl, , Basic 1 to many design, portalsort

034_FM_Success_Tips

SCS@sonic.net — Thu, 2 Apr 2009 14:30:00 GMT

Repeating Fields, When should you use subscripts? , Change passwords in 10 server 9 is used... wonât work... bug, Bar Code Scanning, RelatedLine

033_FM_Success_Tips

SCS@sonic.net — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 14:30:00 GMT

Use a special Dev Custom menu during your development efforts, Our Day, Table view changing, Lions Tigers and bears

MacPlusMovie

SCS@sonic.net — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 14:30:00 GMT

032_FM_Success_Tips

SCS@sonic.net — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 14:30:00 GMT

AutoRelatedFailure, Order of design, what do you do first, middle and last in the design process, When to use header/footer in form view

031_FM_Success_Tips

SCS@sonic.net — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 14:30:00 GMT

ETL, FileMaker 10 Server Backups, Old FileMaker Disks, Index and import, error mgmt

030_FM_Success_Tips

SCS@sonic.net — Thu, 5 Mar 2009 15:30:00 GMT

Go to related record command, relatedLine, The Green Bubble, FM server and win OSs

029_Fm_Success_Tips

SCS@sonic.net — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 15:30:00 GMT

Design your own billing system using FileMaker, Constrain-Plus, Behavior Changes in Version 10 (gotchas), PDFâs in a container

028_FM_Success_Tips

SCS@sonic.net — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 15:30:00 GMT

The Replace Command, When should you use a dialog box that says âAre you sureâ? and when is it overkill?, duplicateScript, Single record defaults, Script Collaboration

027_FM_Success_Tips

Friends@fmassociates.biz — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 15:30:00 GMT

Using ESS/ODBC, NoExtras Do not add extras to the design, Commit, Writing find scripts, LionsTigersBears

026_FM_Success_Tips

Friends@fmassociates.biz — Thu, 5 Feb 2009 15:30:00 GMT

How to close, List function, killing the Lookup2 & V10Status Area

025_FM_Success_Tips

mail@fmassociates.biz — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 15:30:00 GMT

Coupling/Decoupling and cohesiveness, Ins and Outs of Date/Time Field formatting, Consistency in layout object placement

024_FM_Success_Tips

SCS@sonic.net — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 15:30:00 GMT

Troubleshooting, How to isolate a record, What do you do when itâs not Filemaker?, Dwaynes take on naming conventions.

023_FM_Success_Tips

SCS@sonic.net — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 15:30:00 GMT

How to price or scope a project, Setting Layout Defaults and what's Twitter?

022_FM_Success_Tips

SCS@sonic.net — Thu, 8 Jan 2009 15:30:00 GMT

Taborder and conceptual design in layouts, Custom Menu starting place, CASE function, and Dwayne's reuse analysis tip.

V10Special_FM_Success_Tips

Friends@fmassociates.biz — Mon, 5 Jan 2009 15:00:00 GMT

Our special show reviewing what we have tried in the new FilemakerPro version 10! WOOHOO!!

021_FM_Success_Tips

SCS@sonic.net — Thu, 1 Jan 2009 15:30:00 GMT

Elipsis; Conditional script step; simplicity revisited and a bad 4D day.

020_FM_Success_Tips

SCS@sonic.net — Thu, 25 Dec 2008 15:30:00 GMT

LayoutNames Function; Constrain and Extend Found Set; IsEmpty and Not IsEmpty; Set Field Script Step.

019_FM_Success_Tips

SCS@sonic.net — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 15:30:00 GMT

We're now Filemaker Success Tips! Yeah! Filemaker Development with Vista Vs MacOS; Qutes in a Quote; Cascading Deletes.

018_FM_Success_Tips

SCS@sonic.net — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 15:30:00 GMT

Modeless Vs Modal Dialogs, making labels, and Ceiling and Floor functions

017_FM_Success_Tips

SCS@sonic.net — Thu, 4 Dec 2008 15:30:00 GMT

Backing up a Filemaker server. Where to find great stuff on the web. Building an application template so you don't start from scratch.

016_FM_Success_tips

SCS@sonic.net — Thu, 27 Nov 2008 15:30:00 GMT

Andy finally plays with FMTouch, we revisit working on a live system, Lee talks about Modify Last Find and Dwayne talks about archiving layouts.

015_FM_Success_Tips

SCS@sonic.net — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 18:30:00 GMT

How to build a proper dialog box; handling sensitive data; Using Wildcards in doing finds and Parsing text.

014_FM_Success_Tips

SCS@sonic.net — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 18:30:00 GMT

A custom UnixTimeStamp function; Naming conventions; a discussion on Conditional Formatting, then Lee talks about how to put together a fake database.

013_FM_Success_Tips

SCS@sonic.net — Thu, 6 Nov 2008 15:30:00 GMT

Dwayne joins us to talk more about tricks in layout building; Lee talks about using the Data Viewer for object property display and we discuss developing design specifications.

012_FM_Success_Tips

SCS@sonic.net — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 17:30:00 GMT

How to do Project definition, ins and outs of Instant Web Publishing and putting all your prefs and config stuff in an encapsulated area for easy reuse.

011_FM_Success_Tips

SCS@sonic.net — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 17:30:00 GMT

Trick or treat? Working on a dB while it's in use, selling Filemaker development in a tough economy, the Normal Forms... ouch!

FM_Success_Tips_Promo1

SCS@sonic.net — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 03:33:00 GMT

Our 60 second promo.

010_FM_Success_Tip

SCS@sonic.net — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 04:42:00 GMT

What to say while in front of a client when it goes all wrong, an update of our data migration project and different kinds of Q/A.

009_FM_Success_Tips

SCS@sonic.net — Thu, 9 Oct 2008 16:00:00 GMT

A great clip from a listener then we talk about Lookups and discuss techniques in scripting and developing scripts for reuse.

008_FM_Success_Tips

SCS@sonic.net — Thu, 2 Oct 2008 16:00:00 GMT

Andy and Lee get into who's fault is it when the user pushes the wrong button. Then we talk about using a digital voice recorder for capturing customer related info and using Filemaker Server during development.

007_FM_Success_Tips

SCS@sonic.net — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 04:00:00 GMT

Why you need to try something new outside your production project as a prototype. A tip for how to prevent a user from closing a window on a PC and also closing the application inadvertently. We also discuss real cool tips for fast layout work.

006_FM_Success_Tips

SCS@sonic.net — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 04:00:00 GMT

Lee talks about who is the ideal point person from the client side to work with. We talk about the differences one runs into when running a file from PC to Mac and how to avoid problems. We also take a first time discussion on the Relationship Graph.

005_FM_Success_Tips

SCS@sonic.net — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 04:00:00 GMT

Inheriting somebody else's work. The value of simplicity in your application design. We also start describing our data migration project using FM to go from one SQL dB to another.

004_FM_Success_Tips

SCS@sonic.net — Fri, 5 Sep 2008 03:27:00 GMT

In this show we talk about contracts, the value of the Filemaker Maintenance agreement and building a runtime executable with FilemakerPro Advanced.

003_FMSuccess_Tips

andychn@sonic.net — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 18:07:00 GMT

Andy and Lee discuss the concept of a "database" and get into how Filemaker has evolved into meeting this concept via the development of a "Separation" model with data/tables in one or more seperate files from forms and reports. They also discuss why it's a very good idea to do development using the Advanced version of FilemakerPro.

002_FMSuccess_Tips

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 18:03:00 GMT

Lee and Andy talk about tips for designing your approach to user navigation within your solution. We also talk about the usefulness of the "Evaluate" function as well as using the import capability between tables within a solution.

001_FMSuccess_Tips

andychn@sonic.net — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 17:21:00 GMT

Our first show! We talk about using a special table for design notes to get feedback from users during your solutions operation; the "Get" functions; and how to test your application while in a specific privilege setting which may not have full admin access.