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To celebrate our 12th Birthday, we’ve launched our new brand and website..

Rita ONeill — Thu, 12 Apr 2012 13:37:26 +0000

We’ve just taken the covers off a completely redesigned website of our own. The new Linear Blue site is based on a design by prestigious branding and design company, CaB Studios. We hope you like our new logo and website design (take a look here) and we’d love to hear your feedback.

FileMaker Go for iPad in 3 Minutes

Rita ONeill — Wed, 28 Mar 2012 16:36:26 +0000

We can deliver solutions either as a desktop, web or mobile application, according to your business needs. Recently, technology industry news has been dominated by the arrival of the tablet and its growing role in helping businesses reach new levels of productivity and success. We can help you utilise the new and powerful FileMaker Go...

PauseOnError [x] London 2011 – Marvelous Optimisation #4

Rita ONeill — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 17:05:39 +0000

Watch HOnza Koudelka’s expert presentation on Marvelous Optimisation #4 at PauseOnError [x] London 2011. In this session you’ll learn how to boost performance for FileMaker solutions. Read all about his Marvelous Optimisation formula here. Further reading.

Are FileMaker plug-ins dead?

HOnza Koudelka — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 18:10:30 +0000

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. When creating a new solution, adding...

FileMaker Technical Network

Rita ONeill — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 12:07:59 +0000

The FileMaker Technical Network is now free for FileMaker developers, designers and users to share their knowledge and skills amongst one another. Joining the FileMaker community not only increases your technical knowledge and development skills, but also gives you access to a vast array of resources - Download hundreds of scripts, calculations and custom functions Read how-to articles Receive product news and...

PauseOnError [x] London 2011

Rita ONeill — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 17:51:07 +0000

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. Watch Ian Jempson’s expert talk on ‘FileMaker Internal SQL’; exploring the different ways to simplify the relationship graph to enable developers more flexibility with reporting. Check out the...

What do all the good FileMaker girls and boys want for Christmas?

Damian Kelly — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 12:46:12 +0000

Tiz the season to be jolly and all that. So What is on the good Filemaker developers wish list? Layout Includes. The ability to embed one layout within another. I don’t swallow the technically too difficult line because multiple windows works Rename triggers as events and then add ‘proper’ database triggers. Triggers in the classical...

Moving Data Within FileMaker using XML

Simon Ward — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 21:29:42 +0000

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....

Phidgets Pt 1 The Hardware

Damian Kelly — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 10:37:25 +0000

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...

PauseOnError [x] London 2011

Paul de Hallé — Mon, 24 Oct 2011 10:27:40 +0000

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. Hope to see you all at the next one.