http://filemaker.posterous.com Be Happy with FileMaker! posterous.com Mon, 25 Apr 2011 00:32:09 -0700 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/happyFileMaker/~3/0miGr_vE0fQ/filemaker-web-publishing-by-allyson-olm-co-au http://filemaker.posterous.com/filemaker-web-publishing-by-allyson-olm-co-au <p> <p><div class='p_embed p_image_embed'> <a href="http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/filemaker/epnxyaaenkzrytuouwulvGBezpdcxBoDrvpamyDhoDnnvhJjespgnpsxfzsD/p714.jpg.scaled1000.jpg"><img alt="P714" height="667" src="http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/filemaker/epnxyaaenkzrytuouwulvGBezpdcxBoDrvpamyDhoDnnvhJjespgnpsxfzsD/p714.jpg.scaled500.jpg" width="500" /></a> </div> </p>Found this book at the local library. </p> <p><a href="http://filemaker.posterous.com/filemaker-web-publishing-by-allyson-olm-co-au">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://filemaker.posterous.com/filemaker-web-publishing-by-allyson-olm-co-au#comment">Leave a comment&nbsp;&nbsp;&raquo;</a> </p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/happyFileMaker/~4/0miGr_vE0fQ" height="1" width="1"/> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/997957/IMG_0957.JPG http://posterous.com/users/4ioqOnhW Eric Yap happyten Eric Yap http://filemaker.posterous.com/filemaker-web-publishing-by-allyson-olm-co-au Mon, 27 Sep 2010 09:42:00 -0700 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/happyFileMaker/~3/8M3QUiuV9B0/fmtouch-support-syncing-for-iphone-ipod-touch http://filemaker.posterous.com/fmtouch-support-syncing-for-iphone-ipod-touch <p> <div class="posterous_bookmarklet_entry"> <p>I don't think there is anything wrong for people to have the options to choose between FMTouch or FileMakerGo, but just because the latter is more native (from FileMaker Inc herself), doesn't mean FMTouch suddenly become bad. As the review pointed out as below, </p> <p></p> <blockquote><i>[...] Filemaker just released their own version for ipad, but at this time it is important to note that their version DOES NOT support syncing yet. But Fmtouch does, so beware. </i></blockquote> <p></p> <p>Choose what you want to do, but don't expect your plane brings you to the moon. You're driving yourself nuts.</p> <p></p> <blockquote><div> <h5> <span>Does what they say it will do</span> </h5><p> <span>by RocketmanFiles </span> </p> <p>Good to see folks trying the app and then rating it, but isn't it better to rate it on what it says it will do rather than on what you WANT it to do? I want it to launch me and my ipad to the moon, but guess what...not yet. Anyway, it DOES do what it is designed to do, to input and change data on your database as you would on your computer. The database looks similar, crisp and clean and is amazingly easy to use on the ipad. Push buttons, tabs, web viewer, all are easy to use, even without redesigning in most cases. Many scripts are not supported much beyond opening different layouts and others the author specifies. Filemaker just released their own version for ipad, but at this time it is important to note that their version DOES NOT support syncing yet. But Fmtouch does, so beware. Main reason I got this app so I could input data on the fly, come to the office and then sync with my computer which it does perfectly. That is sweet! DDR service works great and is fast. Hey Filemaker is an extremely complex program, if it was easy to write apps for it, then there would be tons of people doing it, Filemaker finally got around to doing it! What does that tell you? This is a great app overall. Held back one star as it will lock up on occasion, but will restart quickly. Other than that has been a great app! </p> </div></blockquote><div class="posterous_quote_citation">via <a href="http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/fmtouch/id286468161?mt=8">itunes.apple.com</a></div> <p></p></div> </p> <p><a href="http://filemaker.posterous.com/fmtouch-support-syncing-for-iphone-ipod-touch">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://filemaker.posterous.com/fmtouch-support-syncing-for-iphone-ipod-touch#comment">Leave a comment&nbsp;&nbsp;&raquo;</a> </p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/happyFileMaker/~4/8M3QUiuV9B0" height="1" width="1"/> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/997957/IMG_0957.JPG http://posterous.com/users/4ioqOnhW Eric Yap happyten Eric Yap http://filemaker.posterous.com/fmtouch-support-syncing-for-iphone-ipod-touch Sat, 25 Sep 2010 13:46:00 -0700 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/happyFileMaker/~3/UIgijiFzE3M/avery-dennison-sees-item-level-rfid-adoption http://filemaker.posterous.com/avery-dennison-sees-item-level-rfid-adoption <p> <div class="posterous_bookmarklet_entry"> <blockquote><div style="padding: 0px;"> <p>Item-Level RFID Improves Retail Accuracy and Productivity, Consumer Experience</p> <p>...Avery Dennison, the pioneer in RFID-based solutions, reports an acceleration in item-level adoption in the apparel industry as companies seek more accurate and efficient solutions from supply chain to point of purchase.Adoption is being spurred by the significant improvements RFID item-level tagging makes to retail operations with inventory accuracy increasing up to 99%, compared to 70-80%.</p> <p>"...RFID item-level tagging helps retailers realize greater overall productivity," said Dean Scarborough, Avery Dennison chairman, president and chief executive officer. "Avery Dennison is uniquely positioned through our experience and leadership in both RFID and apparel branding, packaging, labeling and information solutions to lead and support the retail industry globally as adoption accelerates."</p> <p>"...Retailers are looking to solve the number one complaint of shoppers 'You don't have this item in my size or my color,' and to improve their overall inventory productivity," said Shawn Neville, group vice president, Avery Dennison Retail Information Services. "Item-level RFID tagging systems provide retailers with improved inventory visibility, accuracy, loss prevention and operational efficiency, and an improved shopping experience for their consumers."</p> <p>...Avery Dennison's in-store solutions, of which RFID is a key component, enable companies to simplify and accelerate their inventory management and logistics processes, and bring faster and more accurate goods receipt, improved control and visibility of stock and simplified stocktaking. A wide variety of retailers are using RFID-based inventory systems in both the United States and Europe.</p> </div></blockquote><div class="posterous_quote_citation">via <a href="http://www.rfid.averydennison.com/press_release.php?id=36">rfid.averydennison.com</a></div> <p></p></div> </p> <p><a href="http://filemaker.posterous.com/avery-dennison-sees-item-level-rfid-adoption">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://filemaker.posterous.com/avery-dennison-sees-item-level-rfid-adoption#comment">Leave a comment&nbsp;&nbsp;&raquo;</a> </p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/happyFileMaker/~4/UIgijiFzE3M" height="1" width="1"/> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/997957/IMG_0957.JPG http://posterous.com/users/4ioqOnhW Eric Yap happyten Eric Yap http://filemaker.posterous.com/avery-dennison-sees-item-level-rfid-adoption Sat, 25 Sep 2010 09:21:00 -0700 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/happyFileMaker/~3/HptuDE_5Dio/is-rfid-right-for-your-business http://filemaker.posterous.com/is-rfid-right-for-your-business <p> <div class="posterous_bookmarklet_entry"> <blockquote><div> <p>Is RFID Right for Your Business?</p> <p> By&nbsp;<a href="http://www.inc.com/author/todd-wasserman">Todd Wasserman</a> </p> <p>Radio frequency identification -- a tracking technology -- can help some small companies get a leg up on supplying large enterprises, such as Wal-Mart.</p> <p>If your company ships goods that are perishable or expensive or you're interested in becoming a supplier to Wal-Mart, Target or the U.S. Department of Defense, you may have reason to consider deploying radio frequency identification (RFID).</p> <p>The truth is that many small businesses may be able to get by without implementing RFID for the next few years. But while you wait, your competitors may already be benefiting from early adoption by realizing return on investment from automating receipt and shipment of goods or by becoming a supplier for one of a growing number of big firms and organizations -- Wal-Mart, Target and the DOD included -- that have adopted RFID and required their suppliers to do the same.</p> <p><b>How RFID works</b></p> <p>RFID is a technology in which small, cheap tags are attached to items or cartons or pallets of goods and are automatically read and tracked by a computer system. Many regard RFID tags as the new bar-codes to help businesses track and trace goods through the supply chain. But there are already several examples of RFID now in use by a wide variety of people, including toll-collection systems like EZ Pass, the microchips veterinarians insert into pets and instant payment credit cards that no longer need to be swiped.</p> <p>For small businesses, the use of RFID is likely to be more along the lines of Grantex, a Grand Rapids, Mich. uniform rental company. In 2001, Grantex bought an RFID system for a little over $1 million. The company now sews the chips into uniforms. When the company washes the garments, an RFID system reads the chips and automatically sorts the uniforms so they go back to the right companies.</p> <p>Doug Singer, Grantex's president, says that since he installed the system, there has been a 36 percent reduction in labor costs and a 21 percent decrease in uniform costs. Partially, that's because uniforms can no longer be lost or stolen. Unless you rip the tag out, the uniforms are like a lost dog with a microchip -- easy to locate. The company used to use bar codes for the sorting function, but the RFID tags are much tougher, Singer says. "Our goal is to attack grease, oil and dirt and we do a darn good job of it," he says. "If we had bar codes, they would just come off."</p> <p><b>Small firms can get big benefits</b></p> <p>Singer says RFID lets Grantex, which has about 50 employees, operate like a much bigger company because it can handle a large workload (the company regularly services about 10,000 uniforms). Other small- to medium-size businesses that need to track inventory are also adding RFID. A study by Gartner Dataquest found that 40 percent of such inventory-intensive businesses planned to install an RFID tracking system by the end of last year.</p> <p>But for most small businesses, RFID won't be a big priority for a while, says Mark Johnson, president of RFID Tribe, a Dallas-based professional association for the RFID trade. "It's very useful for any organization that has many, many objects to track," says Johnson. "But if you're a mom-and-pop, a clipboard and a No. 2 pencil does fine." Johnson says that a bare-bones RFID system would probably start at $10,000-20,000, but it wouldn't do enough to make a difference in operations.</p> <p><b>Realizing ROI from RFID</b></p> <p>Andy Nathanson, practice director for RFID for Venture Development, a Natick, Mass., market researcher, says most RFID systems will cost around $250,000, but the companies that use it realize ROI within 18 months. The good news is that the prices are coming down. Tags that used to go for 25 cents are "now approaching the 10-cent barrier," he says. Still, unless you track items that are worth more than $25, are perishable or are easily copied, RFID shouldn't be a top priority right now.</p> <p>The exception to that is if your firm does business with Wal-Mart or the Department of Defense, both of which require suppliers to use RFID. One way to approach this is what Johnson calls "slap and tag," that is, just putting tags on merchandise without installing an RFID reading system. But even that can be expensive. "People say it's only a quarter or so, but we're talking about millions and millions of products," he says. "It adds up."</p> <p> </p></div></blockquote><div class="posterous_quote_citation">via <a href="http://technology.inc.com/telecom/articles/200612/rfidright.html?partner=newsletter_Success">technology.inc.com</a></div> <p>There are so much rooms for FileMaker to come into pictures in RFID business. When iPhone/iPod comes with RFID compatible devices, it will accelerate the demand higher, I think.</p></div> </p> <p><a href="http://filemaker.posterous.com/is-rfid-right-for-your-business">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://filemaker.posterous.com/is-rfid-right-for-your-business#comment">Leave a comment&nbsp;&nbsp;&raquo;</a> </p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/happyFileMaker/~4/HptuDE_5Dio" height="1" width="1"/> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/997957/IMG_0957.JPG http://posterous.com/users/4ioqOnhW Eric Yap happyten Eric Yap http://filemaker.posterous.com/is-rfid-right-for-your-business Sat, 21 Aug 2010 20:28:22 -0700 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/happyFileMaker/~3/_CGXFrDMNKE/filemakertalkcom-value-based-billing-kirk-bow http://filemaker.posterous.com/filemakertalkcom-value-based-billing-kirk-bow <p> <div class="posterous_bookmarklet_entry"> <blockquote><div> <p>We return to perhaps our most popular topic: Value-based billing. This is a followup discussion with Jonathan Stark and Kirk Bowman. Warning: This episode is all business, and contains no techie geeky stuff. Kirk is making the transition from Hourly to Value-based billing, so we chart his progress and discuss the challenges.</p> <p><a href="http://www.jonathanstark.com">Jonathan Stark</a> is a consultant in Providence, RI, and recently published <a href="http://oreilly.com/catalog/9780596805791">Building iPhone Apps with HTML, CSS, and JavaScript</a></p> <p>Kirk Bowman runs <a href="http://mightydata.com">Mighty Data</a> in Dallas TX. They continue to push the envelope of what can be done with FileMaker by focusing on solving the really tough business problems.</p> File details<div> <div>Channel:&nbsp;</div> <div> <div> <a href="http://filemakertalk.com/matt-squared/09031#">FileMakerTalk - Just talking about FileMaker</a> </div> </div> </div> <div> <div>Media file:&nbsp;</div> <div> <div> <p> </p><div><img src="http://filemakertalk.com/sites/all/modules/filefield/icons/audio-x-generic.png" height="16" alt="audio/mpeg icon" width="16" /><a href="http://filemakertalk.com/sites/filemakertalk.com/files/media/3/09_fmt031_ValueBilling.mp3" type="audio/mpeg; length=22201670">09_fmt031_ValueBilling.mp3</a></div> </div> </div> </div> </div></blockquote><div class="posterous_quote_citation">via <a href="http://filemakertalk.com/matt-squared/09031">filemakertalk.com</a></div> <p></p></div> </p> <p><a href="http://filemaker.posterous.com/filemakertalkcom-value-based-billing-kirk-bow">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://filemaker.posterous.com/filemakertalkcom-value-based-billing-kirk-bow#comment">Leave a comment&nbsp;&nbsp;&raquo;</a> </p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/happyFileMaker/~4/_CGXFrDMNKE" height="1" width="1"/> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/997957/IMG_0957.JPG http://posterous.com/users/4ioqOnhW Eric Yap happyten Eric Yap http://filemaker.posterous.com/filemakertalkcom-value-based-billing-kirk-bow Sun, 08 Aug 2010 09:19:58 -0700 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/happyFileMaker/~3/3ww9VeGN3xE/filemaker-developer-at-the-heart-of-environme http://filemaker.posterous.com/filemaker-developer-at-the-heart-of-environme <p> <div class="posterous_bookmarklet_entry"> <blockquote><div> <p>Database developers don't get no respect. Over the past 20 years, Steven Barer, of local database development firm <a href="http://www.oakbaysoftrends.net/" target="_blank">Oak Bay Softrends</a> in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, has built customized software based on the <a href="http://lowendmac.com/zisman/10az/filemaker-developer.html#">FileMaker Pro</a> database.</p> <p>However, he has received little public recognition for this sort of behind-the-scenes work that can change the way small to mid-sized businesses function.</p> <p>Barer understands that custom database development is "not a glitzy business," but he contends that it can be "an integral part of the success of and, often a competitive edge for, many successful companies."</p> <p>One of Oak Bay's clients, <a href="http://www.mrenviro.com/" target="_blank">M&amp;R Environmental</a> in Burnaby, BC, began collecting plastic oil containers for recycling in 1994 with four employees and a single truck. At the time, it tracked customers and scheduled pickups using recipe cards. Now with a staff of 50, the company manages a fleet of 15 trucks.</p> <p>Quickly outgrowing the recipe cards, it looked for off-the-shelf scheduling software. Finding nothing that seemed to do what it needed, M&amp;R turned to Oak Bay in 1996. What it got started out as "a simple scheduling program," according to company controller Dani Mate, but "it was flexible enough that we could add in new functionality as it became necessary." Now, several rewrites later, she said "everything we do lives in this program."</p> <p>Along with scheduling pickups and deliveries, it now keeps inventory of what has grown from one to 319 products: recycled antifreeze, plastics, oil, and more. A bridge to M&amp;R's accounting software allows the company to invoice its more than 5,000 customers and to provide Mate with "information at my fingertips" as required.</p> <p>M&amp;R's FileMaker-based software evolved as the company grew; both Barer and Mate note that this required a close working relationship where Oak Bay had to learn about M&amp;R's business and M&amp;R had to learn about the capabilities of FileMaker. Along the way, Mate became an unofficial co-developer of her company's customized software. Now she feels she "can call and ask for changes and know that they can happen."</p> <p>Company president George Mate noted that, while the initial costs seemed high for a struggling young business, "from day one, the software has been expandable."</p> <p>He agreed that the collaboration between Barer and his wife has been "vital" to allowing the software to be customized to meet M&amp;R's needs.</p> <p>For M&amp;R, the big test in the ability to modify the software came on July 1, 2003, when new regulations for the waste oil collection industry involved paperwork, invoicing and accounting. On that day, it was the only company in BC with processes in place for the change-over.</p> <p>New releases of the core FileMaker product have brought new capabilities to M&amp;R's custom solution. Now, for instance, it can export from the database to spreadsheets and use colour coding to make it easier to recognize different product types or other data categories.</p> <p>Also new: sales reps can access product inventory and other information from their iPhones.</p> <p>In total, 20 M&amp;R employees involved in sales, scheduling, and invoicing have varying levels of access to the database.</p> <p>George Mate suggests that, compared with his competitors, M&amp;R has more effective software that has been able to evolve with the company's vision.</p> <p>Added Dani Mate: "There's nobody in the industry that does what we do in terms of our data. Nobody. It's pretty impressive to be able to say to a client, here's a complete report of everything we've done for you, down to how many litres of waste oil we hauled away on Tuesday."</p> <p>By opting for a customized database and by learning to work with the software developers, M&amp;R has gotten software that fits its needs and that evolves as those needs grow and change. Concluded Dani Mate, "It allows us to be more nimble than our competitors." <img src="http://lowendmac.com/bullet.gif" height="10" align="bottom" alt="LEM" width="26" /> </p> <p>First published in <a href="http://www.biv.com" target="_blank">Business in Vancouver</a>, April 6 - 12, 2010 issue #1067.</p> </div></blockquote><div class="posterous_quote_citation">via <a href="http://lowendmac.com/zisman/10az/filemaker-developer.html">lowendmac.com</a></div> <p></p></div> </p> <p><a href="http://filemaker.posterous.com/filemaker-developer-at-the-heart-of-environme">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://filemaker.posterous.com/filemaker-developer-at-the-heart-of-environme#comment">Leave a comment&nbsp;&nbsp;&raquo;</a> </p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/happyFileMaker/~4/3ww9VeGN3xE" height="1" width="1"/> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/997957/IMG_0957.JPG http://posterous.com/users/4ioqOnhW Eric Yap happyten Eric Yap http://filemaker.posterous.com/filemaker-developer-at-the-heart-of-environme Thu, 29 Jul 2010 23:25:09 -0700 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/happyFileMaker/~3/nvNgs24N3lA/jobpro-central-a-fully-customizable-windows-a http://filemaker.posterous.com/jobpro-central-a-fully-customizable-windows-a <p> <div class="posterous_bookmarklet_entry"> <blockquote><p><span><a href="http://www.jobprocentral.com#" title="View video overview" target="new"><img src="http://www.jobprocentral.com/images/view_overview.gif" border="0" height="29" alt="View video overview" width="180" /></a></span></p><p></p><p> <a href="http://www.jobprocentral.com#"><img src="http://www.jobprocentral.com/images/screenshots/jobs_gantt_small.gif" border="0" height="83" alt="Gantt list" width="315" /></a></p><p><a href="http://www.jobprocentral.com#" title="FileMaker Pro testimonials"></a></p><a href="http://www.jobprocentral.com#" title="FileMaker Pro testimonials"></a><p><a href="http://www.jobprocentral.com#" title="FileMaker Pro testimonials"> <img src="http://www.jobprocentral.com/images/moreicon.gif" border="0" height="12" alt="FileMaker Pro related news" width="11" /></a></p><p> <span><a href="http://www.jobprocentral.com#" title="FileMaker Pro related news">Latest News</a></span><br /> <span>FileMaker have released <a href="http://www.jobprocentral.com#" title="FileMaker Go" target="_blank" alt="FileMaker Go">FileMaker G0</a>, a FileMaker database solution designed specifically for the Apple iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad.</span></p><p> The release of JobPro Central 6.0 <span>brings with it some fundamental <a href="http://www.jobprocentral.com#" title="New features - FileMaker Pro templates">new features</a> including a completely re-designed user interface and numerous navigation improvements to make managing your business simpler than ever before.</span></p><p> New dynamic Gantt charts and calendar screens allow users to easily manage workflow and resource planning.</p> <p><span>It is now possible to print reports in multiple <a href="http://www.jobprocentral.com#" title="Multi Language Reports" alt="Multi Language Reports">languages</a>.</span></p><p> <span>Windows can be resized to make use of larger monitors. Users can now specify what details they want to view on the Home screen when they log in. <br /> See <a href="http://www.jobprocentral.com#" title="New features - FileMaker Pro templates">new features</a> list.</span></p></blockquote><div class="posterous_quote_citation">via <a href="http://www.jobprocentral.com/">jobprocentral.com</a></div> <p></p></div> </p> <p><a href="http://filemaker.posterous.com/jobpro-central-a-fully-customizable-windows-a">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://filemaker.posterous.com/jobpro-central-a-fully-customizable-windows-a#comment">Leave a comment&nbsp;&nbsp;&raquo;</a> </p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/happyFileMaker/~4/nvNgs24N3lA" height="1" width="1"/> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/997957/IMG_0957.JPG http://posterous.com/users/4ioqOnhW Eric Yap happyten Eric Yap http://filemaker.posterous.com/jobpro-central-a-fully-customizable-windows-a Wed, 28 Jul 2010 21:41:25 -0700 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/happyFileMaker/~3/DUzg_DLsiUw/customer-reception-management-system-happy-te http://filemaker.posterous.com/customer-reception-management-system-happy-te <p> <div class="posterous_bookmarklet_entry"> <blockquote class="posterous_long_quote"><div><div class="container"><h1>Customer Reception Management System </h1> <p class="tagline"> <span>Posted on Jul 28, 2010 in <a href="http://www.happy10.net/category/news/" title="View all posts in News" rel="category tag">News</a>, <a href="http://www.happy10.net/category/products/" title="View all posts in Products" rel="category tag">Products</a> | <a href="http://www.happy10.net/customer-reception-management-system/#comments" title="Comment on Customer Reception Management System">3 comments</a></span> </p> </div> </div> <div> <div class="container"> <a href="http://www.happy10.net">Home</a> » <a href="http://www.happy10.net/category/news/">News</a> » Customer Reception Management System </div> </div> <div class="clearfix"> <div class="container"> <div class="clearfix"> <div class="post clearfix"> <img class="thumbnail-post alignleft" src="http://www.happy10.net/wp-content/themes/TheCorporation/timthumb.php?src=http://www.happy10.net/wp-content/uploads/customer_reception_system_04.jpg&amp;h=185&amp;w=185&amp;zc=1" height="185" alt="Customer Reception Management System" width="185" /> <p>We would like to introduce one of our popular products: Customer Reception Management System. Manage your customer database and turn it into a reception organizer. It can be use in various functions like wedding reception, seminars, or any conferences as well. <span></span></p> <p>Each event can be organized separately. You can import your attendees data in csv format into FileMaker easily. Whenever the attendees appear at the venue, within a click, the time of attendance is tracked down fast and quick. FileMaker allows you to just send an automatic quick SMS or email whenever the client arrived, so representative will know immediately and follow up with good impression. </p> <p><a href="http://www.happy10.net/wp-content/uploads/customer_reception_system_02.jpg"><img title="customer_reception_system_02" class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-606" src="http://www.happy10.net/wp-content/uploads/customer_reception_system_02-300x197.jpg" height="197" alt="" width="300" /></a></p> <p>This system can be used with barcode or RFID card as well. With the pre-printed entrance card, one barcode scanner can make the job super easy. </p> <p>Customizable for your need, <a href="http://www.happy10.net/customer-reception-management-system/mailto:info@happy10.net">contact us for more details and customization.</a></p></div></div></div></div></blockquote> <div class="posterous_quote_citation">via <a href="http://www.happy10.net/customer-reception-management-system/">happy10.net</a></div> <p></p></div> </p> <p><a href="http://filemaker.posterous.com/customer-reception-management-system-happy-te">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://filemaker.posterous.com/customer-reception-management-system-happy-te#comment">Leave a comment&nbsp;&nbsp;&raquo;</a> </p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/happyFileMaker/~4/DUzg_DLsiUw" height="1" width="1"/> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/997957/IMG_0957.JPG http://posterous.com/users/4ioqOnhW Eric Yap happyten Eric Yap http://filemaker.posterous.com/customer-reception-management-system-happy-te Fri, 18 Dec 2009 21:24:40 -0800 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/happyFileMaker/~3/HhwHogXeZhk/recipe-databases http://filemaker.posterous.com/recipe-databases <p> <div class="posterous_bookmarklet_entry"> <blockquote class="posterous_long_quote">I would build one in FileMaker. <p> A field each for ingredient name, ingredient unit-of-measure, and ingredient-quantity. A field for conversion unit-of-measure (i.e., "please convert metric units typed in to US units") and a calculated display-ingredient-quantity field that contains the conversion formula. All that in the Ingredients table. A second table would contain Recipe Name, Description, Cuisine, Source, Date, Category, the Instructions of course, and also a multiplier field (i.e., "please scale up the quantities on this recipe that serves 4 to serve 12 people") which would also be referenced by the formula of the display-ingredient-quantity field back over in the Ingredients table. Bingo, you've got a recipes database. Twenty minutes, plus another 20-30 to make it look pretty and look good when you print it. If you want a third table to keep track of what items you have in inventory and when purchased, and a script to generate a shopping list, another 20 minutes.</p><p> Add in a script that will let you paste in a recipe copied from email, word processor, or web page, and parse it out into field data, maybe another 30 minutes.</p><p> Built-in easy-to-use FileMaker searching &amp; sorting. (i.e., "Bring me all the French recipes for capon that don't use fennel and don't use ingredients I don't have on hand and show them to me in a list view sorted by entry date").</p></blockquote> <div class="posterous_quote_citation">via <a href="http://forums.macosxhints.com/showpost.php?p=281756&amp;postcount=6">forums.macosxhints.com</a></div> <p></p></div> </p> <p><a href="http://filemaker.posterous.com/recipe-databases">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://filemaker.posterous.com/recipe-databases#comment">Leave a comment&nbsp;&nbsp;&raquo;</a> </p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/happyFileMaker/~4/HhwHogXeZhk" height="1" width="1"/> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/997957/IMG_0957.JPG http://posterous.com/users/4ioqOnhW Eric Yap happyten Eric Yap http://filemaker.posterous.com/recipe-databases Sat, 31 Oct 2009 16:39:03 -0700 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/happyFileMaker/~3/bty10CGELao/this-lawyer-loves-her-bento-2-mac-database-so http://filemaker.posterous.com/this-lawyer-loves-her-bento-2-mac-database-so <p> <div class="posterous_bookmarklet_entry"> <blockquote><div> <table> <tr> <td><img name="s_i_cmpglobalvista" src="http://cmpglobalvista.112.2O7.net/b/ss/cmpglobalvista/1/G.7-Pd-R/s18776301601901?[AQB]&amp;ndh=1&amp;t=1/10/2009%208%3A35%3A45%200%20-540&amp;g=http%3A//smallbizresource.informationweek.com/blog/main/archives/2009/03/this_lawyer_lov.html%3Bjsessionid%3DJEFJJLFXUQP1JQE1GHOSKHWATMY32JVN&amp;r=http%3A//www.google.com/search%3Fclient%3Dsafari%26rls%3Den%26q%3DFileMaker%2Bbento%2Battorney%26ie%3DUTF-8%26oe%3DUTF-8&amp;ch=smallbizresource.informationweek.com/blog/main/archives/2009/03/&amp;server=smallbizresource.informationweek.com&amp;events=event5&amp;cc=USD&amp;c3=SmallBizResource%20%7C%20Blog%20%7C%20This%20Lawyer%20Loves%20Her%20Bento%202%20Mac%20Database%20Software&amp;c4=This%20Lawyer%20Loves%20Her%20Bento%202%20Mac%20Database%20Software&amp;c5=SmallBizResource%20Blog%20%7C%20Software&amp;c7=Gayle%20Kesten&amp;s=1680x1050&amp;c=24&amp;j=1.3&amp;v=Y&amp;k=Y&amp;bw=1341&amp;bh=900&amp;p=Google%20Talk%20Browser%20Plugin%3BAdobe%20Acrobat%20and%20Reader%20Plug-in%3BVerified%20RoveSupa%20Plugin%3BT-Time%20Media%20Plugin%205%20%3BiPhotoPhotocast%3BWebEx%20General%20Plugin%20Container%3BJava%20Plug-in%20for%20Cocoa%3BSilverlight%20Plug-In%3BShockwave%20for%20Director%3BQuickTime%20Plug-in%207.6.4%3BRealPlayer%20Plugin.plugin%3BQuartz%20Composer%20Plug-In%3BFlip4Mac%20Windows%20Media%20Plugin%202.2.1%3BFlip4Mac%20Windows%20Media%20Web%20Plugin%202.2.1%3BVerified%20Download%20Plugin%3BEvernote%20Safari%20Clipper%3BShockwave%20Flash%3BQuickTime%20Plug-In%207.6.4%3BMicrosoft%20Office%20Live%20Plug-in%3BLoki%20Plugin%3BnpContributeMac.bundle%3B&amp;[AQE]" border="0" height="1" alt="" width="1" /></td> </tr> </table> <h3>SmallBizResource Blog -- Software </h3> <br /> <div> <img src="http://i.cmpnet.com/bmighty/authors/blog/2526.gif" align="left" height="54" width="52" /> </div> <h3>This Lawyer Loves Her Bento 2 Mac Database Software</h3> <p>Posted by <a href="#"><strong>Gayle Kesten</strong></a> Tuesday, Mar 3, 2009, 06:20 PM ET</p> <p>When San Francisco attorney Grace Suarez decided life was too short to be vexed by Windows Vista, Apple's iMac became her lifeline. But no matter how much Suarez loved her new computer, finding easy-to-use database software to develop her case management system was more a matter of trial and error.</p> <p><a href="http://gracesuarez.com/">Suarez</a> started with <a href="http://www.filemaker.com/">FileMaker</a> -- consistently the <a href="http://www.informationweek.com/news/software/database_apps/showArticle.jhtml;jsessionid=JEFJJLFXUQP1JQE1GHOSKHWATMY32JVN?articleID=212700684">preferred database of Macintosh users</a>, according to InformationWeek. It took her a few months to set up a usable system, "but it wasn't easy," she told me. "I was beginning to think I was going to have to become a part-time programmer to get this thing done." So when FileMaker introduced Bento (same company, different product) in early 2008, this tech-savvy lawyer, who has been in private practice since 2001, decided to give it a whirl. "I played around with it, but didn't love it," says Suarez, who went back to FileMaker. </p> <p>In October, FileMaker came out with a second version of Bento. Suarez gave it another go. "It was a completely different product," she says. "I was able to replicate functionality of the case management database I had been using for two months in less than an hour."</p> <p><a href="http://s99.photobucket.com/albums/l307/gkesten/?action=view&amp;current=Picture3-1.png" target="_blank"><img src="http://i99.photobucket.com/albums/l307/gkesten/Picture3-1.png" border="0" align="right" height="264" alt="Photobucket" width="320" /></a></p><p>Why use a database at all? "Spreadsheets only get you so far," Suarez explains. "Most people start with spreadsheet as a database, then wake up and realize it's not enough." </p> <p>Designed specifically for the Mac's <a href="http://www.bmighty.com/blog/main/archives/2008/06/apple_releases.html">Leopard operating system</a>, the <a href="http://www.filemaker.com/products/bento/overview.html ">$49 Bento 2</a> brings together your contacts, e-mail, calendar, projects and events, and lets you import from and export to Excel/Numbers spreadsheets. Database information is searchable via an iTunes-like interface. Beyond just data, Bento 2 can store images and audio files. "It has such tight integration with Apple's products -- Address Book, and iCal, and Tasks," Suarez says. "Bento lets you see your data in a table format, and can split the screen for easy scrolling."</p> <p>In setting up her system, Suarez first created what Bento calls a Library, which basically refers to the umbrella topic of what is in your database. (Bento comes with 20 templates to help you get started, though you can start from scratch. I've provided a few screenshots as examples.) For example, Suarez's Clients Library contains information on each of her clients. "I start out with a name, court number, county where the person was convicted, and all those little bits of information," she says. Into each file Suarez drags and drops from her Address Book those people who are relevant to the case; iCal items that list, for example, when various briefs are due; and Tasks that make up her to-do list, such as write briefs. "It's so simple," she maintains. "You start out with blank form, you start dragging fields, and before you know it you've created a perfectly reliable database."</p> <p><a href="http://s99.photobucket.com/albums/l307/gkesten/?action=view&amp;current=Picture1-4.png" target="_blank"><img src="http://i99.photobucket.com/albums/l307/gkesten/Picture1-4.png" border="0" align="right" height="252" alt="Photobucket" width="308" /></a></p><p>Suarez says she tracks her expenses in a separate Library. Backup is a click from within the Bento application; Suarez stores her databases on her own external hard drive, "which I copy to a couple of different areas," she explains. "I have three levels of backup -- what I call connected external backup, offline but on-site backup, and off-site backup, and I'm looking at Internet backup. I'm exploring <a href="http://www.getdropbox.com/">Dropbox</a>, <a href="http://www.apple.com/mobileme/features/idisk.html">iDisk</a>, <a href="http://mozy.com/">Mozy</a>, and <a href="http://www.jungledisk.com/">Jungledisk</a>."</p> <p>Of note, Bento can't be shared among users. It's a one-person, one-database system. If you're finding it tricky to conceptualize how Bento 2 works, FileMaker offers <a href="http://www.filemaker.com/products/bento/tours_tutorials.html">10 mini videos</a> to show you the ropes. As I viewed them, I realized Suarez essentially taught me everything I'd need to know during a conversation that lasted less than an hour.</p> <p>"It's difficult to keep even a simple practice going without an organizational tool," she says. "Bento takes the information out of my head and puts it into a trusted zone."</p> <h5>Related Links</h5> <ul> <li><a href="http://www.bmighty.com/ebusiness/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=212500169">Mid-Market Heroes: Law Firm Goes From Mac To PC</a></li> <li><a>EMC Mozies Into Online Mac Backups</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.bmighty.com/hardware_software/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=206902503">SLIDESHOW: Building the Mac Office</a></li></ul> <p><br /> </p> <p> <a href="http://www.smallbizresource.com/blog/main/archives/productivity/index.html">Productivity</a> | <a href="http://www.smallbizresource.com/blog/main/archives/smallbizresource/index.html">SmallBizResource</a> | <a href="http://www.smallbizresource.com/blog/main/archives/software/index.html">Software</a> </p> <br /> <a name="comments"></a> <div style="float: left; height: auto; overflow: hidden; margin-top: 0px; margin-left: 0px; border: 0px solid #ccc; padding-bottom: 5px;"> <p><input type="\&quot;text\&quot;" /></p><p></p> <div> <div> <a name="comments"> </a> </div> <a name="community"></a> <div> <h4>Add Your Comment:</h4> <span> </span><div> <span> Please <a href="#">login or register here</a> for a free Techweb account to post </span> </div></div> </div> </div> <br /><img src="http://i.cmpnet.com/portal/blank.gif" border="0" height="5" width="1" /> <br /> This is a public forum. 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We here at KOi appreciate all your support, and we try our best every day to bring scrumptious K-treats to a street near you. KOi Fusion also has a philosophy of sorts, looking at food carts as a positive national movement that benefits diners and cities alike.</p> <p>That’s why this recent <a href="http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-wilshire-food-trucks24-2009aug24,0,4044976.story">LA Times article</a> rubs us the wrong way.&nbsp; It appears that Los Angeles is cracking down on mobile food cart vendors (AKA our food cart homies) in some dubious ways.&nbsp; According to the article:</p> <blockquote><p>“Some drivers said they were cited for minimal violations such as parking too close to the curb, or parking too far away. Others said they were ordered to pack up and leave.</p></blockquote> <blockquote class="posterous_short_quote"><p>Police officials said the crackdown Wednesday was part of a one-day operation to clear the area of illegal vendors.”</p></blockquote> <p>So now you’re thinking, “KOi peeps, have you inhaled too many grill fumes? &nbsp;Of course we don’t want illegal vendors serving us food!” &nbsp;But the real problem came from one of the officers quoted in the article:</p> <blockquote class="posterous_short_quote"><p><strong>“Restaurants complain because the lunch trucks are taking their business, and they don’t have [proper] permits.”</strong></p></blockquote> <p>KOi’s view?&nbsp; Food carts don’t “take” business from non-mobile eating locals any more than the stationary folk “take” from us. &nbsp;We know you’re making choices based on the food factors that are most important to you – whether it’s local, convenience of location, price,&nbsp; or degree of deliciousness.&nbsp; All we (and our food cart brethren) are out to do is meet your wants the best we know how.</p> <div style=""><a href="http://franklinavenue.blogspot.com/2009/08/save-miracle-mile-food-trucks.html"><img title="cart1" src="http://koifusionpdx.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/cart1-300x225.jpg" height="225" alt="Picture courtesy of a Miracle Mile customer's blog post on the issue - click on the pic to read it!" width="300" /></a><p></p><p>Picture courtesy of a Miracle Mile customer's blog post on the issue - click on the pic to read it!</p></div> <p>This also means we know you can’t eat KOi 24/7/365 (oh that it could be so…but we digress). &nbsp;You’re going to support other food vendors, and we think that’s great!&nbsp; A strong dining scene, from high end fancy places to food carts, makes a stronger economy overall.&nbsp; Portland has one of the most diverse food scenes you’ll ever come across, and we want to keep the community hopping as much as anybody. &nbsp;The cool thing is that YOU – not the cops and certainly not us or other vendors – get to decide what to support and what to eat.&nbsp; It’s all about consumer choice.</p> <p>So, for the record, we want you all to know that KOi Fusion supports our mobile vendor peeps in LA. They create jobs, start independently owned businesses, and bring positive and active uses to somewhat stale and empty parts of the city. Food cart vendors also provide good food that is affordable to just about everyone. The City of Los Angeles should take note.</p> <p>What do you think about the role of food carts in the PDX economy?&nbsp; Leave a comment and let us know!</p> <div>{ <a href="http://koifusionpdx.com/2009/08/31/mobile-or-not-were-just-trying-to-make-you-happy/#comments">5 comments</a> } :| { Tags: <a href="http://koifusionpdx.com/tag/food-cart-scene/" rel="tag">food cart scene</a>, <a href="http://koifusionpdx.com/tag/los-angeles-times/" rel="tag">Los Angeles Times</a> }</div> <div> <div> <h3>comment</h3> <div> <div> <div><img src="http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/08941777da883952fc4820e797b4912b?s=42&amp;d=%3Cpath_to_url%3E&amp;r=G" height="42" alt="" width="42" /></div> <div><p>I believe that food carts, such as Koi Fusion, are legitimate businesses and are a welcome addition to the diverse food scene that Portland has to offer.</p> <p>Not only do carts offer a quick, affordable and delicious dining option for people on the go, they offer a more affordable way for entrepreneurs to enter into the restaurant business without the costs of maintaining a permanent storefront. </p> <p>It is my opinion that in these touch economic times, both diners and owners of food carts around PDX appreciate the fact that these carts are able to be sustainable businesses.</p> <p>Restaurant owners that believe these carts are stealing their business should realize that people will never stop going to sit-down establishments as long as these places offer good quality food and service. Perhaps those that are complaining could learn from places like Koi Fusion, which consistently satisfies customers (myself included) with great food and friendly service. </p> <p>There is no reason that these dining options cannot coexist.</p> </div> <div> Josh W ( August 31, 2009 at 12:41 pm ) </div> </div> </div> <div> <div> <div><img src="http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/b1c206a2eaeb3d4d193068f48e155ffb?s=42&amp;d=%3Cpath_to_url%3E&amp;r=G" height="42" alt="" width="42" /></div> <div><p>When I’m craving K-Tacos, I go to Twitter and see where you’re at. In other words, when I want you, I hunt you down and eat you. If you’re too far away, I wait another day. Ain’t taking business away from nobody but you when you’re on the other side of town.</p> <p>I used to live in LA and I would welcome any truck that came along. The best tacos came off of trucks or tiny shacks all over the city. If a restaurant in Los Angeles is losing business, it’s because they are not serving what the people want. Plain and simple.</p> </div> <div> hungry hunter ( September 2, 2009 at 12:44 am ) </div> </div> </div> <div> <div> <div><img src="http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/ed585b0509da831b2adf7a42d6d9518a?s=42&amp;d=%3Cpath_to_url%3E&amp;r=G" height="42" alt="" width="42" /></div> <div><p>I remember hearing about this from the Tom Leykis show last year, before he was pulled from the airwaves. He was gonna have a taco cart fest to bring all the vendors together. If I remember right, the head permanent resteraunt that headed the complaint is now a chain taco place that started out as a taco cart.</p> <p><a href="http://saveourtacotrucks.org/" rel="nofollow">http://saveourtacotrucks.org/</a></p> <p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gloria_Molina" rel="nofollow">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gloria_Molina</a></p> </div> <div> <a href="http://www.twitter.com/lendogPDX" rel="external nofollow">Lendog</a> ( September 4, 2009 at 11:48 am ) </div> </div> </div> <div> <div> <div><img src="http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/6eac7eeed18d1cfe747a19183eac1920?s=42&amp;d=%3Cpath_to_url%3E&amp;r=G" height="42" alt="" width="42" /></div> <div><p>food carts are a source of revenue for small business owners. It’s a capitalist market for a reason. Restaurants cannot produce a quality product for a 30min lunch break. Local employees, students and tourists want something quick and nourishing. At a price level, restaurant and food cart vendors vary from $5 -$7 for food carts compared to the $6 – $12 lunch prices at most restaurants. I’ve tried my best during lunch hour to get a quick meal and food carts provide the solution. Why not boycott Subway for driving local deli stores out of business? Shut down all the McDonalds and Taco Bells and any other “convenient food” option. It all comes down to the personal preferences of the customers. Each month many food cartrepreneurs go out of business. The same stress and challenges are a common factor for both groups. Why point the finger at food carts taking a “piece” of the market? I’ve meet a food cart owner in downtown Vancouver, Washington (first friday). He was laid off from HP as an engineer. Now he sells fish tacos to support himself. There’s an underlying problem that needs to be discussed. Obviously restaurants need to make money to pay employees, food costs, rent, etc. but that’s the risk you take for investing a substantial amount of money into a business industry that has a high failure rate. Food carts have limitation in hours and don’t usually serve alcoholic beverages. Restaurants serve that purpose to wine and dine customers during dinner and weekends. Some food carts stay open late at night to serve the club scene. Restaurants aren’t open that late (exception Le Montage, 24 HotCake House and Voleur) but even with a few restaurants being open late, decent food is in demand and those who can provide will profit. What restaurant is serving k-tacos? None that I’ve seen. It all comes down to freedom of choice. The blame can be passed around all day, but the food carts multiplied in Portland for a reason, freedom of choice. We can choose what we want to eat. Some restaurants don’t get that. They should spend more time creating a strategy to serve the busy lunch hour crowds. Don’t they have better equipment and MORE space? save the tears and get to work. Food is the main focus here and there are many food carts and restaurants that have average food.</p> </div> <div> Johnny ( September 30, 2009 at 10:35 pm ) </div> </div> </div> </div> <h3>Please Leave a Reply</h3> <div> <a href="#" rel="nofollow" style="display: none;">Click here to cancel reply.</a></div> </div> <div> <p>TrackBack <abbr title="Universal Resource Locator">URL</abbr> :<br /> </p> </div> <p /> </blockquote><div class="posterous_quote_citation">via <a href="http://koifusionpdx.com/2009/08/31/mobile-or-not-were-just-trying-to-make-you-happy/">koifusionpdx.com</a></div> <p></p></div> </p> <p><a href="http://filemaker.posterous.com/mobile-or-not-were-just-trying-to-make-you-ha">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://filemaker.posterous.com/mobile-or-not-were-just-trying-to-make-you-ha#comment">Leave a comment&nbsp;&nbsp;&raquo;</a> </p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/happyFileMaker/~4/x0b01jyNsCA" height="1" width="1"/> 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However, if something comes up that prevents you from participating, we can stop the clock until you are ready to resume.</p> </div></blockquote><div class="posterous_quote_citation">via <a href="http://jonathanstark.com/consulting-clinic">jonathanstark.com</a></div> <p>I was thinking of the same thing, especially with those in Asia as there aren't any developers around to provide services to FileMaker users/corporates apparently.</p></div> </p> <p><a href="http://filemaker.posterous.com/jonathan-stark-filemaker-php-answers-consulti">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://filemaker.posterous.com/jonathan-stark-filemaker-php-answers-consulti#comment">Leave a comment&nbsp;&nbsp;&raquo;</a> </p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/happyFileMaker/~4/qmavAglxun8" height="1" width="1"/> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/997957/IMG_0957.JPG http://posterous.com/users/4ioqOnhW Eric Yap happyten Eric Yap http://filemaker.posterous.com/jonathan-stark-filemaker-php-answers-consulti Mon, 24 Aug 2009 16:09:00 -0700 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/happyFileMaker/~3/o29ezrZleAs/how-do-we-build-a-web-site-based-on-some-file http://filemaker.posterous.com/how-do-we-build-a-web-site-based-on-some-file <p> <div class="posterous_bookmarklet_entry"> <blockquote class="posterous_long_quote"><h1 class="posttitle">How do we build a web site based on some Filemaker databases?<br /> <span class="smallcopy">March 26, 2008 8:49 AM &nbsp; <a href="/87101/How-do-we-build-a-web-site-based-on-some-Filemaker-databases/rss"><img title="RSS feed for this thread" src="http://mefi.us/images/mefi/feed10.png" border="0" height="10" alt="RSS feed for this thread" width="10" style="vertical-align: baseline;" /></a> <a href="/87101/How-do-we-build-a-web-site-based-on-some-Filemaker-databases/rss">Subscribe</a></span></h1> <div class="copy">My mother-in-law is a horse breeder and wants to create a web site that shows the lineage of a particular breed of horses. She has some of the data in a Filemaker 5.5 database, but needs to expand it greatly and put it online. How can we go about doing this, and/or hiring someone to do it?<br /> <div style="border-top: 1px dotted #777; margin-top: 6px; padding-right: 20px;"> <br /> Mrs. Procrastination-in-law breeds an unusual type of horse. She is very involved in promoting the breed, and wants to put online a web site that shows the lineage of many horses. She has data on about 1,000 horses, but is making contacts overseas to expand the collection of information to many thousands more (say 15 or 16 thousand). The data she has is in Filemaker 5.5 for Windows, in a format that someone created for her in the past. She is comfortable working with it.<p /> What we would like to be able to do is this:<p /> - Have her edit the database in Filemaker. Currently, she has the old version running in boot camp on a Mac. We would prefer to use a newer Mac version, and are willing to buy it if it helps.<p /> - Have that data <strong>easily</strong> uploaded somehow into a database that is the back end of a website, as she updates or makes edits to the database. One of the fields in the Filemaker database, though, should be a check box of whether to include that particular horse in the online database, since some owners may not want that public, even though they don't mind her having the record.<p /> - Have a web site that allows browsing and searching of the horses, and the ability to traverse up and down through the lineage. It doesn't have to be particularly fancy.<p /> Looking online at the Filemaker web site, I see that Filemaker can serve as the back end, but she is mostly on dial-up, so that isn't really an option. We would need to find a hosting service that provides a full-time back end. I have used dreamhost, so I know that at least mysql is available. I just don't know how easy it would be to propogate updates from Filemaker to mysql.<p /> Any ideas, comments, or suggestions? Where could we hire someone reliable to do this? Should we not be using Filemaker? Is there a better process we should be looking at? </div> <span class="smallcopy">posted by <a href="http://www.metafilter.com/user/20201" target="_self">procrastination</a> to <a href="/computers-internet">computers &amp; internet</a> (3 comments total) <span><a href="http://ask.metafilter.com/favorited/3/87101" target="_self" style="font-weight: normal;">3 users marked this as a favorite</a></span> </span></div> <div class="copy" style="margin-top: 16px; margin-bottom: 16px;"> <ins style="display: inline-table; border: none; height: 250px; margin: 0; padding: 0;"><ins style="display: block; border: none; height: 250px; margin: 0; padding: 0;"><iframe name="google_ads_frame" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" marginwidth="0" src="http://googleads.g.doubleclick.net/pagead/ads?client=ca-pub-8621957794194569&amp;output=html&amp;h=250&amp;slotname=1784341338&amp;w=300&amp;flash=10.0.22&amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fask.metafilter.com%2F87101%2FHow-do-we-build-a-web-site-based-on-some-Filemaker-databases&amp;ref=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2Fsearch%3Fclient%3Dsafari%26rls%3Den%26q%3Dhorse%2Bbreed%2BFileMaker%26ie%3DUTF-8%26oe%3DUTF-8&amp;dt=1251155161957&amp;prev_fmts=728x15_0ads_al&amp;correlator=1251155161936&amp;frm=0&amp;ga_vid=1892934703.1251155162&amp;ga_sid=1251155162&amp;ga_hid=275176892&amp;ga_fc=0&amp;u_tz=540&amp;u_his=3&amp;u_java=1&amp;u_h=1050&amp;u_w=1680&amp;u_ah=1024&amp;u_aw=1680&amp;u_cd=24&amp;u_nplug=16&amp;u_nmime=170&amp;fu=0&amp;ifi=2&amp;dtd=28&amp;xpc=JBamVGkXEv&amp;p=http%3A//ask.metafilter.com" frameborder="0" height="250" style="" width="300"></iframe></ins></ins> </div> <a name="1284378"></a> <div class="comments">Have a look at this software called <a href="http://www.tenset.co.uk/">Breeder's Assistant</a>. It's basically a genealogy program for critters. It looks like it does the job, and features file conversion. Conversion from File maker is not listed, but it might do that also. Or check other software that comes up if you Google "pedigree software".<br /> <span class="smallcopy">posted by <a href="http://www.metafilter.com/user/7961" target="_self">beagle</a> at <a href="/87101/How-do-we-build-a-web-site-based-on-some-Filemaker-databases#1284378" target="_self">9:24 AM</a> on March 26, 2008 </span></div> <p /> <a name="1284540"></a> <div class="comments">The already-mentioned Breeder's Assistant or <a href="http://www.breedmate.com/">BreedMate</a> will do this for you. I have used both for dog pedigrees and while I prefer Breeder's Assistant for some things, BreedMate is much better for HTML pedigrees, IMHO. The horse-specific version of BreedMate is called Hawkeye. Both programs have free demos.<p /> There are also numerous free HTML pedigree generators which are varyingly useful. Googling for "free html pedigree software" will find them.<br /> <span class="smallcopy">posted by <a href="http://www.metafilter.com/user/12885" target="_self">biscotti</a> at <a href="/87101/How-do-we-build-a-web-site-based-on-some-Filemaker-databases#1284540" target="_self">11:34 AM</a> on March 26, 2008 </span></div> <p /> <a name="1284901"></a> <div class="comments">What are her options when she's in Filemaker and looks into the "Save As" or "Export" options?<p /> I haven't used it in a long time but I'm sure she will be able to export in a variety of formats, and some of of them will be suitable for importing into MySQL. That way she can just export, then FTP, a text file to the server and have her website automatically update.<p /> If you decide to hire someone to do your website, please contact me.<br /> <span class="smallcopy">posted by <a href="http://www.metafilter.com/user/21525" target="_self">AmbroseChapel</a> at <a href="/87101/How-do-we-build-a-web-site-based-on-some-Filemaker-databases#1284901" target="_self">3:58 PM</a> on March 26, 2008</span></div></blockquote> <div class="posterous_quote_citation">via <a href="http://ask.metafilter.com/87101/How-do-we-build-a-web-site-based-on-some-Filemaker-databases">ask.metafilter.com</a></div> <p>Interesting. I knew someone at FileMaker DevCon this year that does the same, for some specific species for horses too.</p></div> </p> <p><a href="http://filemaker.posterous.com/how-do-we-build-a-web-site-based-on-some-file">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://filemaker.posterous.com/how-do-we-build-a-web-site-based-on-some-file#comment">Leave a comment&nbsp;&nbsp;&raquo;</a> </p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/happyFileMaker/~4/o29ezrZleAs" height="1" width="1"/> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/997957/IMG_0957.JPG http://posterous.com/users/4ioqOnhW Eric Yap happyten Eric Yap http://filemaker.posterous.com/how-do-we-build-a-web-site-based-on-some-file Sun, 23 Aug 2009 15:13:23 -0700 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/happyFileMaker/~3/8yEBeVcJ9eA/self-made-toolbar-gallimaufry http://filemaker.posterous.com/self-made-toolbar-gallimaufry <p> <div class="posterous_bookmarklet_entry"> <blockquote><div> <h3><a href="http://www.kegebein.net/blog/2009/04/self-made-toolbar/" title="Permanent link to Self-made Toolbar" rel="bookmark">Self-made Toolbar</a></h3> <div> <p>You might have read my <a href="http://www.kegebein.net/blog/2009/04/something-about-filemaker-11/">April Fools’ joke</a> about Filemaker 11. Then you know that I do not like the new status toolbar. At the glance it looks nice and adds a modern look to FileMaker.</p> <p><img title="FileMaker Status Toolbar" src="http://www.kegebein.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/toolbar_fm.png" height="146" alt="FileMaker Status Toolbar" width="450" /></p> <p>But after working with it for a while too many annoyances and problems emerged:</p> <ul> <li>It requires too much space. Usually monitors are more wide than tall. Having the toolbar on the left side of the screen was much more unobtrusive.</li> <li>The status toolbar comes always together with the layout toolbar (where you can select a layout and the view mode or switch to layout mode). You cannot hide them individually, wasting even more space.</li> <li>Toggle the status toolbar changes the size of the window. I would rather keep the same window size.</li> <li>You can not modify the icons of the toolbar by script or activate/deactivate them under controlled conditions.</li> <li>You cannot change the design (color, pattern, image) of the icons to create a new theme that might better fit the overall layout of your database.</li> </ul> <p>Of course, most of these points are subjective opinions. Some FileMaker users might like the new status toolbar as it is. They do not consider it as to large and a waste of space because there layout is simple and displays only few fields at a time. But most of projects deal with more complex databases. The client likes to see as much information as possible without scrolling the window or switching to different layouts.</p> <p>Therefore, I like to have a smaller version of the status toolbar. Instead of waiting for the next version of FileMaker I decided to build my own status toolbar. Perhaps something like this:</p> <p><img title="Small toolbar" src="http://www.kegebein.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/toolbar1.png" height="26" alt="Small toolbar" width="500" /></p> <h3>Feature wish list</h3> <p>There are some features I like to see in my status toolbar:</p> <ul> <li>The toolbar should not exceed a height of 30px. That would be the height of the align or arrange palette.</li> <li>It should include the default icons of the FileMaker status toolbar.</li> <li>The icons should reflect special conditions. For example, the icon Go to previous record should become inactive when the first record is selected.</li> <li>The toolbar should work in browse and find mode. The image of the icons should change accordingly.</li> <li>If possible it should add more functionality to the icons. For example, Ctrl-click on <em>Go to next record</em> should jump to the last found record.</li> <li>The self-made toolbar should be easy to implement into the layout of any existing database, keeping the required number of custom functions, new table fields, scripts, and external files (e. g. images) to a minimum.</li> <li>And because it is self-made, adding new icons with new functions not initially provided by FileMaker should be possible.</li> </ul> <p>These are many feature requests, but I think, I can cover most of them with my self-made toolbar. The standard icons (previous/next record, …) are not a big problem. I can create them as images and display them when necessary. It will be harder to replicate the slider under the record number and pie chart with the found/total record count.</p> <h3>Displaying the Icons</h3> <p>First I need to decide, how to display the toolbar icons in the layout. I could insert them as plain images. But how should I deactivate them or change them in Find mode?</p> <p>Perhaps a container field or a calculation field with calculation result as container) would help. I can define an expression, changing the icon in different window mode and perhaps active or deactivate them. But a regular container field would not show its content in find mode. Okay, changing the container field from regular to global storage will help. Its content is displayed in browse and find mode. Unfortunately it will not react to certain changes like selecting a different record. But this would be required to active/deactivate the icons under special conditions.</p> <p>At the end I found a different solution. Instead of using data fields for my icons I can use a web viewer. The web viewer object provides an option to display its content in find mode. And it does not requires extra table fields, keeping the number of required elements to a minimum. It is also the perfect solution for the next problem.</p> <h3>Record Position Slider and Found Count Pie Chart</h3> <p>At first I thought, it would be very difficult to mimic the record position slider and the little pie chart that shows the number of found records against total records. Perhaps I could use 1px wide objects combined with conditional formatting. It would required many tiny objects with many different formatting calculations, and overall it would not look like the original thing.</p> <p>But then I remembered an HTML5 element I have heard of. It is a a drawable region with height and width attributes. With JavaScript code you can apply a full set of drawing functions on it. It turned out to be the perfect element for both, the record position slider and the found/total record count pie chart. You can find a good <a href="https://developer.mozilla.org/En/Canvas_tutorial">canvas tutorial</a> at developer.mozilla.org.</p> <p>For the slider I use a fix background image and a small image of the slider button that is placed on a calculated position. The number of found records and the current record number are used for that (pseudo code):</p> <div class="CodeRay"> <div class="code"><pre>If( Get( FoundCount ) &lt; 1 Then Position = 0 Else 64 * ( Get( RecordNumber ) - 1 ) / ( Get( FoundCount ) - 1 ) )</pre></div> </div> <p>For the pie chart I cannot use images. I will draw a full circle filled green and a circle segment in a different green. A gray shadow at the bottom is added in the background. The formula for the segment is calculated with the found count/total record count ratio:</p> <div class="CodeRay"> <div class="code"><pre>draw arc( x, y, r, -PI/2, 2*PI * Get( FoundCount ) / Get( TotalRecordCount ) - PI/2 )</pre></div> </div> <p>The fourth parameter <code>-PI/2</code> is used to start the segment on top (12 o’clock position) instead on the right side (3 o’clock).</p> <h3>Displaying images without images</h3> <p>For the other icons I can use images. Calculations can interpret the current condition (record number, window mode, …) and select the right image. But using images requires additional objects. Either the images are available as files in some directory, or they are stored in table container fields. I like to keep the required elements for my self-made toolbar to a minimum. Looking for a way to get rid of additional image files or table fields I found a solution that fits perfectly to the web viewer objects: data: url.</p> <p>Data: urls allow you to include image data directly into your code. The image data has to be base64-encoded. The result looks something like</p> <div class="CodeRay"> <div class="code"><pre>data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAB...</pre></div> </div> <p>For large images it is an awful long string. Still, it has the advantage to avoid additional image files. Everything is included in the HTML code.</p> <p>With data: url I can include all images for the icons into the web viewer code. Unfortunately, the total text for all base64-encoded images plus the code for the canvas and other HTML elements exceeds the allowed length for web viewer codes. But this is not a big problem. Splitting the toolbar into two web viewer elements is doing the trick.</p> <p>To convert image files to base64 code search the Internet. There are many websites offering free online conversion. I am using a free OS X <a href="http://www.shauninman.com/archive/2008/05/08/image_to_data_droplet_for_os_x">droplet</a> from Shaun Inman.</p> <h3>Toolbar action</h3> <p>Of course, displaying the toolbar icons is not all. Each clicked icon should start its appropriate action. I combined all toolbar action into a single script: Toolbar( action ). Invisible buttons placed on the right position over the toolbar will call the script with a specific action parameter. The parameter might be different under specific conditions. For example, the button on top of the little pie chart will not create any action parameter in find mode. Accordingly, the toolbar does not show the pie chart in find mode.</p> <p>For the slider the action is a little bit more complicated. I cannot add drag functionality (I could use a JavaScript library like jQuery to create a real slider, but currently I do not know a way to return the final slider value back to FileMaker). But adding many little, 1px wide buttons on top of the slider allows a clicking function. Each little button calls the toolbar action script with a different position parameter.</p> <h3>Putting it all together</h3> <p>Using web viewer objects with HTML code that includes canvas elements and base64-encoded images plus some invisible buttons and a single toolbar action script is my solution of a self-made toolbar for FileMaker. The autoresize option for the web viewer object on the right is set to extend it to the full layout width. Then all layout objects for the toolbar are grouped for easier handling in layout mode.</p> <p>Because this solution does not uses any table fields, external images or custom functions, it is easily added to an existing database. Just add the script to the module, then copy the grouped layout element to every layout you like to have the small toolbar.</p> <p>Additional icons can be added. It will require changes in the HTML code in the web viewer and a new invisible button with some new action code in the toolbar action script. Additional functionality, like multi-function icons (go to next record/last record, …) can be added.</p> <h3>Conclusion</h3> <p>This is my first version of a smaller FileMaker status toolbar. All features from my wish list are included (Yeah!). But there is still room for improvement:</p> <ul> <li>First, you cannot enter a record number into the field over the slider. To implement this, it would require a table with global field and some script trigger technique (either FM10 or a plugin for FM9).</li> <li>Additional functionality for the find icon. In FIleMaker, when you click the find icon and keep the mouse button pressed, a menu will pop up with more find options (create new find, saved finds, …). Some of it could be mimicked with a global field and value list. But some special find functions (e. g. recend finds) cannot be accessed with script commands.</li> <li>If I include a table for these global fields, I could add a system making the image assignment easier and more flexible. That would allow also a possible theme solution.</li> </ul> <p>But this is something for the future. Now you may enjoy my current version of the toolbar. <a href="http://www.kegebein.net/download/toolbar.fp7.zip">Download the toolbar</a> and include it into your solution. Comments, where you have used the toolbar and what functions you have added are appreciated.</p> <h3>Supplement</h3> <p>Shortly after I wrote this post I realized, that my sample database does not work with Windows. As so often, Microsoft decided to do their own thing, not (yet) supporting the canvas element. There might be a way to do it differently. When I find some time I will investigate and post my findings here. I am sorry for the inconvenience.</p> <p>Arnold Kegebein</p> <p>Download: <a href="http://www.kegebein.net/download/toolbar.fp7.zip">toolbar.fp7.zip</a> (45 KB) <span style="color: #ff0000;">Mac OS only</span></p> <p>Links:<br /> <a href="https://developer.mozilla.org/En/Canvas_tutorial">Canvas tutorial</a>, developer.mozilla.org<br /> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canvas_(HTML_element)">Canvas (HTML element)</a>, wikipedia.org<br /> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Data:_URL">data: url</a>, wikipedia.org<br /> <a href="http://www.shauninman.com/archive/2008/05/08/image_to_data_droplet_for_os_x">Image to data droplet for OS X</a> from Shaun Inman</p> </div> <p> <span>Posted in <a href="http://www.kegebein.net/blog/category/filemaker/" title="View all posts in FileMaker" rel="category tag">FileMaker</a>.</span> <span>Tagged with <a href="http://www.kegebein.net/blog/tag/base64/" rel="tag">base64</a>, <a href="http://www.kegebein.net/blog/tag/canvas/" rel="tag">canvas</a>, <a href="http://www.kegebein.net/blog/tag/filemaker/" rel="tag">FileMaker</a>, <a href="http://www.kegebein.net/blog/tag/toolbar/" rel="tag">toolbar</a>, <a href="http://www.kegebein.net/blog/tag/web-viewer/" rel="tag">web viewer</a>.</span> </p> <div> <address> <span>By</span> <a href="http://www.kegebein.net/blog/author/arnold-kegebein/" title="View all posts by Arnold Kegebein">Arnold Kegebein</a> </address> <span><abbr title="2009-04-16T14:24:22+0200">April 16, 2009</abbr></span> </div> <p><a href="http://www.kegebein.net/blog/2009/04/self-made-toolbar/#respond" title="Comment on Self-made Toolbar">No comments</a></p> <p /> <p /> </div></blockquote><div class="posterous_quote_citation">via <a href="http://www.kegebein.net/blog/2009/04/self-made-toolbar/">kegebein.net</a></div> <p></p></div> </p> <p><a href="http://filemaker.posterous.com/self-made-toolbar-gallimaufry">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://filemaker.posterous.com/self-made-toolbar-gallimaufry#comment">Leave a comment&nbsp;&nbsp;&raquo;</a> </p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/happyFileMaker/~4/8yEBeVcJ9eA" height="1" width="1"/> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/997957/IMG_0957.JPG http://posterous.com/users/4ioqOnhW Eric Yap happyten Eric Yap http://filemaker.posterous.com/self-made-toolbar-gallimaufry Thu, 20 Aug 2009 14:25:00 -0700 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/happyFileMaker/~3/aqO6VHnwluo/filemaker-devcon-2009-dinner-cruise-on-san-fr http://filemaker.posterous.com/filemaker-devcon-2009-dinner-cruise-on-san-fr <p> <p><span style="font-family: Lucida Sans; font-size: medium;">An overlook on the San Francisco Belle on 15th Aug, 2009 (Sat).<p />11 hundreds on FileMaker DevCon-er were on the ship for dinner. It was the greatest DevCon year apparently. We cruised at the SF Bay, passed through Golden Gate. Had great food. Great music: 2 floors to choose from. Chat and laughed with people that we knew each other through emails and twitter but never met before. So much fun and so much memories written down the history on that day.<p />Thanks FMI for the great programme. I have no reason to say I can't come next year onwards because I am like part of the family now!</span></p> <p><span style="font-family: Lucida Sans; font-size: medium;"><iframe src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/Tq3peqC8fNg?wmode=transparent" allowfullscreen frameborder="0" height="417" width="500"></iframe></span></p> </p> <p><a href="http://filemaker.posterous.com/filemaker-devcon-2009-dinner-cruise-on-san-fr">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://filemaker.posterous.com/filemaker-devcon-2009-dinner-cruise-on-san-fr#comment">Leave a comment&nbsp;&nbsp;&raquo;</a> </p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/happyFileMaker/~4/aqO6VHnwluo" height="1" width="1"/> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/997957/IMG_0957.JPG http://posterous.com/users/4ioqOnhW Eric Yap happyten Eric Yap http://filemaker.posterous.com/filemaker-devcon-2009-dinner-cruise-on-san-fr Tue, 18 Aug 2009 00:45:00 -0700 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/happyFileMaker/~3/1gao0tk1P0Q/filemaker-tweetup-t-shirt-fmdevcon http://filemaker.posterous.com/filemaker-tweetup-t-shirt-fmdevcon <p> <p>Thanks to @FileMakerDC, this year it started the 1st tweetup of FileMaker. I went, and got a T-shirt of it. I learned about all the award announcement through twitter while the ceremony was conducted (You have to be one FBA member to be invited).</p> <p>Twitter has made the pace of information sharing faster than before. Great job Chuck!</p> <p><div class='p_embed p_image_embed'> <img alt="Img_0224" height="640" src="http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/kenloo/MG1Hqxj04c3nbnxR9Fsf1wvSkN6aGz388C80OAnj6rRFJZ9UhwKQxj73jCkd/IMG_0224.jpg" width="480" /> </div> </p> </p> <p><a href="http://filemaker.posterous.com/filemaker-tweetup-t-shirt-fmdevcon">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://filemaker.posterous.com/filemaker-tweetup-t-shirt-fmdevcon#comment">Leave a comment&nbsp;&nbsp;&raquo;</a> </p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/happyFileMaker/~4/1gao0tk1P0Q" height="1" width="1"/> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/997957/IMG_0957.JPG http://posterous.com/users/4ioqOnhW Eric Yap happyten Eric Yap http://filemaker.posterous.com/filemaker-tweetup-t-shirt-fmdevcon Fri, 17 Jul 2009 11:00:54 -0700 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/happyFileMaker/~3/GsL9EaOSHv0/creating-table-in-filemaker-pro-blognosecom-t http://filemaker.posterous.com/creating-table-in-filemaker-pro-blognosecom-t <p> <div class="posterous_bookmarklet_entry"> <div class="posterous_quote_citation"> Check out this website I found at <a href="http://blognose.com/creating-table-in-filemaker-pro/">blognose.com</a></div> <p></p></div> </p> <p><a href="http://filemaker.posterous.com/creating-table-in-filemaker-pro-blognosecom-t">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://filemaker.posterous.com/creating-table-in-filemaker-pro-blognosecom-t#comment">Leave a comment&nbsp;&nbsp;&raquo;</a> </p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/happyFileMaker/~4/GsL9EaOSHv0" height="1" width="1"/> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/997957/IMG_0957.JPG http://posterous.com/users/4ioqOnhW Eric Yap happyten Eric Yap http://filemaker.posterous.com/creating-table-in-filemaker-pro-blognosecom-t Sun, 12 Jul 2009 06:13:13 -0700 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/happyFileMaker/~3/Sa_VL6YmFxY/filemaker-international-contact-information-m http://filemaker.posterous.com/filemaker-international-contact-information-m <p> <div class="posterous_bookmarklet_entry"> <blockquote class="posterous_long_quote"><h2>International</h2> <div class="location" style="display: block;"> <h3>Malaysia</h3> <p>Eisentech Resources Sdn Bhd<br /> 17-2, First Floor, SS23/15, Taman SEA<br /> Selangor Darul Ehsan<br /> Malaysia</p> <h4>Telephone</h4> <ul> <li>Main <span>+603 6201 0766</span></li> <li>Secondary <span>+603 7880 2722</span></li></ul></div></blockquote><div class="posterous_quote_citation">via <a href="http://www.filemaker.com/company/intl/index.html">filemaker.com</a></div> <p></p></div> </p> <p><a href="http://filemaker.posterous.com/filemaker-international-contact-information-m">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://filemaker.posterous.com/filemaker-international-contact-information-m#comment">Leave a comment&nbsp;&nbsp;&raquo;</a> </p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/happyFileMaker/~4/Sa_VL6YmFxY" height="1" width="1"/> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/997957/IMG_0957.JPG http://posterous.com/users/4ioqOnhW Eric Yap happyten Eric Yap http://filemaker.posterous.com/filemaker-international-contact-information-m