FileMaker Pro Recursion PT 3 By Andy Persons: *This article is part 2 of a 3 part series: part 1, part 2. In my first post of this three part series, I posed a challenge: how do you update hundreds or thousands of tasks interconnected with tens of thousands of connections? In my second installment, we
The eX-BizTracker 4 Goes Public Beta! The eX-BizTracker 4 is now out for public beta testing, ready for you to put it through its paces! If you were one of the 100,000 plus people who downloaded eX-BizTracker v3.0, you might recall that FileMaker® Pro template or jump-start solution’s attractive GUI and feature set. You might also remember
A Wrinkle in Timeliness Pt 2 – Perfecting FileMaker Pro Recursion & Virtualization, by Andy Persons of Excelisys *This article is part 2 of a 3 part series: part 1, part 3. Perfecting FileMaker Pro Recursion & Virtualization Part 2 explores the use of recursion and virtualization (through global variables) in solving complex data interconnectivity challenges
*This article is part 1 of a 3 part series: part 2, part 3. A Wrinkle in Timeliness Pt1 of 3 – Perfecting FileMaker Recursion & Virtualization, by Andrew Persons explores the use of recursion and virtualization (through global variables) in solving complex data interconnectivity challenges using FileMaker Pro 12 in a multi-user client-server environment. Using a specific
If you’ve ever wanted to generate specific FileMaker reports for different groups of users, but are intimidated by FileMaker’s, somewhat complicated security schema, this PDF shows you an alternative methodology that is very simple and easy to implement, using FileMaker Pro privilege sets. Recently a client, a large bail bond company, wanted to be able to
FileMaker Server Backup to Remote Folders on Windows OS So, your client is running FileMaker Server, and they want their backup files to be stored in a shared or remote folder on the network so an automated routine can pick them up from another computer. And your client is not flexible about this; the files must
Doug West becomes a new addition to the eXcelisys management team. South Bend, IN – January 18, 2013 – eXcelisys, Inc. (www.excelisys.com) is pleased to announce a new addition to the eXcelisys management team by promoting Doug West to the position of Product/Project Development Manager. West has been a FileMaker Pro Developer since 1998. His first
eXcelisys, Inc. announces the showing of the completely rewritten from the ground up eX-BizTracker V4.0 at the FileMaker DevCon in Miami, FL, the popular, easy to use solution for small to medium size businesses with tons of new features & functionality based on the recent release of FileMaker Pro 12. New features added to the eX-BizTracker V4.0
There is an urban legend that at the beginning of the Space Race, NASA spent millions of dollars developing a pen that could write in zero gravity. The Russians came up with a much simpler solution! They used a pencil! How often have each of us spent an enormous time laboring over a seemingly complex routine with subscript after
Converting a FileMaker Pro solution written in the .fp7 format to the new .fmp12 file format is an extremely painless task. To illustrate this, we did a straight conversion on our ever-popular eX-BizTracker (eXBT). The result was an almost identical solution with only minor interface changes (some layout objects required slight adjustment of size and/or placement)
