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
Another FREE FileMaker Pro 12 Tips and Tricks Demo file showing an even more simplified approach to hierarchal FileMaker portals by Doug West, Product/Project manager of Excelisys. Doug has now made this advanced technique, originally developed by our own Andy Persons, even easier! “HierarchyLite” is an eXcellent FREE FileMaker Pro 12 demo file which outlines how
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
Excelisys’ Lead Developer Rob Poelking has just authored “RealtyBiz”, a Mobile Property Data Collection demo as a FileMaker Go app for real estate agents that demonstrates what makes an effective FileMaker Go mobile application. The concept for this property data app is that of a real estate agent’s assistant, collecting data (both text and pictures) for
Due to popular demand, Andy Persons has updated and overhauled the FileMaker Pro drag-n-drop demo for use with the FileMaker separation model. This updated FileMaker Pro drag-n-drop demo includes an updated white paper as well. Download The demo includes consolidation of several of the ‘Move’ scripts and removal of extraneous ones. We’ve also included a new
This is yet another FileMaker portal sorting technique based on its predecessor yet simpler, that allows for dynamic multi-column sorting. The user can click a button to sort a column, shift-click to add additional columns, click or shift-click sorted columns to reverse the sort order, AND option-click sorted columns to remove them. Download the FileMaker "eXtreme
