1. DC User’s Group Meeting, August 4, 2010 – FileMaker Go!

    August 3, 2010 by Sameer

    FileMaker recently released a new program for the FileMaker Suite of products, FileMaker Go, the Mobile solution to database connectivity. As you may have read below in our review of the product, there are some rules and limitations for FMG that need to be addressed if you plan on developing for this new platform. The DC area is lucky to have an Engineer from FileMaker, and even luckier to have that Engineer present a special User Group meeting on the new iOS FileMaker Application.
    Please join us Wednesday August 4, 2010:
    FileMaker, Inc.
    One Metro Center
    700 12th Street NW Suite 700
    Washington, DC 20005
    Introducing [...]

  2. FileMaker Go – a Quick Review

    July 23, 2010 by Sameer

    Just a few days ago FileMaker released their newest version of FileMaker, running on the Mac OS mobile platform. Wittingly named FileMaker Go, this new version of the software shows excellent promise for mobile database access. With full screen, multiple windows, and multiple database access, FileMaker inc. has gone all out with this new version.
    The first thing to note is FM Go’s price, which runs at $19.99 for the iPhone version and $39.99 for the iPad version. After completing the download and starting the application, we get a very nice looking home screen which contains files loaded on the device, [...]

  3. DC User’s Group Meeting, May 12, 2010

    May 14, 2010 by Sameer

    (Demo file is available for download in detailed view of this blog)
    At our last DC User’s group meeting we covered the topic of using some advanced scripting methods in a database to increase efficiency and overall speed in our system. The areas we covered were:
    1. Using script triggers to free up real estate with buttons or tasks
    2. Inserting images to containers so that users can reference images without having to do the tedious work finding the shared folder location, and renaming images.
    3. Some basic centralizing of scripts for common tasks, such as creating new related records.
    4. Search methods with script [...]

  4. We now have FileMaker 11 Certified Developers

    April 8, 2010 by Anvil Dataworks

    As of Monday 4/5/2010 Anvil Dataworks now has 2 FileMaker 11 Certified Developers on staff. Sameer Khan and Chuck Melton both passed the beta certification exam. Our goal is to have the rest of our staff 11 certified by the end of the month.

    If you have an interest in becoming a FileMaker certified developer Anvil Dataworks offers a specialized FileMaker Developer Exam boot camp. You will work one on one with one of our highly qualified staff to review and learn all of the skills you need to pass the exam. Please contact Sales@anvildataworks.com if you have an interest.

  5. FileMaker 11 – Charting

    March 12, 2010 by Sameer

    Finally it’s here! FileMaker Pro Version 11 was announced Tuesday March 9th, and the flagship feature of FileMaker 11 is the new Charting objects. I wanted to talk about how the new charting system works, and also some generalized rules when using the charts.
    First thing we should go over is the different types of charts available. There are Bar, Horizontal Bar, Line, Area and Pie Charts available for use. The charts will work with Found Sets of Data, Related Data, and Delimited Data within one record. Some limitations exist with the Pie Chart, which can only show one set of [...]

  6. Script Trigger Dangers

    by Sameer

    An interesting problem occurred to me the other day while I was working on a client’s system, and although I narrowed down the issue right away, an idea for this blog came to mind. What are the dangers of using script triggers in a database system with FileMaker Pro 10 (and now version 11), with regards to automation and interface design? Interesting issues seem to occur due to the nature of triggers and their given behavior.
    Using object based triggers seems to be a popular method of delivering automation. Whether you are auditing user interactions, or you are automating tasks based [...]