Jun 14, 2016 Blog, FileMaker Techniques Button Bar TechniquesFilemakerFileMaker 14FileMaker Techniques Button Bar Techniques! Part 2 By David J. Weiner In our first blog post on the topic of FileMaker 14 button bar techniques, I outlined why we love them so much (calculated labels!), and the main reason they’re so useful (calculated labels!). In our second post on Button Bar Techniques, I delve into the first of several actual tricks we use them for. And, as I looked over some of the examples that I’ll be explaining, it occurred to me that one thing that these techniques all have in common is that the formatting of the button bars is typically invisible — entirely, or partially. Read More By David Weiner
Jun 9, 2016 Appworks FM Training, Blog, FileMaker Training FileMaker Training – Beginners to Intermediate Date: Monday, August 8, 2016 – 8:00am to Tuesday, August 9, 2016 – 5:00pm Event Location: App.works Conference Room Description: FileMaker Pro 15 Training Taught by: Matt Navarre Hosted by: App.works App.works’ next intermediate FileMaker Pro 15 Training is here! Read More By Thomas Meglasson
Jun 1, 2016 Blog, FileMaker Techniques Button Bar TechniquesFilemakerFileMaker 14FileMaker Nav Bar Button Bar Techniques! By David J. Weiner Button bars, for me, are the single most useful new feature introduced in FileMaker 14 (aside from the Script Workspace, which is a beautiful thing). Interestingly, the reason I find them so useful has nothing to do with their primary intended use case: the navigation bar. Sure, a simple and neatly-aligned navbar is great to have, and being able to switch segments from a regular button to a popover and back again is truly useful for speed of UI design, but the killer feature of button bars is the calculated label. This feature alone is, as they say, worth the price of admission. It means that you can display output from FileMaker’s calculation engine right at the user interface level, which, prior to FileMaker 14, was not available without creating a calculated field or resorting to script or Let statement variable tricks. Read More By David Weiner