June 7, 2018 Appworks News Blog FileMaker 17 FileMaker Meetup FileMaker 17fmpugMeetupnew features June 6th Portland FileMaker Meetup It was good to see folks again this month, for another meeting at AppWorks command HQ. (I missed last month’s meeting, unfortunately. I was looking forward to hearing the stories from Pause on Error.) Here are some of the highlights. There are big changes in the licensing of FM 17. AppWorks’ own Shawn Prado has […] Read more By Justin Close
May 31, 2018 Blog FileMaker 17 FileMaker Academy admin consoleblogdata apifilemaker licensingFM Gofound set portalLayout Modemultiple email attachments FileMaker 17 New Features From Around The Blogosphere There’s a lot of buzz about the release of FileMaker 17 out and about, with lots of smart people providing their two cents as to what’s interesting and useful, and describing how to use these new features. I compiled a list of some insightful articles that I have come across, that I think you will […] Read more By Justin Close
May 16, 2018 Blog FileMaker 17 Default FieldsFileMaker 17XML FileMaker 17: Default Field Customization With the release of FileMaker 17 comes Default Fields, and thankfully they are customizable! This will be a time saver for all of us who copy and paste the same five (or more) fields into every table in every file, all the time. It may seem like a small savings at first, but will quickly […] Read more By Michelle Davison
May 15, 2018 Blog FileMaker 17 FileMaker Admin ConsoleFileMaker APIFileMaker Server Configuration FileMaker 17: Admin API If you manage multiple instances of FileMaker Server, maintenance would typically be performed by logging in to each via a web browser or running fmsadmin CLI commands. These methods become unwieldy when you need to make the same change or gather the same bit of information across several servers. A seemingly simple task now takes […] Read more By Ian Harris
May 15, 2018 Blog FileMaker 17 FileMaker Techniques User Interface Design FileMaker 17FileMaker Object Editing ToolsUI techniques FileMaker 17: Edit Grouped Objects How many times have I been annoyed and delayed by having to ungroup something just to make a simple edit? Too many to count. I often group many things together to aid in layout setup and positioning. Say you have a set of fields and objects that together make up a ‘widget’ or function (e.g. […] Read more By Justin Close