BaseElements 3 Hardware and Software Requirements

A few people have asked me about which versions of their OS will BE3 run under. There is a little detail, so I’ll include it all here with some explanations and put the specifics into the FAQ section. Firstly, BE3 is designed for FMP 11 and will close if you...
BaseElements on the iPad

BaseElements on the iPad

I haven’t seen a notice yet about this on FileMaker’s site, but I found FileMaker Go for iPhone and iPad in the iTunes store this morning. And what else do I do but test BaseElements 3 on it. First impressions are that it looks good. There are some font...

Way to make things slow Nick…

Who would have thought, recursive XSLT is not only hard to program and make sense of, it’s also awful slow. If you had a play with BaseElements 3 beta 2 in the last few days, grab a copy of b3 today, it’s much faster 🙂 BaseElements_Mac.dmg – fp7...

BaseElements 3 Beta 2

I’ve uploaded another beta version of BaseElements 3. I was hoping to have a windows build available as well this time, but it’s not to be. There are a whole bunch of path related issues inside the xslt that are causing me grief so I’ve got to sort...

I’ve got slow loops.

In my last blog post, I included a screenshot of some code from BaseElements 2. I’m always nervous exposing my code to the outside world, as there’s a good chance that someone smarter than yourself will take a look and point out your weaknesses. Well,...