by nickorr | Jun 30, 2011 | Uncategorised
File paths in FileMaker can be a bit of a pain to manage well, in that different paths are required in different situations. Mostly this is an issue on the Mac as Windows tends to have fewer options to deal with. Two issues have come up in our development work...
by nickorr | Jun 29, 2011 | Uncategorised
While I’m on the topic of updates, I’ve uploaded a new version of our free FileMaker plugin, which you can download from the todo wiki page. This is a beta release of 1.2, which adds the following features since 1.1 : XSLT functions for in memory...
by nickorr | Jun 9, 2011 | Uncategorised
I think we’re at the point of having a final beta with RefreshFM, our FileMaker update automator. I’ve made beta 5 available for download today. This version fixes a lot of the issues with regards to opening and closing RfM and restarting a solution. A lot...
by nickorr | Jun 9, 2011 | Uncategorised
A minor BaseElements update is available today. I’ve had a flow of small feature requests and minor fixes since the last release, most of which have been able to be done quickly. So this release packages those together into a public build. I was not sure if to...
by nickorr | May 20, 2011 | Uncategorised
Since posting my Layout and TO creation scripts only just last night I’ve already got an updated version for the Layout creation that works around the 6 second pause issue. In this version I fixed a couple of bugs, added extra tell blocks and some other pauses...
by nickorr | May 19, 2011 | Uncategorised
I’m always very wary of adding features to either BaseElements or RefreshFM that are locked to a single platform or require external applications to make work. In my mind all of our applications should be completely self contained and not rely on other...
by nickorr | May 19, 2011 | Uncategorised
Just a note to let everyone know I’ve posted a minor update to RefreshFM already. I considered it minor enough that I haven’t incremented the version number just yet, it remains at 1.1b3. The only changes are : Added a default backup folder. I’ve...
by nickorr | May 18, 2011 | Uncategorised
I’ve just sent out a 30 day discounted upgrade offer to people who have purchased BaseElements 1 or 2. If you own an older version of BE and don’t receive the codes, please get in touch and I’ll make sure to get you on the right list and get the...
by nickorr | May 13, 2011 | Uncategorised
It’s been a long time coming, but we’ve finally got a new release of UpdateManager ready. Actually strike that because the product previously known as UpdateManager has finally got a real name, not just a description. Welcome RefreshFM. This release is a...
by nickorr | May 12, 2011 | Uncategorised
Another update to our BaseElements filemaker plugin. This version adds MD5 and SHA hashing functions. This is still an alpha release, we’re looking to add zip and unzip functions as well as a couple of other minor changes and additions before it becomes final....
