by nickorr | Apr 25, 2007 | Uncategorised
In developing our BaseElements product we had to develop an intimate knowledge of the Database Design Report ( DDR for short ) that you can produce from FileMaker Pro Advanced. However BaseElements isn’t the only reason you might want to know what the DDR...
by nickorr | Apr 24, 2007 | Uncategorised
FileMaker Tip of the Day. Quite often when creating printed layouts, you need to have layout objects that change according to some specific set of circumstances. This means in FileMaker Pro that you need to create a calculation field that you then put on the layout....
by nickorr | Mar 2, 2007 | Uncategorised
As I type BaseElements 1.0.5 is being uploaded to the servers in time for a proper release announcement later today. Although this is only a 1.0.5 release there are some neat features included. First and foremost is a Runtime version of BE. This was something that was...
by nickorr | Feb 23, 2007 | Uncategorised
A few people who’ve been using BaseElements have commented to me on the usefulness of the back and forward buttons. It’s something I quite often implement in solutions I’ve developed, and I think it’s particularly suited to something like...
by nickorr | Feb 19, 2007 | Uncategorised
The 2007 FileMaker Developer Conference is being held this year in Orlando Florida from 5th August. Although this isn’t the first year someone from Goya has been to the conference, it’s the first year we’ve had a product to sell. So we’re proud...
by nickorr | Jan 27, 2007 | Uncategorised
We’re proud to annouce that we’ve released a version 1.0 of BaseElements. It’s taken a little while longer than we expected, but it’s here at last. Get your download and your demo code too. The feedback we’ve got so far during the beta...
by nickorr | Jan 12, 2007 | Uncategorised
There is a neat option in FileMaker Pro when you’re hosting files from FileMaker Server, that allows you to update any plugin files you’re using from the server. What’s very helpful with this is that you can update a plugin and replace an active...
by nickorr | Dec 14, 2006 | Uncategorised
I expect to add a few FileMaker Pro tips and tricks to this Blog over time, and so here is the first of many : Previously in v6 and before, if you resized a window in file before closing it (in single user mode) it would remember that window size when you re-opened it...
by nickorr | Dec 13, 2006 | Uncategorised
BaseElements is now publicly available and ready for download. Grab yourself a copy, make sure you have a demo code and send us any feedback.
by nickorr | Dec 12, 2006 | Uncategorised
My previous article listed all of the fonts that are common to both Windows XP and MacOS X. This time I’ll look at how both platforms display the standard fonts in FileMaker Pro. Does Experience match reality? If you’d asked me before I’d actually...
