Every year, FileMaker (newly reborn as Claris) recognizes FileMaker Business Alliance (FBA) partners who have demonstrated an impressive level of professionalism in using FileMaker® software to deliver excellent solutions to their customers. The FileMaker Excellence Award winners are chosen from over 1,000 FBA partners worldwide. This year, Direct Impact Solutions was honored to receive a FileMaker Excellence …
In keeping with our commitment to the global FileMaker community, Direct Impact is proud to sponsor the 2019 FileMaker DevCon, which will be held August 5-8 in Orlando, Florida. A delegation of 8 Direct Impact Solutions employees will represent us at this year’s conference. Direct Impact Solutions is presenting three sessions: FileMaker in Action – …
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A new bug with FileMaker 18’s Send Mail script step has come up recently. This bug only occurs when sending email via SMTP server. It also only happens when using Gmail’s SMTP service. The bug is apparent when users attempting to Send Mail via SMTP encounter this pop-up: If the user selects “Connect,” the email …
While the Loop script step has been around since FileMaker 6, and recursive custom functions have been around since FileMaker 7, a native loop function that could be used within a calculation has remained a long awaited feature, until now! The New ‘While’ Function in FileMaker 18 The ‘While’ function looks a lot like the ‘Let’ function …
FileMaker 18 offers a series of new script steps that add native file creation and manipulation to the developer’s toolkit. The utility of these new script steps will be fully realized once people start using them, but right away I can foresee some great use cases. Write records to a text file for import into …
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Today we offer a new minor update to our ever-popular fmMapping Module. If you’re not familiar with it, this is a simple-to-deploy, FileMaker-native module for integrating Google maps with your FileMaker application. It has the ability to map multiple address records on a single Google map, using a web viewer. fmMapping Update The updates today …
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“Do you even Airtable, bruh”? FileMaker, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Apple, is the venerable development platform that’s been improving business efficiency with custom software for more than 30 years. Airtable is a modern database/spreadsheet hybrid, first released in 2012, that’s been well-received in some of the same workplace environments in which FileMaker shines. There is …
Using a web viewer to display FileMaker data is one of the easiest and most versatile ways to enhance the functionality of your FileMaker app. Implementing this the right way is key to making sure your web viewer doesn’t “break” down the road. Displaying Data the Wrong Way A common way to display data is to use …
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How to protect field data from being edited, while still allowing the fields to be selected for copy / paste functionality. One of the features that makes FileMaker so easy to use for field data entry is that there’s typically very low friction between the user and the data. Specifically, fields on a FileMaker layout …
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How to make a single layout in FileMaker that works (and looks good) on both desktop and iPad screens. Creating and maintaining two separate sets of application screens in FileMaker — one for mobile and one for desktop — has always been a pain in the butt. While there are definitely arguments to be made …
