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Animated FileMaker Pop Up Windows

Add a little flair to your FileMaker app with animated pop up windows. Part 1 of 2 I’ve created a sample file to help you add animation to the pop up windows in your FileMaker application. Part 1 of this series provides an overview of the sample file and how it works. In the second […]

FileMaker: Inspector Keyboard Shortcuts

I used to use the keyboard shortcut in previous versions of FileMaker Pro to get to the “object info” window. One of the things I didn’t like about FileMaker Pro 11 is not being able to get to the inspector without using the mouse. Well, I just found out how to get to it without […]

Working in a Live FileMaker Database

‘We work in the live database.’ We hear that all the time but don’t believe most people understand the ramifications. In fact, they’ve probably never even heard of schema locking. In this video, FileMaker Certified Developer Chad Adams walks you through one tricky aspect of schema locking: If you have an auto-entry serial number in […]

Text Parsing in FileMaker Pro 10 – Live Demo Example 1

This live demo begins to wrap up Chad’s series on text parsing by providing a real world example. If this is your first look at series you might want to review each function in more detail. There’s a list of links below to make that a bit easier. Happy Text Parsing! Left functions video. Right […]

Text Parsing in FileMaker Pro 10: The Substitute and GetValue Functions

Chad Adams continues the series of videos on text parsing. The fifth video in this series explains the ‘Substitute’ and ‘GetValue’ functions. The Substitute Function returns a modified version of text, in which every occurrence of searchString has been replaced with replacementString. Chad demonstrates this function with straight forward examples. It should be noted that […]

Text Parsing in FileMaker Pro 10 – The PatternCount Function

FileMaker Certified Developer Chad Adams has prepared a series of short videos that describe the robust text parsing capability available in FileMaker Pro 10. This is the fourth video of that series and covers the PatternCount function. Text functions allow FileMaker Pro to deal with text strings in a meaningful way. A database cannot see […]

Text Parsing in FileMaker Pro 10 – The Middle Functions

FileMaker Certified Developer Chad Adams has prepared a series of short videos that describe the robust text parsing capability available in FileMaker Pro 10. This is the third video of that series and covers the middle functions. Text functions allow FileMaker Pro to deal with text strings in a meaningful way. A database cannot see […]

Text Parsing in FileMaker Pro 10 – The Right Functions

FileMaker Certified Developer Chad Adams has prepared a series of short videos that describe the robust text parsing capability available in FileMaker Pro 10. Join our friend Chad for the video in this series covering the ‘Right-‘ functions. Text functions allow FileMaker Pro to deal with text strings in a meaningful way. A database cannot […]

Text Parsing in FileMaker Pro 10 – The Left Functions

FileMaker Certified Developer Chad Adams has prepared a series of short videos that describe the robust text parsing capability available in FileMaker Pro 10. Text functions allow FileMaker Pro to deal with text strings in a meaningful way. A database cannot see the value in a word or sentence. What it can see is a […]