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Creating a Menu Bar App

Nov. 7, 2013 by

So, after years of promising myself I would, I finally created a native Mac OS X app. It’s a simple tool that scratches an itch I had but couldn’t find an adequate existing program for. It’s called YourSleeper and all

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Oct. 31, 2013 by

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FileMaker Custom Function Uses

FileMaker Custom Function Uses

Oct. 1, 2013 by

It’s been almost 10 years since the release of FileMaker 7, and with it, the introduction of custom functions to the developer arsenal. Over the last year or so, I’ve been making ever greater use of this feature, and thought

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FileMaker 12.0v4

Apr. 27, 2013 by

An updater to version 12.0v4 of FileMaker was released today, and even though the installation notes say otherwise, the updater seems to work for both FileMaker Pro and FileMaker Pro Advanced with a single run, which is quite nice. For

FileMaking 8: Script Parameters and Results

FileMaking 8: Script Parameters and Results

Apr. 23, 2013 by

Originally published in July, 2006. Script Parameters and Results Welcome back to FileMaking. This month, we’re going to continue our investigations of FileMaker’s scripting capabilities that we began last month. Now we’ll take a look at two features of ScriptMaker

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Roll Your Own 2: Variables and Data

Apr. 23, 2013 by

Originally published in June, 2002. Variables and Data Welcome back to Roll Your Own as we continue our journey into the magical world of Macintosh programming. Last month we covered the basics of what programming is and even dove right

Roll Your Own 1: The Ultimate Customization

Roll Your Own 1: The Ultimate Customization

Apr. 23, 2013 by

Originally published in May 2002. The Ultimate Customization Hi there! Welcome to the first of what will be a series of articles on the ultimate customization of your Macintosh. I’m not talking about some slew of utilities that will allow

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FileMaking 7: “Real” Programming with FileMaker

Apr. 19, 2013 by

Originally published in June, 2006. “Real” Programming with FileMaker Welcome back to FileMaking, where this month we’ll take a look at scripting in FileMaker, which allows you to turn a FileMaker database into a FileMaker application. FileMaker can be used

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FileMaking 6: Text Parsing with FileMaker

Apr. 19, 2013 by

Originally published in May 2006 Text Parsing With FileMaker Pardon my extended absence from this column. Life just has a way of getting away from one at times, and the work load piles up. But hopefully I’m back to a

FileMaking 5: Welcome to FileMaker 8!

FileMaking 5: Welcome to FileMaker 8!

Aug. 4, 2012 by

Welcome to FileMaker 8! We’re going to take a break this month from our usual tutorials and look at the newest version of FileMaker, which was released last month. Version 8 of FileMaker Pro, FileMaker Pro Advanced, FileMaker Server and