FileMaker Or…
I don’t spend a lot of time on FileMaker’s TechNet. Usually when I am looking for a FileMaker answer I go to FMForums. I’ve been using that web site for over a decade, so it’s just natural for me to
FileMaking 4: Common Functions
Here’s a republication of the fourth article in my FileMaking series from About This Particular Macintosh. Common Functions Last month, we continued our education about FileMaker calculations, introducing the flexibility that FileMaker offers: Many built-in functions can be used to
FileMaking 10: FileMaker 9
FileMaker 9 Although our last article covered FileMaker 8.5, in that lengthy interim, a new version of FileMaker has been released, pushing the version number up to 9. FileMaker Pro 9 is available for $299, or $179 to upgrade from
FileMaking 11: Getting Relational
Getting Relational FileMaker is described as a relational database. Most of us have at least an intuitive idea of what a database is. While we covered the relational aspect in some detail in the first column, we’re going to look
FileMaking 9: FileMaker 8.5
FileMaker 8.5 This month we’ll take a break from the tutorials on scripting that we’ve been in the midst of, because FileMaker, Inc. has released a new version of their product, version 8.5. FileMaker Pro 8.5 is available for $299,
FileMaking 3: Calculations in Depth
The third article in my series for About This Particular Macintosh.
FileMaker Dictionary
Elsewhere on the intertubes there have been a few techniques for implementing dictionaries in FileMaker. If you aren’t familiar with them, dictionaries (known in some languages as associative arrays or maps) allow the storage of key/value pairs. I’ve come across
FileMaking 2: Fields and Calculations
Article number 2 from the original About This Particular Macintosh series. Note that although 90% of this article is still relevant to FileMaker 12, some information is obsolete, especially with the introduction of script variables in FileMaker 8. Fields and
Custom Function Rules
In the near future I plan to publish a few articles about some FileMaker custom function sets that are pretty complicated, on the same order of complexity as the AssignParams set I recently wrote about. With that in mind, my
Custom Function Namespace Experiment
After writing the blog post about funciton scripting, the original author of the technique, Alexander Zueiv, was kind enough to comment on the article. He mentioned the possible problem of script variable name conflicts, and I agree, and eventually I’ll