Progress Bars in FileMaker

Andy Persons, from Excelisys, has created an amazing free tool that helps you easily add Progress Bars to your FileMaker solutions.

Download the free sample file here:
http://www.excelisys.com/blog/2014/08/28/filemaker-pro-13-tip-n-trick-v3-filemaker-pro-progress-bar/

Download the FileMaker Pro 13 Video Training Course here:
http://www.learningfilemaker.com

Richard Carlton Consulting, Inc. provides customized database development services for business, government, and non-profit organizations. Our core competency is FileMaker Pro, where we hold FileMaker’s highest certifications. With a team of 27 staff, we are capable of deploying both small and large solutions for a wide variety of customers. We service all modern versions of FileMaker Pro, FileMaker Server, and FileMaker Go (for the iPad and iPhone). We also deploy FileMaker databases to the web, and offer PHP/Web Development, iOS Programming, FileMaker Server Support, and Hosting Services.

http://www.rcconsulting.com/

Please feel free to contact us at support@rcconsulting.com

This video is a demo of Geist Interactive’s GoDraw application. It allows an iPad user to draw with their finger directly in a FileMaker Go solution!

Purchase GoDraw from Geist Interactive here:
https://www.geistinteractive.com/products/filemaker-drawing-tool-godraw/?giref=1

Download FM Starting Point here:
http://www.fmstartingpoint.com

Download the FileMaker Pro 13 Video Training Course here:
http://www.learningfilemaker.com

Richard Carlton Consulting, Inc. provides customized database development services for business, government, and non-profit organizations. Our core competency is FileMaker Pro, where we hold FileMaker’s highest certifications. With a team of 27 staff, we are capable of deploying both small and large solutions for a wide variety of customers. We service all modern versions of FileMaker Pro, FileMaker Server, and FileMaker Go (for the iPad and iPhone). We also deploy FileMaker databases to the web, and offer PHP/Web Development, iOS Programming, FileMaker Server Support, and Hosting Services.

http://www.rcconsulting.com/

Please feel free to contact us at support@rcconsulting.com

What is FileMaker?

In this overview video, Richard Carlton, CEO of Richard Carlton Consulting, Inc. discusses the FileMaker software platform.

FileMaker Pro is a cross-platform relational database application from FileMaker Inc. that integrates a database engine with a GUI-based interface, allowing users to modify the database to fit their needs.

Richard Carlton Consulting, Inc. provides customized database development services for business, government, and non-profit organizations. Our core competency is FileMaker Pro, where we hold FileMaker’s highest certifications. With a team of 27 staff, we are capable of deploying both small and large solutions for a wide variety of customers. We service all modern versions of FileMaker Pro, FileMaker Server, and FileMaker Go (for the iPad and iPhone). We also deploy FileMaker databases to the web, and offer PHP/Web Development, iOS Programming, FileMaker Server Support, and Hosting Services.

http://www.rcconsulting.com/

Please feel free to contact us at support@rcconsulting.com

New in FM Starting Point version 4.1 is a sales followup system. This powerful addition gives users the ability to notate when they would like to next contact a person, as well as assign a specific staff to perform the followup. This new feature implements some of the latest cool features in FileMaker Pro 13.

Want to learn FileMaker Pro?
http://www.rcconsulting.com/FMPro-Training/index.html

Looking “under the hood” at FileMaker’s starter solutions is a great way for beginning developers to learn how to develop a FileMaker database. The Invoice starter solution is actually built for intermediate to advanced developers. There are some complex features and functions under the hood that we will take a look at.

Want to learn FileMaker Pro?
http://www.rcconsulting.com/FMPro-Training/index.html

 

360Works’ RemoteScripter

360Works has an amazing plugin called RemoteScripter. This allows a user to have FileMaker Server ask FileMaker Pro to run a script. It is very powerful and grants some heavily desired functionality to this awesome product.

Want to learn FileMaker Pro?
http://www.rcconsulting.com/FMPro-Training/index.html

Richard Carlton Consulting, Inc. provides customized database development services for business, government, and non-profit organizations. Our core competency is FileMaker Pro, where we hold FileMaker’s highest certifications. With a team of 27 staff, we are capable of deploying both small and large solutions for a wide variety of customers. We service all modern versions of FileMaker Pro, FileMaker Server, and FileMaker Go (for the iPad and iPhone). We also deploy FileMaker databases to the web, and offer PHP/Web Development, iOS Programming, FileMaker Server Support, and Hosting Services.

Looking “under the hood” at FileMaker’s starter solutions is a great way for beginning developers to learn how to develop a FileMaker database. There are also some unique ways on how to perform various functions.

Want to learn FileMaker Pro?
http://www.rcconsulting.com/FMPro-Training/index.html

Richard Carlton Consulting, Inc. provides customized database development services for business, government, and non-profit organizations. Our core competency is FileMaker Pro, where we hold FileMaker’s highest certifications. With a team of 27 staff, we are capable of deploying both small and large solutions for a wide variety of customers. We service all modern versions of FileMaker Pro, FileMaker Server, and FileMaker Go (for the iPad and iPhone). We also deploy FileMaker databases to the web, and offer PHP/Web Development, iOS Programming, FileMaker Server Support, and Hosting Services.

Looking “under the hood” at FileMaker’s starter solutions is a great way for beginning developers to learn how to develop a FileMaker database. There are also some unique ways on how to perform various functions.

Want to learn FileMaker Pro?
http://www.rcconsulting.com/FMPro-Training/index.html

Richard Carlton Consulting, Inc. provides customized database development services for business, government, and non-profit organizations. Our core competency is FileMaker Pro, where we hold FileMaker’s highest certifications. With a team of 27 staff, we are capable of deploying both small and large solutions for a wide variety of customers. We service all modern versions of FileMaker Pro, FileMaker Server, and FileMaker Go (for the iPad and iPhone). We also deploy FileMaker databases to the web, and offer PHP/Web Development, iOS Programming, FileMaker Server Support, and Hosting Services.

http://www.rcconsulting.com/

Please feel free to contact us at support@rcconsulting.com

Converting your database from a .fp7 format to a .fmp12 format is a snap! However, there are a few things to look out for when converting your file.

Additional Resources:

KB Conversion checklist (contains the list of what changes and pointers to the other KB articles on conversion):
http://help.filemaker.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/10261

Conversion step by step:
http://help.filemaker.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/10571

Conversion overview in FM12 help:
http://www.filemaker.com/help/12/fmp/html/fmp_basics.3.10.html#1073169

Richard Carlton Consulting, Inc. provides customized database development services for business, government, and non-profit organizations. Our core competency is FileMaker Pro, where we hold FileMaker’s highest certifications. With a team of 27 staff, we are capable of deploying both small and large solutions for a wide variety of customers. We service all modern versions of FileMaker Pro, FileMaker Server, and FileMaker Go (for the iPad and iPhone). We also deploy FileMaker databases to the web, and offer PHP/Web Development, iOS Programming, FileMaker Server Support, and Hosting Services.

http://www.rcconsulting.com/

Please feel free to contact us at support@rcconsulting.com

A quick look at the most recommended book for new and upcoming FileMaker developers – David Kachel’s White Paper for FMP Novices, highly recommended by Richard Carlton Consulting RCC.

Download this at:
http://www.foundationdbs.com/downloads.html

Richard Carlton Consulting, Inc. provides customized database development services for business, government, and non-profit organizations. Our core competency is FileMaker Pro, where we hold FileMaker’s highest certifications. With a team of 27 staff, we are capable of deploying both small and large solutions for a wide variety of customers. We service all modern versions of FileMaker Pro, FileMaker Server, and FileMaker Go (for the iPad and iPhone). We also deploy FileMaker databases to the web, and offer PHP/Web Development, iOS Programming, FileMaker Server Support, and Hosting Services.

http://www.rcconsulting.com/

Please feel free to contact us at support@rcconsulting.com