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FileMaker Trends

An experiment in adding to the rather meagre amount of information available regarding the state of the FileMaker market.

April 11, 2011

SimplePlugin

FileMaker Plug-in template.

October 15, 2010

FMS Control

An OS X preference pane for starting and stopping a FileMaker 11 Server.

July 1, 2010

log4fm

log4j style logging for FileMaker databases.

June 11, 2010

Admin Server Uptime

One way to obtain the uptime for the Admin server.

June 4, 2010

Documentation Error for WeekOfYear Function

The documentation for the FileMaker WeekOfYear function incorrectly gives the return value as 6 for an input date of April 2, 2010.

February 26, 2010

Create Contacts in the OS X Address Book

An example file demonstrating how to add entries to the Address Book on OS X from FileMaker using AppleScript.

January 24, 2010

dotURL Example

dotURL Example is a sample database that demonstrates the creation of .url (Windows Internet shortcut) files from within FileMaker.

January 12, 2010

Adding a Custom Executable to the FileMaker 10 Example Plug-in Project on OS X

This screen capture demonstrates adding FileMaker to the example plug-in project as a Custom Executable so that it is possible to use Xcode for debugging when a debug build of the plug-in is loaded in FileMaker.

December 31, 2009

Compiling the FileMaker 10 Example Plug-in on Snow Leopard

Trying to compile the example FileMaker plug-in that ships with FileMaker Pro 10 Advanced on Snow Leopard fails due to a couple of errors: it's looking for old SDKs. This brief screen capture demonstrates modifying the project so that it compiles for OS X 10.5 and 10.6 (Intel).

December 26, 2009


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