In keeping with our commitment to the global FileMaker community, Direct Impact is proud to sponsor the 2019 FileMaker DevCon, which will be held August 5-8 in Orlando, Florida. A delegation of 8 Direct Impact Solutions employees will represent us at this year’s conference. Direct Impact Solutions is presenting three sessions: FileMaker in Action – …
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A new bug with FileMaker 18’s Send Mail script step has come up recently. This bug only occurs when sending email via SMTP server. It also only happens when using Gmail’s SMTP service. The bug is apparent when users attempting to Send Mail via SMTP encounter this pop-up: If the user selects “Connect,” the email …
While the Loop script step has been around since FileMaker 6, and recursive custom functions have been around since FileMaker 7, a native loop function that could be used within a calculation has remained a long awaited feature, until now! The New ‘While’ Function in FileMaker 18 The ‘While’ function looks a lot like the ‘Let’ function …
Using a web viewer to display FileMaker data is one of the easiest and most versatile ways to enhance the functionality of your FileMaker app. Implementing this the right way is key to making sure your web viewer doesn’t “break” down the road. Displaying Data the Wrong Way A common way to display data is to use …
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Have you ever run into issues with PDFs not displaying in FileMaker Pro? Does your interactive container field show a loading bar or empty box when you know the field contains a PDF? I’ve run into this issue in two different environments, and found that there can be two different causes. In this blog I’ll …
With the release of FileMaker 16 came the Card Windows feature, one that I’m still really excited about – seriously! In this post we’ll be covering their ability to display layouts from external files. Displaying layouts from another file using card windows can be accomplished in two ways, depending on what type of information you …
With the long list of new features being released in FileMaker Pro 17, one item that piqued the interest of my inner geek was this new function: Get(UUIDNumber). This new function is useful because now you can store your UUIDs in a Number data-typed field instead of having to use a Text data-typed field. My …
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Let’s talk about Iframes. Is there a feature you want to add to your website that you could quickly implement using FileMaker but not using the language your site’s programmed in? You could send users to a WebDirect app, but replicating all of your website’s design elements in FileMaker can be time consuming. Plus, if …
Direct Impact Solutions and Fin Finaud Consultant Inc. are pleased to announce a strategic alliance to consolidate their respective positions in the FileMaker application development market in Quebec. As part of this new business partnership, Direct Impact Solutions is responsible for managing all of Fin Finaud Consultant Inc.’s custom development clients, and Fin Finaud will …
Have you ever been limited by screen real estate in a solution? Have you ever had a field that you thought would only ever have a few words, but users have decided to write an essay? Enter dynamic text resizing in FileMaker. Sometimes the data in a certain field can vary greatly. It is a waste …
