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Generating Sample Data | filemakerhacks

Generating Sample Data Posted on December 1, 2013 by Kevin Frank Print PDF Have you ever wanted to generate sample data for one of your solutions that was random in certain ways, but within a defined...

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FileMaker 13 Popover Button

Another good post on Popover menu's - there are lots of ways to use that great little feature to great effect.   The post FileMaker 13 Popover Button appeared first on FileMakerProGurus.

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ValuePosition: The Function FileMaker Forgot | FileMakerHacks

THE PROPER USE of position functions makes is possible to do all kinds of neat tricks. FileMakerHacks developed an inverse type of function to allow something not natively available in FileMaker: But...

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FileMaker 13 Column Chart on Found Set, revisited | FileMakerHacks

A VERY SLICK WAY to bypass a slow custom function and speed up drawing a chart. The second thing you’ll note is that performance (assuming you’re testing this locally, not on a LAN or WAN) is quite...

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FileMaker: Live Development + “New Record” | FileMakerHacks

AN INTERESTING LOOK at unintended consequences when working on a live FileMaker database by Kevin Franks.  I've experienced occasional problems when doing so and was not able to reproduce them.  It...

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Unicode and FileMaker | FileMakerHacks

I'LL ADMIT IT: I haven't done much translating to and from Unicode. Kevin Franks has, and with an assist from Jeremy Bante, put together a FileMaker utility file with all of the conversions. This...

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Show/Hide Formatting Bar | FileMakerHacks

I HAVE WANTED TO DO THIS A FEW TIMES BEFORE, but never bad enough to pursue a solution: Have you ever wanted to have a script toggle the Formatting Bar on/off in browse mode? If so, you will discover...

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Breaking Bad FileMaker Reports

  Here's an interesting twist on the usual from FileMakerHacks.  As most developers soon figure out, the best way to display/print reports in FileMaker is to start with the proper context.  For...

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De-Duplicate Within A Found Set Of Records

Ralph Learmont gets top billing from Kevin Frank for his script that quickly de-dupes a found set and returns the remains of the found set when finished.   And the best part:  The script is completely...

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Duplicate records in FileMaker Within A Set Of Records

If you've been developing in FileMaker for any length of time, you've probably visited FileMakerHacks.com.  Kevin Frank's website delves into very creative hacks to make the impossible happen.  Then...

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