Co-founder and co-owner of 24U s.r.o. (www.24uSoftware.com), developing FileMaker and AppleScript solutions since 1991. Expanding the area of FileMaker Pro's development and usage simplicity via plug-ins. FileMaker Certified Developer and a member of FileMaker Business Alliance, leading a team of 8 plug-in and solution developers to provide high quality developer tools and custom development services.
When I was preparing a sample file for the How To Prevent Support Calls video I wanted to make it as cool as possible, so I decided to optimize it for FileMaker Go. I quickly discovered that I need a plug-in free alternative for the progress dialog. I wanted something nice looking while still...
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Do you use FileMaker plug-in? Why? Let's try something. Stop reading now, scroll down to the Comments section and answer these two questions. I am seriously curious about your answers. Then scroll back up and read the rest of this article. While only hours are remaining for the new SimpleDialog to get released, let me tell you one more story. Back at the time when FileMaker Pro 6 was a hot new product, I attended my first FileMaker DevCon and showed SimpleDialog to other developers. Some of them were really excited. But I was surprised how many developers told me they intentionally avoid using plug-ins. Although there are now many powerful plug-ins available and some "avoiders" changed their minds, the number of people who hesitate to use plug-ins is still high.
After being silent for a while, busy preparing a new product launch, I am now back and cannot wait to tell you what you all probably guessed already. Pssst, rumors have that an all new SimpleDialog is rolling out. But before I confirm or deny the rumors, I have a story for you. You should read it especially if you don't use any dialog plug-in yet. It's a real story about a real customer. A story about how we (24U) could easily prevent a lot of support calls. If we only used our own product...
Over a year has passed since the FileMaker 10 family of products was released. Do you still hesitate to upgrade? I am constantly meeting customers who have not yet upgraded to the latest version of FileMaker Pro and FileMaker Server, so I have decided to share my top ten reasons why "ten" is so great...
Ever had a trouble getting FileMaker Pro convert text to date reliably? Last week I was helping my colleague to debug a solution that seemed to be swapping month/day values in some cases. When I checked the issue in detail I discovered a strange behavior in FileMaker's calculation engine. Although...
I am preparing a 10minute demo for a press conference where I will be showing FileMaker to journalists who have never seen it and have no idea what it is about.After a short brainstorming on Twitter I have come to the following idea as a workflow to show how cool FileMaker is: Setup a database for...
