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monkeybreadsoftware in Product Announcements2 days ago

Putting an end to the Server Busy Dialog in FileMaker

When using COM functions in both Xojo and FileMaker, you may have seen this dialog: We saw it a lot recently with WIA for scanning. It's the default dialog for COM for the case a message can't be answered quickly. So with remote method calls, the busy app may not answer to another app quickly, because well, it's busy. The dialog

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techt in Discussions1 day ago

How do you document your solutions?

I've recently been asked to create documentation for a solution we're currently working on. In the past, when the client has been wiling to fund such an endeavor (documentation, especially good documentation, is very time consuming e.i. expensive), we've used actual documents, PDFs, a knowledge-base table in the file, and in the past few years, a

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glenmac45 in Discussions11 hours ago

Why doesn't FM17 automatically open .fm12 files

I had FM16 and FM17 available. If I double clicked on an .fm12 file it would open in FM16. I could open an .fm12 from within FM17, and it would temporarily recognise it as a "recent file". I deleted FM16, and tried to open a .fm12 file by double clicking, and the computer reported that there was no application available to open it. At

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taylorsharpe in Discussions1 day ago

Parking at Devcon 2018

I'm really looking forward to Devcon 2018. I'm fortunate to be from the Dallas area and staying at the hotel. However, several of my team are driving to and from each day. We noticed the Self-Park parking rate at the Gaylord Texas is $22 per day. Do I get a car wash with that? Well, just kidding, but it is kind of a

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user30198 in Discussions17 hours ago

Slick Boolean Checkbox

Hi All - I am chasing down ideas and examples of simple Boolean value layout objects. I want to not use a Check or Tick for a checkbox object on a portal row or layout, they look ugly and I was wondering what others might use? I would love to see some examples if you are willing to sure. I use a lot of Boolean checkboxes for

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DavidThorp in Product Ideas24 hours ago

How I believe native multiple script parameters in FileMaker should work...

This is a long one and does not attempt to take away from others' posts/ideas about this concept, but to refine them. The TL:DR or short version is: Essentially give us a UI and mechanism that provides and documents multiple script parameters basically the same way FM already does this with custom functions. And the

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arnor in Discussions14 hours ago

Detect FMP17 advanced tools

Does anyone know if you can distinguish via calc field if the current user is opening FMP17 with the advanced tools active? Maybe I´m a bit old school, but what I am trying to prevent is any basic user opening the solution on the server with FMP17 with the advanced tools enabled. I want the scripted logon procedure to detect

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