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How to Draft a Text Message from FileMaker Go

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Some of you may know that most iOS apps have a URL scheme. These URL schemes can be accessed anywhere on your iPhone, so long as you can open a URL.

For those of you who don’t know what a URL scheme is, let me explain.

For this article, I’m assuming that you have a basic understanding of scripts and calculations within the FileMaker platform.

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33 Uses for the Concealed Edit Box | FileMaker Examples

33 Uses for the Concealed Edit Box | FileMaker Examples | Learning Claris FileMaker | Scoop.it

FileMaker 15 platform has been released and with it we have seen the introduction of the ‘Concealed Edit Box’.

You can use the concealed edit box to hide sensitive information you don’t want displayed on your screen. Characters you enter are masked by a “•” symbol.

The main use developers will have for the concealed edit box will be for data such as passwords and credit card information. However there are many other potential uses for the concealed edit box.

Here are 33 potential uses for the Concealed Edit Box:

 

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Encrypting FileMaker Files

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In FileMaker you can encrypt database files by using the Database Encryption feature of FileMaker Pro Advanced ( you cannot encrypt a file using FileMaker Pro, you need the Advanced copy ).

Encryption protects FileMaker database files from unauthorized access while the files are being stored on disk.

Temporary files that are created by encrypted files are also encrypted.

 

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Create Your Own FileMaker 14 Icons | FileMaker Examples

Create Your Own FileMaker 14 Icons | FileMaker Examples | Learning Claris FileMaker | Scoop.it
In FileMaker 14 there is a new icon setting for all buttons and button bars. It enables you to insert an icon ‘into’ the button rather than have a separate image hovering over the button; like many of my own solutions used to.

This is pretty cool as you don’t have to mess around aligning images with your buttons! FileMaker ‘inserts’ the icon into the button and it behaves as part of the button text.

You can position the icon to the left of any text, or to the right, or just have the icon by itself.

They have also given users the ability to specify the colour of this icon in normal, hover, pressed and in focus modes! FileMaker have created a decent amount of icons to play with to cover a range of topics.

However, there isn’t quite enough.

 

At least; not for me  (Sam) anyway!

 

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Using Conditional Formatting | FileMaker Examples

Conditional formatting is a way you can format layout objects to change automatically when they meet specified conditions.

 

For example, you can use conditional formatting to automatically display balances that are over 30 days past due in bold, red text.

Conditional formatting settings affect only the way data is displayed or printed, not how data is stored in the database.

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FileMaker Magazine Updated Certification Study - FileMaker Examples

FileMaker Magazine Updated Certification Study - FileMaker Examples | Learning Claris FileMaker | Scoop.it

Complimenting the recent release of the FileMaker 15 platform, FileMaker Magazine have updated their Certification Study file.

This is a great file for anyone looking to take the certification exam. You can download it to your iPad or Desktop.

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Reduce Scanned Document File Sizes For Your Containers | FileMaker

Reduce Scanned Document File Sizes For Your Containers | FileMaker | Learning Claris FileMaker | Scoop.it
Is your database becoming much larger than expected? Does the database use a lot of container fields? This could be caused by users scanning documents incorrectly.

I know what you’re thinking; this isn’t strictly FileMaker related. However I will explain.

A client contacted me recently complaining that the system I had written for him was too large and it was taking up too much disk space. This was supposed to be a small system, so it was an unexpected complaint.

After a very small investigation I found that the container data was using 200GB of disk space! This was due to users scanning documents to a very high, and unnecessary, quality. This made the scanned documents much larger than they needed to be and in turn, the FileMaker system.

This is a very simple problem to fix.
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