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FileMaker Developer Conference 2008

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Whether you’re new to FileMaker or have been developing advanced solutions for years, be sure to join us at DevCon 2008, 13th-17th July in Phoenix, AZ. You’ll learn about new technologies, bridge the gaps in your solution development skill set and discover what’s on the horizon with future versions of FileMaker software. Choose from more than 80 sessions and workshops and network with over 1,000 other FileMaker developers. Save $200 if you register early, by 16th May 2008.

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Educated Tea Makers!

FileMaker has launched phase one of the “Educated Tea Makers – Research examining IT skills from school to work” report which surveyed over 1,000 recent school leavers and graduates to reveal that a new generation of IT literate workers are entering the workplace with business oriented IT application skills but find they are unable to use these skills on the job.

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New to databases?

Get the database basics

Do you know someone who could benefit from using a database? Introduce them to databases by sending them this new article that gives an overview of databases for Windows, Mac and the Web.

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Download the NEW FileMaker Technical Resource Kit

Get the tools you need to help build better and more advanced FileMaker 9 solutions with the FileMaker Technical Resource Kit. You’ll receive in-depth modules on working with layouts, creating reports and writing scripts. You’ll also get exercises, demo files and videos to enhance your learning experience! The modules are samples from the FileMaker Training Series for FileMaker 9. These self-paced learning materials cover a comprehensive set of topics that provide the building blocks for successful FileMaker solution development.

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Tips and Tricks

Valuable Value List Tips

Stuart Gripman, Crooked Arm Consulting
I like making databases. I enjoy the challenges my customers bring to me with each project. I really really don't care for data entry, however. Few people do, I expect. Data entry can be a protracted exercise in tedium, prone to error and apathy. Yet the garbage in, garbage out axiom remains; a database is only as good as the information you can get out of it. One of the most popular ways to simplify and standardise data input is to use drop-down lists, buttons, checkboxes, and the like. By letting the user select the desired information without typing it every time, you take the edge off some of that drudgery and get higher data quality, too. Here are a few of my favourite value list tips.

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Guest Trainer Spotlight

Delete files using Export Field Contents

By Cris Ippolilte, iSolutions
In a script routine where you export or save a file to a location based on a path set in a variable, you can end up with a lot of documents messing up the user’s workstation.

Files can in fact be deleted using the Export Field Contents script step. That step is typically intended to output the contents of a single field from a single record, such as when you want to retrieve the contents of a container field. However, if you specify a file path/name for output (either explicitly or by a variable reference) and DO NOT select a field to export, that file, if it exists, will be deleted from the user’s workstation.

For example by adding the Export Field Contents script step after the Send Mail step, you can “clean up” after yourself by removing the PDF email attachment after the handling action has performed. For more details and a sample file visit www.isolutionstraining.com/tips.html

Made for FileMaker

Change Printer plug-in from Productive Computing
The Change Printer plug-in allows you to automatically change printers within your scripts. Learn more >

Dragon Web Surveys 8.0 from FM::Nexus
Completely rebuilt with the fully integrated PHP capabilities in FileMaker Server 9, Dragon Web Surveys 8.0 now leverages the industrial strength, standard PHP language for increased reliability and unique competitive features.
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PeopleWerks from DataWerks Limited
PeopleWerks allows districts to centralise the personnel data on all employees, contractors and volunteers while sharing the data amongst departments, buildings and staff members.
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