MightyNews - November 2011

Hello FileMaker user,

Welcome to our November newsletter. We hope everyone had a happy Halloween and is looking forward to Thanksgiving! Check out the new articles from the MightyData team and the latest FileMaker training events.

As you prepare for the end of the year, please feel free to reach out to us if you need help planning next year's budget or spending this year's. We can help ensure you get the value you deserve.

If you enjoy the content in our newsletter, be sure to check our MightyBlog with inside knowledge from the MightyData team.

5 Important Techniques for Building a Solution in FileMaker Go

Join FM Academy and MightyData for a free webinar on November 10 at 12:00pm EST!

With FileMaker Go, developers can use the power of FileMaker Pro with the flexibility of a mobile device. But with a new platform comes new methods, techniques and expectations. Leveraging the power of FileMaker Go is not just about understanding core development skills but understanding the benefits and limitations of the mobile platform.

Join Martha Zink from MightyData as she discusses 5 Important Techniques for Building a Solution in FileMaker Go. The webinar will focus on the following: Read more...

Further Explorations in SQL for FileMaker

by Anders Monsen

Once you start down the path exploring new features or technologies, often the deeper you dig the more cool stuff you expose. In my first post on SQL and FileMaker I focused simply on pulling and comparing data between tables. There are several advantages to employing SQL in FileMaker: speed and context perhaps the primary ones. While SQL the graph remains clean, as the queries remain inside the script, no additional Table Occurences are required. Read more...

Taming the Virtual List

by Lisette Wilson

Have you ever wanted to create a report in FileMaker, but found it just doesn’t work that way? Perhaps you need to combine disparate data from several tables. Or export data where several records are combined into a single row. Or show totals both “across” and “down”, with a pivot table. Or format an invoice so that a set number of rows appear on each page, with a header and summary totals on every page. With the Virtual List Technique, you can achieve all of these and much more. Read more...

Inside A Developer’s Head: Brainstorming Your Way To The Solution

by Brad Stanford

The assignment was simple: A report is not sorting correctly. Fix it. Easy, right?

Little did I know that by taking this assignment I was about to pull out the pebble that would open up the dam. A deluge of trial and error later, the report was fixed, and I was a more knowledgeable developer. Read more...

Back from the West Coast Tour with Sample Files

by Martha Zink

Last week, I had an amazing time traveling down the West Coast, speaking to enthusiastic and excited user groups in Seattle, Portland, San Francisco, Santa Clara, and Las Vegas. Topics included Snapshot Link, Quick Find, Filtered Portals, Script Triggers, and Charting. Read more...

Email Management: Filing

by Susan Fennema

This is part 2 of a two-part series.

In Part 1, we discussed how managing your emails was like keeping the sink clear. In the meantime, I referred to “filing” emails for future reference. There is no right/wrong way to file emails. It all depends on your personal preferences and workplace rules. Read more...

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