PDF Thumbnails in FileMaker 14
“It is a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma but perhaps there is a key. The key is how you get the PDF into the container field, and which platform and FM version you use to accomplish this.”...
View ArticleFM 14: Separation Aggregation Aggravation revisited
Four years ago I posted the original version of this article, exploring a technique that worked fine in FM 11, but that broke and required extensive work arounds in FM 12 and 13. What you’re about to...
View ArticleFM 14: Separation Model Data Mining
Note: Interface file #1 requires FM 14 or later; interface file #2 works with FM 12 or later. What do you get when you combine the Separation Model + FM 14 placeholder text + ExecuteSQL + a...
View ArticleReciprocal Linkage
Challenge: in a multiuser document management system, facilitate the linking (and unlinking) of any document with any other. Make it clear which documents are linked to the current document, and make...
View ArticleReciprocal Linkage, part 2
This is a quick follow up to last week’s article on reciprocal (bi-directional) linking, and will assume the reader is familiar with that material. Paul Jansen of APJ Computing Solutions sent in a...
View ArticleReciprocal Linkage, part 3
Note: Leaner does not always mean faster, especially if record counts will be large… in which case I would recommend going with the approach discussed in part 2. [3 Jan 2018: demo updated to version...
View ArticleExcel Exports using XML and XSLT
Editor’s note: Once again it is an honor and a privilege to present an in-depth guest article written by Beverly Voth. This is a follow-up to the User-Friendly Excel Exports series by Kevin Frank, but...
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