It is with much enthusiasm that the KERMAC company, based in Lyon and led by Martial Le Boulch, joins the Direct Impact Solutions team. Under this new partnership, effective as of Monday, August 19, 2019, the Direct Impact Solutions team will manage all custom FileMaker application development projects for Kermac customers. Kermac’s resources join the …
Integrating a Google Chart API with a FileMaker Solution A Google chart API can be integrated easily with FileMaker Pro using just the WebViewer. This simple approach can be accomplished in minutes and has few moving parts. First, here is the wide array of Google charts available. There are simple charts like bar graphs and …
Every year, FileMaker (newly reborn as Claris) recognizes FileMaker Business Alliance (FBA) partners who have demonstrated an impressive level of professionalism in using FileMaker® software to deliver excellent solutions to their customers. The FileMaker Excellence Award winners are chosen from over 1,000 FBA partners worldwide. This year, Direct Impact Solutions was honored to receive a FileMaker Excellence …
In keeping with our commitment to the global FileMaker community, Direct Impact is proud to sponsor the 2019 FileMaker DevCon, which will be held August 5-8 in Orlando, Florida. A delegation of 8 Direct Impact Solutions employees will represent us at this year’s conference. Direct Impact Solutions is presenting three sessions: FileMaker in Action – …
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A new bug with FileMaker 18’s Send Mail script step has come up recently. This bug only occurs when sending email via SMTP server. It also only happens when using Gmail’s SMTP service. The bug is apparent when users attempting to Send Mail via SMTP encounter this pop-up: If the user selects “Connect,” the email …
While the Loop script step has been around since FileMaker 6, and recursive custom functions have been around since FileMaker 7, a native loop function that could be used within a calculation has remained a long awaited feature, until now! The New ‘While’ Function in FileMaker 18 The ‘While’ function looks a lot like the ‘Let’ function …
Using a web viewer to display FileMaker data is one of the easiest and most versatile ways to enhance the functionality of your FileMaker app. Implementing this the right way is key to making sure your web viewer doesn’t “break” down the road. Displaying Data the Wrong Way A common way to display data is to use …
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Have you ever run into issues with PDFs not displaying in FileMaker Pro? Does your interactive container field show a loading bar or empty box when you know the field contains a PDF? I’ve run into this issue in two different environments, and found that there can be two different causes. In this blog I’ll …
With the release of FileMaker 16 came the Card Windows feature, one that I’m still really excited about – seriously! In this post we’ll be covering their ability to display layouts from external files. Displaying layouts from another file using card windows can be accomplished in two ways, depending on what type of information you …
With the long list of new features being released in FileMaker Pro 17, one item that piqued the interest of my inner geek was this new function: Get(UUIDNumber). This new function is useful because now you can store your UUIDs in a Number data-typed field instead of having to use a Text data-typed field. My …
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