Monthly Archives: December 2014

FM Function of the Week: Count

December 30, 2014  |   by Adam Aronson, President & Founder

If there’s a theme, or worse, a monotonous repetition to my descriptions of FileMaker’s many functions, it’s probably the bit where I say “this function isn’t complicated, but you can do cool stuff with it.” While I could possibly try … Continue reading →

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Old-Timey Insult Generator

December 23, 2014  |   by Adam Aronson, President & Founder

December is a season of giving, and insults are something one can give. So I’m giving you an insult-giving database. (I wouldn’t bother trying to parse out that logic, it’s just a flimsy pretext.) Lest you get too up-in-arms about … Continue reading →

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FM Function of the Week: GetNthRecord

December 16, 2014  |   by Adam Aronson, President & Founder

In FileMaker the current record, that is the record you’re currently viewing at any given moment, is the center of the universe. Very nearly everything you can see or derive is in that record or somehow related to it. This is … Continue reading →

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FM Function of the Week: TextStyleAdd

December 2, 2014  |   by Adam Aronson, President & Founder

Finding a happy place in text formatting isn’t always as simple as you might think. Sure, plain, black on white text gets dull, but we’ve all seen embellishments get out of hand when somebody combines bold, underline, and strikethrough. But … Continue reading →

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