FileMaker Pro 12 adds new accessibility features that make it much easier for the blind and visually impaired to use FileMaker Pro.  Our FileMaker Pro solutions often show us how to use them.  New tools in FileMaker Pro 12 allow developers to make your applications “show” blind and visually impaired users how to use through […]

by Kirk Bowman of MightyData

FileMaker Server is the primary tool for monitoring and enhancing the performance of FileMaker solutions. FileMaker Server 12 provides new features to increase the ability of the database administrator or developer to create the best experience for the users. In […]

Chad Adams, Skeleton Key, hosted FM Academy’s first bonus topic webinar in the 12 Days of FileMaker 12 series, on May 22nd.

The topic – Window Styles:

Enhancements to the New Window script step will give developers much more control over new windows and their behavior. This webinar presented […]

Tim Neudecker, from Kyo Logic, hosted FM Academy’s twelfth webinar in the 12 Days of FileMaker 12 series, on May 17th.

The topic – Moving to FileMaker 12:

Sub Topics Include:
• Test your existing solution with FileMaker 12
• How to Convert your existing solution to FileMaker 12

Sameer Khan, from Anvil Dataworks, hosted the academy’s eleventh webinar in the 12 Days of FileMaker 12 Series, on May 15th.

During the presentation, Sameer covered the new Script Triggers and 2 new functions associated with them.

Topic – Script Trigger Enhancements:

New triggers –

OnFirstWindowOpen
OnLastWindowClosed
[…]

Greg Lane, Skeleton Key, hosted FM Academy’s tenth webinar in the 12 Days of FileMaker 12 series, on May 10th.

The topic – ExecuteSQL:

FileMaker 12 adds a dozen new functions, including the much anticipated ExecuteSQL, some Location functions for iOS devices, new ID functions, a set […]

by Anders Monsen of MightyData

One Tuesday, May 8, I had the privilege to present the new calculation functions in FileMaker 12. This was the eighth webinar in the 12 Days of FileMaker 12 series by FM Academy.

There are over a dozen new functions in FileMaker 12, several of which […]

By Colin Keefe, IT Solutions Consulting

On Thursday May 9, it was my pleasure to walk through several new features in FileMaker Server 12, mainly concentrating on backups and remote container data storage.  We wrapped at the 40 minute mark with plenty of time for questions – and boy, there were many.  This review is […]

Sameer Khan, of Anvil Dataworks, hosted FM Academy’s seventh webinar in the 12 Days of FileMaker 12 series, on May 1. The Topic – Design Surface Behavior Changes:

As files are converted to the new version of FileMaker, we will notice changes to the layout appearance.  Objects will use the default themes of […]

FileMaker 12 brings new features to container fields. In this webinar we presented several new features and showed how we could use them to design better applications.

Most important among the new tools are:

Externally stored container data: Reduce the size of your databases and stream data to users for faster performance.

Validation For Container […]