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In this Issue:

▪ FileMaker Developer    Conference 2008

▪ New to databases?

▪ 30 Days of Free Training

▪ FileMaker Technical
   Resource Kit

▪ Tips and Tricks

▪ Guest Trainer Spotlight

▪ Made for FileMaker

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FileMaker Developer Conference 2008

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Whether you’re new to FileMaker or have been developing advanced solutions for years, be sure to join us at DevCon 2008, July 13-17 in Phoenix, AZ. You’ll learn about new technologies, bridge the gaps in your solution development skill set and discover what’s on the horizon with future versions of FileMaker software. Choose from more than 80 sessions and workshops and network with over 1,000 other FileMaker developers. Save $200 if you register early, by May 16, 2008.

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New to databases?

Get the database basics

Do you know someone who could benefit from using a database? Introduce them to databases by sending them this new article that gives an overview of databases for Windows, Mac and the Web.

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Get 30 days of free online
video training with VTC

FileMaker online video training is the fast, easy way to learn FileMaker Pro 9 at your own pace. Get 30 days of free access when you download a trial of FileMaker Pro 9. You’ll have the opportunity to view to many FileMaker videos ranging from how to create fields to PHP development. Get started with FileMaker Pro 9 today!

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Download the NEW FileMaker Technical Resource Kit

Get the tools you need to help build better and more advanced FileMaker 9 solutions with the FileMaker Technical Resource Kit. You’ll receive in-depth modules on working with layouts, creating reports and writing scripts. You’ll also get exercises, demo files and videos to enhance your learning experience! The modules are samples from the FileMaker Training Series for FileMaker 9. These self-paced learning materials cover a comprehensive set of topics that provide the building blocks for successful FileMaker solution development.

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Tips and Tricks

Valuable Value List Tips

Stuart Gripman, Crooked Arm Consulting
I like making databases. I enjoy the challenges my customers bring to me with each project. I really really don't care for data entry, however. Few people do, I expect. Data entry can be a protracted exercise in tedium, prone to error and apathy. Yet the garbage in, garbage out axiom remains; a database is only as good as the information you can get out of it. One of the most popular ways to simplify and standardize data input is to use drop-down lists, buttons, checkboxes, and the like. By letting the user select the desired information without typing it every time, you take the edge off some of that drudgery and get higher data quality, too. Here are a few of my favorite value list tips.

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Guest Trainer Spotlight

Delete files using Export Field Contents

By Cris Ippolite, iSolutions
In a script routine where you export or save a file to a location based on a path set in a variable, you can end up with a lot of documents messing up the user’s workstation.

Files can in fact be deleted using the Export Field Contents script step. That step is typically intended to output the contents of a single field from a single record, such as when you want to retrieve the contents of a container field. However, if you specify a file path/name for output (either explicitly or by a variable reference) and DO NOT select a field to export, that file, if it exists, will be deleted from the user’s workstation.

For example by adding the Export Field Contents script step after the Send Mail step, you can “clean up” after yourself by removing the PDF email attachment after the handling action has performed. For more details and a sample file click here: http://www.isolutionstraining.com/tips.html

Cris Ippolite is a FileMaker Training Series Authorized trainer. He offers live public and private onsite classes as well as online training. For more information on iSolutions training upcoming class schedules and other training options click here: http://www.isolutionstraining.com

Made for FileMaker

FM-iCal-Connector from Quart-EDV
Connect your FileMaker Pro database solutions directly to iCal and the new iCal Server from Apple Inc. Create, get, change or delete easily calendars, events or tasks directly out of your database solution. And this works also for the new iCal-Server.
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hs_NonProfit from Hind-Smith.com
Communicate with donors and granting agencies, track financials, create bulk mail and email campaigns, run events or outreach programs, and communicate seamlessly with QuickBooks. The advantage of our solution is that we are able to customize it to fit the exact needs of your organization. If you require specific screens, fields, and reports, we are able to build on our existing solution to give you the exact software tool you need.
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Astro from Troi Automatisering
With Astro you can manage your digital assets, like pictures, images and movies. But also non image project files like for example Excel, Word files etc. can be archived. You can easily create a catalogue of a (part of a) hard disk. Astro uses the search power of FileMaker to find all your catalogued files quickly. So you are able to find your files and go back to work more quickly.
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FileMaker Web
Seminars

Watch the "Variations on Summary Reports in FileMaker Pro 9" web seminar featuring Chris Moyer.

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