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Applescript Notification from FileMaker

FileMaker developers (and other app developers) are always looking for better ways to communicate information to their users. System level notifications have proven to be an effective way of sendin…

Blurring the Distinction between Schema and Data

The other day I had the privilege and the pleasure to give a POE presentation entitled Runtime Code, a.k.a. Blurring the Distinction between Schema and Data, in the room behind […]

Export .ics Calendar Files – Modular FileMaker

EXPORT ICS CALENDAR FORMAT FILES The purpose of this module and scripts are to export an .ics file for importing into Calendar applications. The scripts anticipate Single Event or Batch event […]

Exporting vCards from FileMaker Pro 13

I wanted a simple method of adding vCard export capability from my FileMaker databases to get Contact information into my Contacts application. This is my first attempt at Modular FileMaker […]

FileMaker Drag & Drop Example File

A tidy example of scripts for drag and drop: the demo shows how to create a grid of buttons without a different script parameters on all the buttons.