We just released Clip Manager 3.0.
We would like to thank all beta testers for the feedback we received during over the last couple of months.
Check out the Clip Manager product page here or download the new release.
We just released a maintenance update for our PrinterSwitch plug-in.
Version 1.7.2 fixes a Windows-only issue: it was reported that on some rare Windows XP installations the plug-in could cause a crash at FileMaker startup. The issue has been fixed in this release.
We sometimes get requests from customers to implement drag-and-drop in our solutions, for selecting certain records, e.g. you want to select a nice beer and add it to you order. This week's example shows a simple technique to use drag-and-drop functionality to select a record and drag it to another record to create a link between them.
The first thing you have to do is to give the images in the container the same name as the id for the record. So for record 1 we are going to store a picture with 1.png in the container field, for record 2, 2.png etc ...
Now we can use simple auto enter functions, to get the id from of the name of the container data.
Download the example file here.
SHpartners just received a "FileMaker Excellence Award for FBA Business Partner of the Year" at DevCon.
Obviously we are very proud 
7 myFMbutler 'butlers' will attend FileMaker DevCon in Phoenix, AZ this year.
As in previous years, myFMbutler will have a booth were we will be showcasing our products. Be sure to stop by our booth and ask us about the special DevCon promotions.
We just released a public beta of Clip Manager 3.0, our popular tool that lets you take control of the FileMaker clipboard. It allows you to store FileMaker fields, tables, scripts, script steps, custom functions and layout objects in an easy-to-use library.
What's new in version 3.0?
Clip Manager 3.0 will be available later this year for EUR 59,- or about USD 92,- for a cross-platform license that allows simultaneous use of the product on a Mac and a Windows machine, and EUR 199,- or about USD 310,- for a site license.
The upgrade will be available for EUR 24,- or about USD 37,- for a single user license.
All licenses purchased after June 1st, 2008 are entitled to a free upgrade.
Download the public beta here:
We just released AutoSender 2.5, a new version of our innovative tool that runs on FileMaker Server, and allows you to automatically send mail messages from your FileMaker solutions.
In today's article, we'll look at how you can control a Filemaker Server from Lasso.
Controlling FileMaker Server via Lasso
Using the Lasso [OS_Process] tags it is easy to control a Filemaker Server. Filemaker Server comes with a command line tool that allows you to get info such as the status or list of clients, files, plugins, backup schedules,... you can even open and close databases.
Conditional formatting is a great tool to enhance your layouts and add additional functionality to your solutions, e.g. for calendaring. But sometimes conditional formatting can slow down the display of your layouts, because FileMaker has to calculate all the conditions you have defined. Today we are going to look at a technique that allows you to speed up your calculations by caching some results temporarily.
Today, we are in for a little experiment. Since Google introduced its App Engine, we thought it would be nice to see how easily we could integrate it with FileMaker.
We are going to create a very simple example that will be able to perform the following tasks: