In an effort to become as deeply knowledgeable
about FileMaker Pro as we can, we have scoured the Internet
in search of every white paper, tech brief and example file
we could get our hands on. Now you don't have to! Click
each link to get instant access to the article download itself
and/or a Web page where the article can be found. If you
find a resource that should be added to this list, let us
know about it by clicking here.
We will try to keep this page as up-to-date as we can.
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SPECIAL: Through
special arrangement with many of these resources' authors
(and the online host for the archive, pointinspace.com),
our President has created a (large, currently ~10MB!)
archive of most of these techniques that you can download
all at once. To get the archive,
click here.
Resources included in this archive are indicated with
a  below.
Articles,
Tech Briefs, Example Files
Excelisys offers several great resources. The first
is the excellent FileMaker
Business Tracker which is a free, open-source
complete business-tracking solution that showcases many of
v7's new features. Also, they've got a growing list of white
papers and free examples here.
One covers recursive calculations which are good for setting
up multi-keys and the other is an audit log which helps you
to track who changed what to what and when in your databases.
Omnipilot has an article on converting CDML to LDML
(since CDML is no longer supported in FileMaker 7 or 8) here:
The following informative white papers are available on FileMaker,
Inc.'s Web site:
The following tech briefs are available on another FileMaker, Inc. Web site:
FileMakerAdvisor magazine technical editor Brian Dunning wrote an extensive introductory article on v7 here:
A company called New Century Data has a few great articles on the new relational structure in v7 here:
A company called .com solutions, inc. has a great reference on AppleScript for v7 here:
There is also a FileMaker 7 version of this same info (which
is more useful because you can copy and paste the AppleScript
code directly from the FileMaker database fields). You'll
find it here:
An intelligent man named Will Porter of Polytrope wrote
a pretty comprehensive article on v7 here:
DIGFM.org has three GREAT references (especially
the first article) online at:
The folks at The Moyer Group have a great
article of v7 tips and tricks here:
The Nightwing Enterprises site has many, many good
v7 example files here:
The New York Times reviewed v7 (favorably,
but what else would you expect from the honorable David Pogue!)
here:
Joel M. Bowers and Associates offer a fantastic example
file for those interested in creating custom functions (it
is a vast custom function library!) at:
Tami Williams of AskTami.com gave
us a great example file that showcases many of v7's new features.
It is part of the mega-download available above.
DuncanCreations.com has created
several great example files...one is a v7 calendar solution.
The others are a progress bar and a theatre seating chart.
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