Category: Filemaker Development

One of the best aspects of FileMaker Pro is that it offers design tools for users to create powerful and easy-to-use solutions and databases. These programs work seamless across a variety of digital platforms and tools, including the iPhone, iPad, Mac, Windows or even the web. There are all kinds of options to help even FileMaker novices put together a beautiful solution.

Here are a few of the major tools at your disposal when creating a FileMaker solution:

• Button bar: If you want to be able to easily navigate through your solution or even create a custom toolbar, that is possible through groups of buttons. Each button automatically maintains equal proportions as the window is resized, whether you only have a couple of buttons or a few dozen. Make the button bar vertical or horizontal and easily display the active state of each button.
• Button icons: FileMaker Pro has 140 different professionally-designed button icons that cover a wide variety of tasks to use within your solutions. Users can change the icon color, apply conditional formatting and even important custom icons. These icons can be combined with button text and integrated with the button object itself.
• Color selection: The color palette in FileMaker Pro makes it easy to create attractive layouts, even if you have trouble selecting just the right hue. Once you do click on a color, additional options automatically pop up in the window, so you can choose what best flows together in the layout.

Check out the rest of our website to learn more about FileMaker 14 and how you can incorporate the entire solution seamlessly into your tech business or everyday life.

From September 23-25 of this year, Kyo Logic will be hosting a FileMaker Master Class. We are proud to be co-sponsors of the event, along with Dr. Ray Cologon at Nightwing Enterprises. This event is perfect for people who are already familiar with the FileMaker system but are looking to sharpen and hone their abilities.

The FileMaker Master Class is specifically geared toward people who are well acquainted with the full feature set of the FileMaker platform and have past experience developing and deploying complex solutions using the the system. The class is also for those who wish to enhance their knowledge, skill and understanding while taking their development work to the next level.

Kyo Logic's FileMaker Master Class will cover a whole range of topics, including:

• Advanced design solution
• FileMaker application models for data and structure
• Advanced scripting techniques
• Process control
• FileMaker calculation engine
• Code logic
• Designing solutions for scalability
• Advanced development techniques
• Quality assurance using FileMaker

After attending and completing the 2015 FileMaker Master Class, you will be able to apply a range of development techniques, enhance the flexibility and performance of your solutions and understand the deeper nuances and complexities of advanced FileMaker development and usage.

Attendees will also have the skills necessary to choose the most effective framework for their solutions, as well as the techniques to further advance the complicated development practice. The FileMaker Master Class is for those who are already relatively skilled at these solutions and is meant to allow people the opportunity to engage with and complete more complex work.

If you are interested in attending the FileMaker Master Class, or want to learn more about the services Kyo Logic offers, be sure to take a look at the rest of our website!

If you are looking to expand your knowledge of solution development, than going to FileMaker Developer Conference 2015 is certainly an event you should have marked down on your calendar! There will be more than 60 sessions on in-depth topics that range from cover design and mobility to core development and innovation.

The conference will be held this July, from the 20-23, in beautiful Las Vegas, Nevada. More than 1,200 software developers from around the world will be at this event, which will mark the 20th anniversary of the first FileMaker conference. You can learn all about the possibilities of FileMaker solution development!

Here are some of the topics you will be able to dive into during the 2015 FileMaker conference:

• What's on the horizon for the FileMaker platform
• Get tips on developing iOS, web and desktop solutions
• Learn more about how to better use FileMaker
• Network with FileMaker developers from around the world
• Discover the new products and services that are out there
• An immediate ROI on your overall conference investment

Whether you are new to the FileMaker platform as a whole or have been using the service for years, you'll absolutely want to take advantage of everything that the 2015 FileMaker conference has to offer! The first day is dedicated entirely to FileMaker training, so you can learn what has changed and been upgraded in just the past few months.

If you are interested in learning more about the 2015 FileMaker Developer Conference, be sure to check out the event's website. Also be sure to take a look at the rest of our blog to see how the FileMaker platform can be more seamlessly integrated into your company's system.

If you are in the technology industry, chances are you use, or have at least heard of, FileMaker. The FileMaker development software is wonderful for those who are looking to expand their tech startup, but it can often be complicated to learn how to use an entirely new piece of technology.

The good news is that NightWing Enterprises, a FileMaker pro development and consulting service, will be running international master classes for those who are interested in learning more about this product. They will be in the United States, Europe, Japan and Australia.

The entire purpose of these classes, which will be intensive three-day seminars, is to expand the attendees’ knowledge and broadening their approach to how they use FileMaker development software in their professional lives. The classes will be limited in size and cover a broad range of topics and real world techniques.

The classes are tailored to experienced and knowledgeable developers and will cover topics including scalability, process control, application and deployment models, code logic and solution design perspectives. These are just some of what attendees will learn about over the course of those three days.

The classes will be held in San Francisco, Berlin, London, Sydney, Tokyo and Norwalk, Connecticut. The classes will be run from late March to the beginning of June, and all of the individual dates for the cities mentioned can be found on the NightWing Enterprises website.

If you work in the technology industry and are in need of custom database software, be sure to work with developer KYO Logic. You want to get the most out of your business, and FileMaker can help you in your endeavors.

Anvil Dataworks, the leading FileMaker developer serving the Baltimore and Washington, D.C., markets, has officially merged with managed IT services provider Corporate Network Services (CNS) to form a new company, MainSpring. CNS has been providing innovative IT solutions to businesses, government agencies and non-profits in and around our nation’s capital since its founding in 1993.

CNS originally provided cabling services to small businesses before winning its first government contract at Fort Detrick, a United States Army Medical Command installation in Maryland. Since then, it has become a preferred partner of the Department of Defense. Just last month, CNS earned a five-year contract renewal for an Army health information management system known as Medical Communications for Combat Casualty Care, or MC4.

“People have seen us as three disparate companies, and we’ve often acted like it,” says CEO Marshall Micheals, who has taken the same role with MainSpring. “A government contractor, an IT partner and application development shop. With growth comes change, so we’ve restructured our business approach into a true IT strategy and consulting firm. Our goal is to make it easier for clients, partners and our employees to innovate and grow.”

Anvil was originally launched as an app development branch within CNS in 2009, focusing on FileMaker. The company has worked with the Department of Justice and the National Institutes of Health, and twice been recognized among FileMaker’s partners of the year. As this blog reported in December, Anvil developed the app that a Baltimore company uses to carry out essential safety inspections in Bangladesh textile factories.

Like Anvil, Kyo Logic is a member of the FileMaker Academy, an alliance of expert developers who help organizations of all sizes and across all industries improve their data gathering and recording processes.

The 2015 edition of the FileMaker Developer Conference will take place July 20–23 at the Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas. This will be the 20th DevCon, and early bird registration is now open for developers who want to refine their skills and advance their careers. The price for registration is $2,095, but a number of discounts are available through the end of May.

The "early early bird" $800 discount is for anybody who registers between now and March 31 and includes a collection of 55 recorded sessions from the 2014 DevCon in San Antonio. The reduction between then and May 26 will be $500. All attendees will receive a free copy of FileMaker Pro Advanced, a $549 value. As a group discount, companies that purchase registrations for three employees will receive a fourth for free.

Sessions at the FileMaker DevCon cover topics from technical support and tips to best practices for businesses, delivered by experienced users and certified developers. There will be an Exhibitor Showcase of FileMaker add-ons and services, and engineers, product managers and support specialists will be present. Among this year's special events are a 20th anniversary party, a "Women of FileMaker" luncheon and a young developers social.

For the first time this year, there will be a pre-conference training day for beginners and intermediate users, conducted by FileMaker Business Alliance certified trainers. Registration for this event costs $99 and does not require registration for the full conference.

Connecticut FileMaker developer Kyo Logic helps businesses make the most of the database software. We can customize it to each company's needs or provide training to help them continue to adapt and expand their databases over time.

Apple subsidiary FileMaker Inc., maker of the popular relational database software, has relaunched the former FileMaker Technical Network as the FileMaker Community, a free resource on the ins and outs of the software. The former TechNet has undergone a complete redesign to make it more accessible to users of all skill levels. The new Community now offers free information resources and forums to promote the exchange of ideas and tips.

All 60,000 registered TechNet members are automatically granted access to the Community and its online resources, which include examples and tools, guides and other product documentation, tech briefs and videos. Users can submit technical questions for experienced developers to answer, or simply participate in discussions on FileMaker development experiences.

As an introduction, the company has made available for free download five videos that were recorded during sessions at the 2014 FileMaker Developer Conference in San Antonio. At that event last summer, Kyo Logic's own Tim Neudecker came in second in the DevCon Developer Cup, behind only Christopher Schmitz of Skeleton Key, a Saint Louis-based company that is a partner of Kyo's in the FM Academy.

Skeleton Key's Greg Lane is the host of one of the five videos that FileMaker is using to launch the community, "Developing with Perform Script on Server," which familiarizes viewers with one of the additions from 2013's FileMaker 13.

Kyo provides businesses in Connecticut, Massachusetts and New York with all the support they need to make the most of FileMaker's capabilities. We can create database apps to your specific requirements and provide training to help you customize, expand and adapt your own databases as your needs evolve. Contact us to find out more about how we can streamline your business reporting processes.

FileMaker 13, the latest version of the Apple-owned relational database software, was released in December 2013 with enhanced mobile functionality and a server admin tool based on HTML5. This software helps organizations of all sizes and in all industries customize their data management processes. FileMaker developers can make those tasks much easier, taking charge of the database creation or even providing training to allow companies to get the most out of their data.

Kyo Logic is proud to have four certified FileMaker 13 developers among our ranks. Co-founders John Mathewson and Tim Neudecker have been recognized by their peers for their contributions to the developer community, and together with senior developer Andres Rua they have more than 25 years of experience with FileMaker. Last month, Alan Lee became the latest Kyo employee to obtain his FileMaker 13 certification.

FileMaker offers a certification exam to recognize highly skilled developers. This label gives prospective clients the confidence that comes from knowing that they are receiving top-notch service from experts. Since our foundation over a decade ago, we have served companies in Connecticut, Massachusetts and New York in a wide variety of industries, from education to finance, manufacturing and retail, among others.

Our clients include such well-known organizations as Bayer, Madison Square Garden, Pepperidge Farm, the University of Connecticut and Yale University, as well as dozens of smaller companies. We can help you streamline all your reporting processes and teach you or your employees the finer details of FileMaker so that you can adapt and expand your databases as needed. With Kyo Logic, you can rest assured that your most important data is in expert hands.

For 130 years, Akubra has been manufacturing and selling felt slouch hats that have become synonymous with the Australian Outback. In 2014, the hats remain iconic, but until recently the company was operating on a DOS-based system that also belonged in a museum. The system was essentially a computer version of a previous manual reporting method, which required employees to enter information on the hats that were produced.

The system was highly inefficient, and new operations manager Ron Palin set about looking for a replacement. He found that available off-the-shelf solutions were not comprehensive or customizable enough to handle the highly specific needs of a textile manufacturer, and eventually settled on a FileMaker database. Palin says that the new system has made basic operations exponentially faster.

"We're shipping same day, and we've never done that," he told ZDNet. "The supervisor said, 'I can't remember a Christmas where all the orders are out before January or before we went away.' It's not like we're late, but the factory is now so on time that we're delivering faster, and we know where things are."

Palin says the ability to track packages has been a boon to the company and to his own schedule, since he used to spend several hours each week attempting to obtain information that is now available at a click of the mouse. The company has also installed new hardware to match the software upgrade.

Certified FileMaker developers can help companies in all industries create and customize their own relational databases. With this tool, businesses can improve their reporting and obtain valuable insights into their own workflow.

Last month, this blog reported the story a Mississippi dentist who used FileMaker to develop a database to make up for the lack of records in developing countries, including Haiti. Now, that country is benefiting from another FileMaker app designed by three IT support consultants at the University of Iowa. The app, called TEBOW as a portmanteau of the names of developers Steve Bowers and Ted Fitzgerald, helps track HIV patients.

The lead developer, Stephen Yagla, began working on TEBOW after a trip to Haiti with Chris Buresh, an associate professor of emergency medicine at Iowa. There, they observed a rudimentary and ineffective system of Microsoft Excel spreadsheets and paper records being used by health workers, often visiting volunteers like Buresh.

TEBOW has the dual aim of being functional and very easy to use by health care workers with limited IT knowledge. Patients are photographed with an iPhone, their name and phone number are recorded and they are assigned a unique ID number. Workers can track specific patients and analyze the data to draw useful conclusions, such as how much medicine to bring on each trip.

“It’s amazing how powerful it is and how much it helps,” said Buresh to The Daily Iowan. “It’s critical that we can prove to ourselves and everyone else that we’re not wasting our time and money. It has definitely changed the way I look at what we do and changed the way I look at people in IT.”

Certified FileMaker consultants can help businesses achieve similarly successful results by building customized databases and teaching employees to maintain and update them over time.