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FileMaker Demo Files
 

FileMaker 7/8

Earlier Versions

User Group
Presentations


These files were created to accompany user-group presentations, and may not make much sense on their own.  All files are in Zip format and will work equally well on the Mac or the PC, unless otherwise indicated.

 

DIG-FM presentation, 3/27/08
"Elite Reporting Techniques"

PowerPoint slides and Demo Files
Some of the demo files require FM 9

Zip file download

Link to Mikhail Edoshin's "Cross Tab Reports Made Easy"
http://edoshin.skeletonkey.com/2006/12/crosstab_report.html

 

FM-DiSC presentation, 11/18/05

Anchor/Buoy PDFs and PNGs
A two-page "mind map", before and after  screens

PDFs & PNGs

Anchor/Buoy PowerPoint presentation
Short version - revised 12/7/05.

10.4 Mb download

 


DIG-FM presentation, 8/16/05

"Grappling with FileMaker 7, part 2"

Anchor/Buoy PDFs and PNGs
A two-page "mind map", before and after  screens

PDFs & PNGs

Anchor/Buoy PowerPoint presentation
Long version - revised 12/7/05.

12.8 Mb download

Russelling, Schlossing
Techniques for preserving, restoring and transferring found sets

FM7 demos

Creating Related Records
Creating related records via Set Field and Import

FM7 demos

"Or" Relationship Challenge
Suggested by Ugo Di Luca - this demo is in FM7 format, but the technique is also valid for several earlier versions of FM

FM7 demo

 

DIG-FM presentation, 11/16/04
"Grappling with FileMaker 7, part 1"
Some of these files require
FileMaker Pro 7
with others you can get away with 5, 5.5 or 6...
of course any pre-7 files can be converted to FM7 format

Connecting FMP to a Cash Drawer
Optimized for M-S Cash Drawer models -- uses the TroiSerial plug-in

FM 6 & 7 versions

WinControl
Allows FMP/Win developers to control "app windows" in various ways

FM 6 version

Donors and Donations
Complex query by portal -- FM7 makes it easy

FM 7 version

Progress Bar
Based on a global container field, uses two FM7 features -- a "horizontal" portal and a relationship based on the ">=" operator

FM 7 version

Two-Row Tab Demo
Courtesy of Jason DeLooze

FM 6 version

 


DIG-FM presentation, 10/21/03

Some of these files require
FileMaker Pro 6
with others you can get away with 5.5 or 5.0

Pseudo-Dialog Floating on a Portal

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Empty Relationships

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Percentages

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Previewing

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Counting Values

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Brain Teasers

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Unique Attendance

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Running Totals

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Dynamic Sorting

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Value Lists

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DIG-FM presentation, 9/18/02
These files require
FileMaker Pro 5.5 or higher

Main Presentation Files

 

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Checkbox Parsing

 

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Tiered Pricing
(courtesy of David A. Knight)
 

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DIG-FM presentation, 9/19/01
These files require
FileMaker Pro 5.0 or higher

Main Presentation Files

 

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Dwindling Value Lists

 

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