FileMaker SIG Meeting:
May 17, 2008 10:00 -12:00
The next meeting of the FileMaker Special Interest Group will be Saturday, May 17, 2008 from 10:00 am - Noon in the Austin Michael Suite located at 2772 NW 43rd Street, Suite B in the Meridian Center. Need Directions?

The meeting agenda will be posted the week of the meeting, please check back then.

FileMaker SIG Meeting:
April 19, 2008 10:00 -12:00
The next meeting of the FileMaker Special Interest Group will be Saturday, April 19, 2008 from 10:00 am - Noon in the Austin Michael Suite located at 2772 NW 43rd Street, Suite B in the Meridian Center. Need Directions?

10:00-10:55 Getting Data from the Internet - Web Viewer
Stock Quotes
Google Maps
Package Tracking
10:55-11:05 Ten Minute Break
11:05-11:30 Web Services, XML, and SOAP - (Very) Brief Overview
Finding theaters, movies, and showtimes
More as time allows
11:30-12:00 Questions and Answers

FileMaker SIG Meeting:
March 16, 2008 10:00 -12:00
The next meeting of the FileMaker Special Interest Group will be Saturday, March 15, 2008 from 10:00 am - Noon in the Austin Michael Suite located at 2772 NW 43rd Street, Suite B in the Meridian Center. Need Directions?

10:00-11:00 -Relationships and Portals
11:005-11:10 - Ten Minute Break
11:10-12:00 -Portal Tricks -Conditional Formatting

FileMaker SIG Meeting:
February 16, 2008 10:00 -12:00
The next meeting of the FileMaker Special Interest Group will be Saturday, February 16, 2008 from 10:00 am - Noon in the Austin Michael Suite located at 2772 NW 43rd Street, Suite B in the Meridian Center. Need Directions?

10:00-10:55
Creating Graphs in FileMaker

10:55-11:05
Ten Minute Break

11:05-12:00
Bento Presentation (in-depth)

FileMaker SIG Meeting:
January 19, 2008 10:00 -12:00
The next meeting of the FileMaker Special Interest Group will be Saturday, January 19, 2008 from 10:00 am - Noon in the Austin Michael Suite located at 2772 NW 43rd Street, Suite B in the Meridian Center. Need Directions?

10:00-10:30 - Auto-Enter Calculations
- what are values?
- constraining value lists
- formatting data, i.e. phone, social security numbers
- complex data formatting
10:30-11:00 - Emailing from FileMaker
- emailing records
- multiple recipients
- file attachments
11:00-11:10 - Ten Minute Break
11:10-11:45 - Bento Presentation
11:45-12:00 - Fusion Charts Demonstration

FileMaker SIG Meeting:
December 15, 2007 10:00 -12:00
The next meeting of the FileMaker Special Interest Group will be Saturday, December 15, 2007 from 10:00 am - Noon in the Austin Michael Suite located at 2772 NW 43rd Street, Suite B in the Meridian Center. Need Directions?

10:00-10:25 Calculation Fields - text functions
10:25-10:55 Auto-Enter Calculations - automatically format phone numbers and other data
10:55-11:00 Fusion Charts Preview - dynamic graphs in FileMaker (full presentation next month)
11:00-11:10 Ten Minute Break
11:10-11:35 Andy Howell demonstrates a grading solution he created for a precalculus class he taught at Florida Virtual School.
11:35-12:00 Project - John Paling's Film Inventory

FileMaker SIG Meeting:
November 17, 2007 10:00 -12:00
The next meeting of the FileMaker Special Interest Group will be Saturday, November 17, 2007 from 10:00 am - Noon in the Austin Michael Suite located at 2772 NW 43rd Street, Suite B in the Meridian Center. Need Directions?

10:00-10:30 Instant web publishing and Export to HTML: two quick and easy ways to share data on the web - Dean Johnson

10:30-11:00 Demonstration of a solution that tracks times at swim meets and stores a photo taken of each event - Andy Howell

11:00-11:10 Ten Minute Break

11:10-12:00 How to create a flexible, visual, controlled, customized search/find interface for use in a FileMaker database - Rick Chin
1. Design Goals
2. Search One process
3. Button/Script design
4. Search Multiple Basic process
5. Protecting data with button scripts and the Get(WindowMode) and Get(LastMessageChoice) functions. Choosing the right tests and why you need button scripts.
6. Making Multiple Search Criteria visual instead of cerebral. (Search Multiple Advanced)
7. Accommodating Super Advanced searches while still making them easy. (Search Multiple Super Advanced)

FileMaker SIG Meeting:
October 20, 2007 10:00 -12:00
The next meeting of the FileMaker Special Interest Group will be Saturday, October 20, 2007 from 10:00 am - Noon in the Austin Michael Suite located at 2772 NW 43rd Street, Suite B in the Meridian Center. Need Directions?

10:00-10:10: SIG Business
10:10-11:00: FileMaker Overview
- databases
- field types
- modes
- layouts
- views
- scripts
- questions & answers
11:00-11:10 Ten Minute Break
11:10-12:00: Sending events to Apple iCal from FileMaker Pro
- importing data from a text file
- using the "Replace Field Contents" command
- using the "Case" function
- using an "OnOpen" script
- trapping for script errors
- performing an AppleScript within FileMaker
- using the "Loop" script step
- questions & answers

Inaugural FileMaker Pro Special Interest Group Meeting
Saturday, October 20, 2007 10:00 - 12:00

Beginning in October, the FileMaker SIG will meet the third Saturday morning of each month from 10:00 am - noon to share presentations, tips & tricks, and to discuss actual projects that members are working on. This meeting is separate from the regular Thursday evening MacPeople meeting. FileMaker SIG meetings will be held at:

Meridian Center
2772 NW 43rd Street
Gainesville, Florida
Click here for an interactive map

Meeting details will be updated regularly at www.macpeoplemug.org.

FileMaker Pro is a cross platform (Mac & Windows) relational database system popular in government, education, small and medium businesses, corporate workgroups, and enterprise environments. Participants are invited to bring their FileMaker projects and laptops - yes, that includes your Windows PC. We also have an email list to disseminate meeting information, post questions and answers, and share FileMaker related comments.

If you would like more information or are interested in participating in the FileMaker Pro SIG, please contact Dean at johnson.dean@mac.com.