Fun with FileMaker Pro 11 Charts, v1.5
Knowing how to represent data visually often draws upon quite varied skills. A data visualist ideally possesses some of the traits of information architect, graphic designer, mathematician,...
View ArticleAutoscaling Behaviors of the FileMaker Pro Chart Object
Ever have a FileMaker Pro chart “mysteriously” change its scale setting on you? Ever wonder how the FileMaker Pro chart object decides to set the y-axis scale? The FileMaker Pro documentation doesn’t...
View ArticleCharting in FileMaker Go for iPad — what’s new in v2
Web technologies have added functionality to FileMaker solutions since the Web Viewer layout object was introduced in version 8.5. The web viewer has proven especially useful for displaying...
View ArticleServing the .fp7 MIME type
The Problem: Clicking an .fp7 file download link on a web page results in a page full of garbage characters. How do you go about sharing your FileMaker Pro files on the web with others? I’m not...
View ArticleMessage to Snopes.com: “About Your Rating Symbols”
[Note: This is the text of a message I sent to the Snopes.com owners, seconding a valid user request per the blog post at waxy.org which itself was a critique on a Netflix chart. These are but two...
View ArticleAdvisory about upgrading to Mac OS X Lion
The next Mac operating system, OS X 10.7 “Lion”, is scheduled to be released this month. “When should I upgrade?” is the hot question for users of FileMaker Pro and FileMaker Server. The short answer:...
View ArticlePivotBrowser demo from DevCon (teaser)
This morning, one of our demo files was featured in Bob Shockey’s DevCon session “The Design Universe.” During the session folks requested a copy of that file, which I will happily provide… after I...
View ArticlePivotBrowser UI demo from DevCon
One of our demo files was featured at the 2012 FileMaker Developer Conference (DevCon), at Bob Shockey’s session “The Design Universe.” During the session folks requested a copy of that file, happily...
View ArticleThe Evolution of (FileMaker) Charting, Part 1a
For this article I have taken a different approach, and offer up my current perspective on events in the history of data visualization and the FileMaker platform. Naturally, our viewpoints are formed...
View ArticleThe Evolution of (FileMaker) Charting, Part 1b
Haven’t seen Part 1a yet? Read it here. Our Charting Legacy To help us plot our trendline trajectory into the future, please accompany me on a short stroll down memory lane. Reaching back almost twenty...
View Article
