Can you recommend a forms based database like Filemaker, MS Access, or OoO Base, but lightweight? [more inside]
posted on Jul 21, 2008 - 3 answers

When I try to create a tab using Filemaker Pro 8.0v2 on my Mac (OS version 10.4.11), it displays correctly in "edit" mode. But when I enter data-entry mode, FM "sees through" the tab - and displays all fields (from all the tabs) stacked on top of one another. Clicking the other tabs, I see the same thing - all fields stacked. [more inside]
posted on May 13, 2008 - 2 answers

Help me find an easy Point of Sale software solution for our business [more inside]
posted on Apr 21, 2008 - 8 answers

My mother-in-law is a horse breeder and wants to create a web site that shows the lineage of a particular breed of horses. She has some of the data in a Filemaker 5.5 database, but needs to expand it greatly and put it online. How can we go about doing this, and/or hiring someone to do it? [more inside]
posted on Mar 26, 2008 - 3 answers

I'd like to find an application that would help two assistants keep track of incoming phone calls (and their status) for a small office of 10 employees, without having to commit to an expensive database solution like Filemaker. [more inside]
posted on Feb 25, 2008 - 7 answers

Filemaker question: How do I combine two records into one? [more inside]
posted on Dec 19, 2007 - 5 answers

How to manage an unwieldy mailing list (for physical mailing) on a Mac. [more inside]
posted on Dec 12, 2007 - 3 answers

How do I get Filemaker Pro to look up dates from one table and put them into another? [more inside]
posted on Oct 26, 2007 - 10 answers

Filemaker Pro XSL Web Publishing Filter: I don't know XSL syntax at all, but what I want to do should be very simple. Details inside... [more inside]
posted on Oct 2, 2007 - 1 answers

Can I, should I, make a career change into database design? [more inside]
posted on Sep 25, 2007 - 16 answers

On Mac OS 10.4, how do I completely uninstall FileMaker Pro 8.5 Advanced without access to the physical CD? Then how do I test that it's entirely gone?
posted on Sep 6, 2007 - 6 answers

Can FileMaker read from a SQL database? I've talked to (SQL) developers and they can't find a way to do it. [more inside]
posted on Jun 21, 2007 - 8 answers

Password emergency / mystery. I'm a new Filemaker user and I've somehow set a password that's keeping me from accessing the file I just put two days of work (and some not easily replaceable data) into. [more inside]
posted on Jun 11, 2007 - 10 answers

FilemakerFilter: I need some database help, because I am a n00b. My FIRST robotics team is creating a database of teams at our regional event, for scouting... [more inside]
posted on Feb 7, 2007 - 8 answers

How do I add a single piece of data to a list of Filemaker entries (1500 out of 4500)? I do not want to replace data, just add. [more inside]
posted on Feb 2, 2007 - 2 answers

I'm using Filemaker Pro 5.5 and one of the fields is locked, so to speak. It's supposed to have several possible entries/terms but only one pops up when you click on it. I therefore can't search for records with any other terms. Any ideas how to fix this?
posted on Jan 17, 2007 - 4 answers

How can I automagically parse the oddly-formatted text from the body of an email so that Filemaker can use it? [more inside]
posted on Dec 17, 2006 - 12 answers

Filemaker Pro 8 refuses to launch. Why? Mac OSX 10.4 Server, Powermac G4 Quicksilver, 1GB RAM. It ran fine for months and then, with no changes to anything, just started crashing on startup, with no warning or dialogue boxes. I've deleted preferences, fixed permissions on all drives, reinstalled FM8, removed FM7 (which I also had on the machine) to no avail. Trying to avoid reinstalling OS X server. Advice?
posted on Oct 29, 2006 - 10 answers

Filemaker Pro 8 Instant Web Publishing Filter: Am I doing something wrong or is it really glitchy? [more inside]
posted on May 23, 2006 - 2 answers

I need some help with Filemaker. I think that there is more of my work that I can make it do. [more inside]
posted on Apr 19, 2006 - 3 answers

How do you change the language setting in FileMaker? Functions like MonthName() are outputting in French and we want them to output in English. (FileMaker database originated on a French computer but is now being hosted remotely)
posted on Feb 21, 2006 - 4 answers

I'm making a contact database for the first time in Filemaker. I've got a field where I'm entering useful tags. I want to make a front end for this system in the form of a tag cloud. Since I'm so new to Filemaker, I don't know if this is useful or possible -- all I know is Google's never heard of such a thing. [more inside]
posted on Feb 2, 2006 - 3 answers

I'd like to be able to send an email from filemaker 7 to mailsmith. in filemaker 6 the send mail script would send to whatever the default mail client was. filemaker 7 seems only to talk to the apple mail program. is there anything I can do to fix it? thanks!
posted on Aug 18, 2005 - 2 answers

Does anyone know of a freeware or shareware database program that can read and edit .fp5 files? I know they're proprietary to filemaker.
posted on Sep 15, 2004 - 5 answers

I am a freelance journalist, and a document freak. But also I am very chaotic. I would like to use some sort of database to keep track of the articles, documents, web snippets, references, quotes, URLs, bibliography that I use in my work. But I have many questions and doubts [more].

Should I use a database that it is linked to the external documents (which I keep nonetheless), or should I go for a database that has all of these documents embedded? I work in a Windows / OSX environment (desktop PC and a G4 Powerbook), so this keeps me from going all the way to Access (which I hate) or Filemaker (which I don’t know very well). I’ve been thinking of keeping a MySQL database server, maybe powered with a modification of something like Everything, and accessing the data via web browser, but I fear that the thing wouldn’t escalate well. (Keep in mind that I am not a programmer, I can install Movable Type or GeekLog in my webserver, and tinker a little with php files changing little things here and there, although I have friends that can help me)

I don’t know if there are built-in solutions for what I need, or if you can point me to a database template (for Access or FileMaker) already built for journalist research. The fact is that I have tons of information and documents (some of them already stuffed in CD and DVD backups), but I have a hard time keeping track of everything, and very often it is very difficult for me to retrieve information that I know I have saved but I can’t tell where it is.
posted on May 11, 2004 - 9 answers