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Meetings Calendar
Meetings are generally held the second Thursday of every month
New members are welcome. If you didn't attend the last meeting, please contact Mehboob Alam to get on the building security list!
Have an idea for a Meeting? Let us Know! Post it here: Meeting Wish List
7/8/2010
Joint meeting with the CocoaHeads NYC Group.: http://cocoaheads.org/us/NewYorkNewYork/index.html
1) Dan Shockley presents on "Using POST Web Forms"
Many wonderful sources of information can be accessed by including search terms in the URL - i.e. using the GET method of web forms. Unfortunately, many other information sources require the POST method - often for good reason, as GET may be limited by length, ability to submit files, and resulting in very ugly URLs.
While submitting forms using POST is not as trivial as GET, it can be done, using command-line tools built into Mac OS X. By using AppleScript from within FileMaker (among other methods), you can harness the power of those tools and add significant capability to your solutions.
Dan says "For a VERY old introduction to this topic, see Dan Shockley's outdated page on POSTing web forms at:"
http://danshockley.com/formposting.php
For the latest and greatest, come to the meeting!
2) Andy Lee of CocoaHeads NYC will walk through the code for a simple Cocoa based shortcuts app using floating windows.
6:00 pm Meet & Greet 6:30 pm - 8:00pm Presentation
Meeting Location:
Tekserve 119 West 23rd Street New York, NY 10011 (between 6th & 7th Avenues) http://www.tekserve.com/about/hours.php
6/10/2010
Presenters include Agnes Riley. This is the meeting where we'll brainstorm on improving our administration. Bring your ideas for improving emailed announcements, the ListServ, the website, Wiki, podcasts and how we should track membership better. We'll discuss voting for this year's NYFMP awards. And you can offer to help Greg and Tony with their branding gear for DevCon.
We'll be meeting at Bongo Lounge in the Far West Village, 395 West Street (West Side Highway) and West 10th Street. Mid-century decor, Mad Men cocktails, sublime seafood. Perfect for an administrative session. Bongo Review
A cash bar starts at 5:30, but if you want to enjoy their award-winning small plates, you should RSVP here by Wednesday night. We need to give a head-count to ensure enough is on hand to share some platters.
5/20/2010
"Extra Credit" gathering for May!
Developer Tools: Inspector 3 and More with Vincenzo Mennano
FM::Nexus Inspector is a widely used diagnostic tool for troubleshooting and improving the quality of FileMaker solutions. In this presentation, you will see the next release of Inspector with full support for FileMaker Pro 11. Redesigned from the ground up, this tool is full of features that help the developer stay on top of any FileMaker project, including powerful new Quick Find-based searching. Performance was one of the main goals of this new release, and I will show how it stacks up against the prior version. Come and discover what this new version of Inspector is all about and how it can you help you with your FileMaker development from start to finish—debugging, documenting, security and so much more.
As an added bonus Vince will demo the FOCUS framework they use as a starter file for many of their projects, also updated for FM 11. You'll see how quick and easy it is to get a solution up and running with this feature-packed framework. Even if you don't end up using FOCUS, this presentation will get you thinking about ideas and techniques to use in your future projects.
Last but not least, you'll hear a brief update on the latest features in the FM::Nexus Web Services Plug-in for integrating FileMaker solutions with other systems and services.
6:00pm - 8:00pm Presentation
Meeting Location:
Apple SoHo Store theatre http://www.apple.com/retail/soho/ 103 Prince at Greene Street
5/13/2010
Michael Zumoff of Winkoff Information Technology: Moving data between PDF form fields and FileMaker Pro table fields is quick and easy with the inexpensive PDF Manipulator plug-in from Productive Computing. Michael Zumoff will give a presentation about the plug-in at the New York FileMaker Developers meeting on May 13.
What's the best way to run the Wiki, the Website, the meetings? Wiki v. WordPress v. Static Page and webmaster? What's a better way to run the timeline list of upcoming and past meetings? How can we run our ListServ and Announcement list better?
Tony White will present Script Building Blocks and FileMaker Clipboard Reader, tools designed to help FileMaker developers get more done with less effort. A license for the bundle of Script Building Blocks and FileMaker Clipboard Reader will be raffled off to 1 lucky winner. The Script Building Blocks and FileMaker Clipboard Reader training videos NOT be shown at the meeting. If you have not yet seen the videos you might want to watch them ahead of time:
http://www.twdesigns.com/products/ScriptBuildingBlocks.php
The presentation will focus on addressing questions and exploring possibilities.
5:30pm Meet & Greet 6:00pm - 8:00pm Presentation
Meeting Location:
Apple Inc. 401 West 14th Street (entrance along 9th Avenue) 3rd floor Large Conference Room
Closest subway is the Eighth Ave./14th St. A/C/E stop. Someone will be waiting for you downstairs, but if you come later than 5:45, be prepared to call the number listed on the door.
4/28/2010
NYFMP members are welcomed on Wednesday to attend a special presentation from 1 to 4 PM at Tekserve, with Archiware's Ibrahim Tannir on the PresSTORE line of enterprise backup software. http://www.tekserve.com/learning-events/register.php?id=8662
4/8/2010
Denis Somar hates fugly FileMaker layouts. He has bad dreams about it. He's worked on a point-of-sale solution, named InBloom Shop Software, built entirely in FileMaker which has some niceties and makes FM looks sexy with some simple automation techniques, and graphical tips & tricks.
Karen Stella will elaborate on a solution that she built for an auction house that has a nice look and feel. She gave a teaser on this at our February meeting.
Laurence Koret will demo Mockups by Balsamiq which can be used to prototype layouts. It's a cross platform solution and uses Adobe Air so it runs on Mac, PC, and Linux. You can get a trial at http://www.balsamiq.com/ We will be raffling off a copy of Mockups courtesy of Balsamiq (Thanks Peldi and Val!) . In addition Napkee will be demoed which works with Mockups to create HTML/CSS/JS and Adobe Flex 3 from your Mockups. We will be raffling off a copy of Napkee courtesy of Napkee (Thanks Enrico and Julia!). You can get a trial at http://www.napkee.com/
Ben Greisler on DNS --Ben is the owner and technical lead of Kadimac Corp, a firm specializing in the integration of OS X and the Macintosh into business IT. Greisler is an Apple Certified Trainer, author, consultant, and lecturer who has been on the Advisory Council of the Apple Consultants Network and the MacIT Committee of the Macworld Expo. Ben is the co author of 10.6 Server Essentials & 10.6 Directory Services.
What's the best way to run the Wiki, the Website, the meetings? Join discussions in our "after-party" venue, to be announced by Tamas Lassu and Dali Licul.
5:30pm Meet & Greet 6:00pm - 8:00pm Presentation
Meeting Location:
Apple Inc. 401 West 14th Street (entrance along 9th Avenue) 3rd floor Large Conference Room
Closest subway is the Eighth Ave./14th St. A/C/E stop.
3/11/2010
Join us on the 11th when Jason Fiske will lead a special demonstration on behalf of FileMaker Inc., at the new Apple Executive Briefing Center, located above the Apple Store on West 14th Street. The event will be catered. RSVP required! https://ncsfms1.filemaker.com/fmpb/
5:30pm Meet & Greet 6:00pm - 8:00pm Presentation
Meeting Location:
Apple Inc. 401 West 14th Street (entrance along 9th Avenue) 3rd floor Large Conference Room
Closest subway is the Eighth Ave./14th St. A/C/E stop.
2/11/2010 RESCHEDULED and moved to 2/25/2010
Jay Sciarra will lead a roundtable discussion on delivering FileMaker solutions.
Salman Sheikh will show the ins and outs of a rehab-ed solution for a doctor's office.
Karen Stella will show a solution that she built for an auction house that has a nice look and feel.
John Morina: Using hidden tab controls - example based on entering payments.
5:30pm Meet & Greet 6:00pm - 7:30pm Presentations
Meeting Location:
SONY MUSIC Office 555 Madison Avenue (between 55-56 Sts.) 10th floor Large Conference Room
NOTE: 555 Madison Avenue is the COATES BUILDING, ACROSS Madison Avenue from Sony Headquarters. We are not in the SONY Headquarters (at 550 Madison). Closest subway is the Fifth Ave./53rd St. E & V stop.
1/14/2010
The team from LMG DataGroup will present: "Adventures in Cross Tabbed Reporting: Is FileMaker the Right Tool to Display Cross-Tabbed Data within a School Setting?"
This presentation will dissect an actual elementary school data system, examine it's data structures (and input files) and review the clients expectations down to the number of clicks (reasonable/unreasonable)! This presentation will also examine the time investments of developing multiple cross-tabbed reports and discuss whether or not filemaker is right tool for the job?
Through close examination of our system, we hope to generate a lively discussion/brainstorming on the uses, best practices and possibly alternative schema for cross-tabbed reporting within FileMaker, a common request within K-12 schools and other organizations.
John Philip will be presenting a solution to track orders for a Medical Graphics group. They serve as an institutional resource for centralized printing of posters, photos, banners, etc.. The database tracks the status of various projects and how they are billed.
5:30pm Meet & Greet 6:00pm - 7:30pm Presentations
Meeting Location:
SONY MUSIC Office 555 Madison Avenue (between 55-56 Sts.) 10th floor Large Conference Room
NOTE: 555 Madison Avenue is the COATES BUILDING, ACROSS Madison Avenue from Sony Headquarters. We are not in the SONY Headquarters (at 550 Madison). Closest subway is the Fifth Ave./53rd St. E & V stop.
12/10/2009
Thomas A. Limoncelli is the author of O'Reilly's "Time Management for System Administrators". He is an internationally known author and speaker on many topics, including system administration, networking, security, and grassroots political organizing. Tom works for Google and blogs at http://EverythingSysadmin.com
5:30pm Meet & Greet 6:00pm - 7:30pm Presentations
Tom will present his "Top 5" techniques for improving your productivity and increasing efficiency. Imagine a world where your days are less stressful, more predictable, and you go can go home on time without guilt. You don't have to be a sysadmin to enjoy this talk: consultants, developers, and all IT workers will find these tips useful!
By popular demand, we're holding our holiday gathering back at Bongo Lounge in the Far West Village, 395 West Street (West Side Highway) and West 10th Street. Better street parking, mid-century decor with matching cocktails, sublime seafood. Bongo review
A cash bar starts at 5:30, but if you want to enjoy their award-winning small plates, you should RSVP here by Wednesday night. We need to give a head-count to ensure enough is on hand to share some platters.
11/12/2009
Don Levan will be presenting "Small Things, Loosely Joined: Techniques for improving FileMaker scripting" “Small Things Loosely Joined” is about programming best practices in other environments and the way those ideas can be used to improve development in FileMaker. We will look at the ideas developed to improve software quality, increase code reuse and portability, and improve programmer efficiency and flow.
Jesse Feiler talks about Drupal--particularly out-of-the-box Drupal (what you can do without writing PHP code). It makes a great companion to FileMaker- based Web sites so that you can quickly put up the web side of a site without getting your hands dirty with HTML or PHP. In fact, there's a lot in common: both Drupal and FileMaker are tools that let you quickly and address the business issues and the logic of the data and processes. Jesse is the author of "Sams Teach Yourself Drupal in 24 Hours," "The Bento Book: Beauty and Simplicity in Digital Organization," and "FileMaker Pro 10 In Depth" among other books.
5:30pm Meet & Greet
6:00pm - 7:30pm Presentations
Meeting Location:
SONY MUSIC Office 555 Madison Avenue (between 55-56 Sts.) 10th floor Large Conference Room
NOTE: 555 Madison Avenue is the COATES BUILDING, ACROSS Madison Avenue from Sony Headquarters. We are not in the SONY Headquarters (at 550 Madison). Closest subway is the Fifth Ave./53rd St. E & V stop.
10/8/2009
Salman Sheikh presents "10 Things I Wish I'd Known When I Started My Business!", and attendees will recap the second half of DevCon SF 2009.
We'll be meeting at Bongo Lounge in the Far West Village, 395 West Street (West Side Highway) and West 10th Street. It's a new spin-off from the West Chelsea night spot Bongo, a boldface venue from a few years back. Mid-century decor, Mad Men cocktails, sublime seafood. Bongo Review
There will be a cash bar starting at 5:30, but if you want to enjoy their award-winning small plates, you should RSVP here by Wednesday night. We need to give them a head-count to ensure enough is on hand to share some platters.
9/10/2009
Developer Conference recap
Meeting Location:
SONY MUSIC Office 555 Madison Avenue (between 55-56 Sts.) 10th floor Large Conference Room
NOTE: 555 Madison Avenue is the COATES BUILDING, ACROSS Madison Avenue from Sony Headquarters. We are not in the SONY Headquarters (at 550 Madison). Closest subway is the Fifth Ave./53rd St. E & V stop.
8/3/2009
It's time for a whacky appearance at DevCon (and elsewhere)
NYFMP Graffiti rooftop party @ Karen Stella's
Come Monday, anytime after 4:30pm.
We'll be spray-painting NYFMP with stencils onto foam Liberty hats on the roof, all supplies will be on hand. Bring a plain baseball cap -- or T-shirt -- if you want to stencil that as well. Bring another colored spray paint, if black doesn't float your boat.
Not sure how many hand-cut stencils there will be available, so be prepared to patiently drink while waiting, or feel free to download the PDF art here to cut your own:
Karen is also providing cups and ice (for plenty of cocktails), as well as basic noshies. There is a convenient deli, as well as a Duane Reade, downstairs for beer, etc.
Karen says her beautiful 20-year old niece will be on hand to buzz latecomers in and refreshen drinks -- she needs the practice for her cocktail waitress job!
245 West 72nd Street, Apt 5A
212.873.7152
RSVP <<klstella@gmail.com>>
We're asking $5/hat to offset costs. *Perfect gifts for kids or visitors!* Can't make it? Stay tuned to nyfmp@googlegroups.com for details on how you can get your crown at the San Francisco Hilton, or a future meeting.
7/16 - 7/17/2009
Keep This on Your Radar:
Pause On Error - a two-day Meetup for FileMaker Developers at the Ace Hotel. http://pauseonerror.eventbrite.com
7/10/2009
Bringing Your Databases Onto iPhones
Your database saves you daily, but now you need it handy all the time -- on an iPhone. Bento, FileMaker, FMTouch are there where you need them. Find out what you can do.
- Three different levels of integration will be discussed. The new Bento app integrates simple single user databases seamlessly with your iPhone or iPod touch. FileMaker Server PHP Site Assistant helps you quickly create iPhone-friendly websites. FMTouch brings multiple related databases to these handheld devices. Differences will be explained, demonstrated, and discussed.
- In addition to the New York FileMaker Pro Developers' Group, we've invited the Motion Pictures Collective, the New York Mac Meetup Group, and the iPhone Developers MeetUp to join this presentation by Agnes Riley, Mehboob Alam, and Chuck Edwards. Other interested attendees are welcome.
This JULY meeting will be held at the Apple SoHo Store (Prince and Greene Street), Friday, July 10th from 6:30 - 8:00pm.
6/11/2009
This month we have two presenters, one demonstrating ways to ensure data integrity, the other to enhance the development process.
- Andrew Vallon of Mood Software LLC. will present a solution for tracking issues running a broadcast facility. Data integrity is protected with a variety of scripting and security techniques. The system uses Troi File and Dialog plug-ins from Troi and SMTPit Pro from Comm-Unity Networking Systems.
- Nirmal Merchant will demonstrate the use of Agile software development techniques for managing customer expectations in the freelance consulting scenario. Artifacts such as the stories, product backlog, burn down chart and release plan will be touched upon as well as their use to provide increased transparency in an environment where requirements are rapidly changing.
Here are the presentation notes [1].
- Salman Sheikh has started a startup called vVizion that focuses on the next round of cloud computing, Daas, or Desktop-as-a-Service. Salman will present the technical and business case for a company to virtualize its pc's. Salman will also be highlighting the partner program and its benefits for IT shops to present this solution to its clients.
5:30pm Meet & Greet
6:00pm - 7:30pm Presentations
June's Meeting Location:
SONY MUSIC Office 555 Madison Avenue (between 55-56 Sts.) 10th floor Large Conference Room
NOTE: 555 Madison Avenue is the COATES BUILDING, ACROSS Madison Avenue from Sony Headquarters. We are not in the SONY Headquarters (at 550 Madison). Closest subway is the Fifth Ave./53rd St. E & V stop.
5/14/2009
Jesse (SuperContainer) Barnum of 360works.com will do a jam-packed demonstration of cool things you *can't* do in FileMaker - unless you have the right plugin! More than a dozen plugins will be demonstrated to show how to easily:
- Install plugins onto your users desktops without having to touch their computer or even restart FileMaker
- Super-easy audit logging with FileMaker 10 script triggers, with color-coded changes highlighted!
- Search the text of PDF documents inside FileMaker
- Grab files and images from a MySQL database, gmail account, and FTP server
- Suck the contents of a web page and all of its images into FileMaker fields
- Send an HTML-formatted e-mail message, with a link to trigger a FileMaker script from the email viewer
- Much, much more!
This will be a fun, fast-paced, informative session - questions and discussion are welcome, which will hopefully go in some new and surprising directions.
Attendees will be eligible to win a raffle for one plugin of their choice
About the speaker
Jesse Barnum is the owner of 360Works a FileMaker consultancy he started in 1996. He is a FileMaker certified developer and frequent speaker at Devcon. In addition to providing custom FileMaker development services, Jesse and his team have developed a suite of plug-in products (including Supercontainer, ScriptMaster and Charts) to help enhance FileMaker solutions in a variety of ways.
In order to show off the new features of FileMaker 10 and his current suite of 360Works plug-ins, Jesse put together a document management demo that illustrates features including script triggers, image management, email, credit card processing, audit logging and more. Jesse is looking forward to showing you examples, looking under the hood, and sharing his experience extending the power of FileMaker.
4/9/2009
- Gregory Durniak: Will speak about File Corruption, and the new & improved FileMaker 10 Recover Utility, and Recover Log
- Michael Sclafani of Atlas Database Development will:
- Demonstrate portable code to perform global find across all fields appearing on a layout.
- Solution will include events, objects, a recursive function, merge field (opitional), and a cast of thousands.
- Variations allowing searches restricted to, or that omit, select fields on a layout
- End with imitations of familiar concepts in search
- Moderated discussion about speed optimization tricks for a variety of deployment and hosting options
3/12/2009
- Agnes Riley: The website and the wiki (intro and demo)
- Victor Lesser: Hiding objects with portal tricks
- Karen Stella: Reporting Trick(s)
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2/12/2009
- General - organizational topics (Chuck Edwards)
- FileMaker 10 Events & Tabs - (John Morina) demo files here
- Matt O'Dell - FileMaker 10