GoSign v0.8 Released

I am very excited to announce my first actual product for sale here at Geist Interactive.  GoSign - easy signature capture for FileMaker Go!  Using GoSign you can add signature capture to any FileMaker Go application in about ten minutes. The core technique involves...

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FM GO Geolocation

UPDATE: I just added a new screen that shows your location too So I have come up with a method to get Geolocation data into FileMaker.  I am using only native FileMaker scripting and layouts. 100 percent pure FileMaker goodness, made from all natural organic free...

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FileMaker Go is Whole New Platform

I have to say I just love this thing! FileMaker Go is much more than just a way to access FileMaker Databases on your iOS device. It represents the beginning of a whole new platform. There is quite simply, no easier way to develop database driven iOS apps than with...

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FileMaker Go and Transactions

First let me say I love FileMaker Go. I have been waiting for this for a long time. I can't wait to start deploying on it but right now I need to get the word out about  what happens when FileMaker Go is sent to the background by an incoming phone call, or by the user...

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Inventory Transactions

Well I am back on my soap box preaching about transactions. :-).  This time I was inspired by the Invoice starter solution that comes with FileMaker 11. I was pleased to see that it does not use an un-stored calculation to keep track of the quantity of inventory items...

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Teaching FileMaker to Send Alerts to an iPhone

Image by jblyberg via Flickr Recently I had the need to send alerts to my iPhone from my FileMaker system.  I started using Twitter, and while that works ok, the alerts would get lost in my twitter stream. I needed something that would make different sounds based on...

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