Got white space? Here is a FileMaker custom function that hides the portal scroll bar if there are no additional records to display. This is the first post in a series on building a different kind of FileMaker-based contact management solution that looks and behaves like the OS X Address Book.

Seasoned and aspiring FileMaker ninjas will want to have this free utility in their tool belts. Syntax highlighting, code snippets, documentation, and even direct access to FileMaker’s clipboard!

FileMaker DevCon 2011 is just around the corner! Make the most out of your trip and see our Top 11 Tips for DevCon '11 attendees.

Learn how to interact with files on your Mac from within FileMaker. Actually, just grab the functions from this demo and start doing it. No learning required!

Todd Geist and Jon Sindelar are releasing a new product called GoZync. It’s essentially a push-pull framework for deploying mobile solutions, especially with FileMaker Go. Here’s a recap of their recent presentation at the DIGFM FileMaker developer meetup.

One of the primary tools we have available to us when designing user interfaces is color. Adding some categorization to your data using a little color can make it much more approachable and usable. The technique presented here will give you (on Mac OS X) a polished and robust Color Picker with no other requirements than a custom function and a global field. You can even set the default colors displayed on the Color Picker.

Can you build an Assets Management database in FileMaker Pro in 80 minutes? Thursday night we tried to do just that, in the DIG-FM Speed-Developer Challenge. Here’s the story of how it went…

Notes from Vincenzo Menanno’s session at PauseOnError on FileMaker User Experience (UX) for Developers“, brainstorming how to improve the tools that FileMaker developers themselves use. "I tried to frame the FileMaker UX discussion with this notion of little things make a big difference. Two key aspect to any UI — for end users or developers — are the notions of finesse and refinement. These links to UX/UI resources and examples were provided to get people inspired [and] there were a number of great requests and suggestions which I captured…"

In February, four of the Beez went to New York for PauseOnError, the annual winter “Unconference” gathering of FileMaker developers. Here’s an overview of our experience at the event.

Use sub-summarized parts and AppleScripted sorting to allow disclosure behavior in FileMaker Pro.

A user places their cursor in a field, runs a script, and Presto! A chart appears summarizing the found set of data from the selected field. This technique allows the user to point a chart toward a field of their choosing, so the developer needn't anticipate every field that the user might want to chart.