FileMaker Go at the Apple Store

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UPDATE: WE CAN’T ACCOMMODATE MORE RSVPS, SORRY. FULL HOUSE.

ALSO NOTE: we will not be serving food at this meeting. Shovel something down beforehand, or wait until after and go out to one of the many great restaurants in the area - very close by.

Join us this May 22 for a very special gathering of Philadelphia Area FileMaker User Group with a focus on the latest version of FileMaker Go. Our location this month is the downtown Philadelphia Apple Store Briefing Room. Representatives from FileMaker, including regional Systems Engineer Matt O’Dell, as well as FileMaker Business Alliance members will be highlighting the FileMaker Go 12 features as well as productivity-improvement solutions built on the FileMaker Go 12 platform.

We will also be reviewing FileMaker Go solutions from Kevin Ayers and a few surprises as well. Seating will be limited for this unique evening so reserve your spot today!

FileMaker Pro 12

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(Park in back of BBB building).

Hosted by Bill Kaiser, your Regional FileMaker Business Account Manager, and Bill Heizer, FileMaker Sr. Consulting Systems Engineer, you will see:

• New FileMaker Go 12
• New themes architecture - Instantly change the look of layouts
• New design capabilities - Gradients, image slicing, borders, object states
• New quick charts - Create charts in a just a few clicks
• Enhanced Container Fields - Drag and drop to store documents, photos, videos, music, and more

Make sure to RSVP as space is limited and we need to plan for pizza.

Door Prize for this meeting
FileMaker Pro 12 Advanced

Understanding FileMaker Pro 12

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Hello fellow developers and users



Our next FileMaker Users' Group (FMPUG) meeting will be two weeks from now on Thursday, May 31st @ 6:30pm - 8:30pm.



We will be discussing version 12 and all the new changes that it has brought. Version 12 has brought major changes to the layout user interface, container fields, and window options. We will also be discussion the new ExecuteSQL function which has made FileMaker a much more powerful tool.




Also if there are other ideas that you would like to share with the group, please let me know in advance to that it can be put it on the agenda.



As always it does not cost anything to come to the meetings.



FMPUG offer its members many rewards including discount on products, access to expert developers via the RealTech mailing list, and exposure to the development community.



Please come out and network with your fellow developers in the area as we strive for continued involvement from the local FileMaker community.



Refreshments and snacks will be served.

Introducing the New FileMaker 12 Product Line

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Please join us for a special meeting with Alexei Folger, Sr. Systems Engineer, and Glen Suarez, Business Account Manager, from FileMaker Inc., who will introduce you to the new FileMaker 12 product line.

In this meeting, you will see:

• New themes architecture - Instantly change the look of layouts
• New design capabilities - Gradients, grids, guides, image slicing, borders, object states
• New quick charts - Create charts in just a few clicks
• Enhanced Container Fields - Managed storage options and drag and drop to store documents, photos, videos, music, and more
• New FileMaker Server 12 - 64-bit, progressive backups, streaming container field content, group start page
• New FileMaker Go 12 - record audio and video, capture location information, export to multiple formats, multi-tasking, etc.

Door Prize for this meeting is a copy of FileMaker Pro Advanced 12!

Alexei Folger, Sr. Systems Engineer FileMaker, Inc.
Glen Suarez, Business Account Manager FileMaker, Inc.

Date & Time:
Thursday May 31, 2012
6:00PM - 8:00PM

Location:
Courtyard by Marriott Phoenix Airport
2621 South 47th Street
Phoenix, AZ 85034

Registration:
glen_suarez@filemaker.com

Speaker bio:
Alexei Folger, Senior Systems Engineer for FileMaker, Inc., provides high-level technical guidance to customers and contributes to the development of future product direction. Previous to FileMaker, Inc., she was an Engineering Project Manager for Apple Computer, where she directed complex, cross-platform software development efforts. Earlier in her career, she worked in computing support services at MIT. She's an experienced speaker who has made numerous technical presentations. She is a FileMaker 7, 8, 9, 10, and 11 Certified Developer.


Questions? Contact:
Glen Suarez
glen_suarez@filemaker.com

Door Prize for this meeting
FileMaker Pro Advanced 12

Plugins

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Have a favorite plugin? Share it with other users in this interactive meeting! (Let Dan know what plugin you will demo).

Bob Bowers, Soliant Consulting

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Design Smackdown with Albert Harum-Alvarez

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The Design Smackdown is BACK and coming to Austin, just in time for FileMaker 12! This is the same Design Smackdown hosted by SmallCo's FileMaker Design Caucus . You can see previous Design Smackdown recordings at the Design Caucus link, at:



Would you like your to have your own app "Smacked Down?" It really doesn't hurt. The advice dispensed is the same kind of design counsel offered by Albert Harum-Alvarez and his staff at the Design Master Class.

Three slots are available for the upcoming Smackdown at the June 7th Austin FMPug meeting. If you're interested in getting into the ring yourself, submit three screenshots and a two-paragraph description of the app to . Take those two paragraphs to describe WHO uses the app and WHAT they want to accomplish with it. And if you'd rather sit on the sidelines and cheer, we'll understand. There's room for you in the cheap seats!

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Bare Bones PHP Preview

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At the FileMaker Developer Conference in Miami, Kirk Bowman and Anders Monsen from MightyData will teach a 4-hour pre-con session to help you get started with PHP pages and FileMaker databases. They will preview their content at our FMPug meeting. If you bring a laptop, you will have a chance to write some PHP code and see it work right before your eyes.

FileMaker Go - synching files

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Dig into FileMaker Go and get the lowdown on synching data and databases...

Ken D’Oronzio - soSIMPLE Calendar

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Custom Functions

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Have a favorite custom function? Share it with other users in this interactive meeting! (Let Dan know what functions you will demo).

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DevCon Review

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Meeting moved to after DevCon - for the DevCon review.

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DevCon Recap

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Those who attended DevCon share highlights from their favorite sessions.

Recap of FileMaker DevCon

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Local developers who attended the FileMaker Developer Conference in Miami will lead show and tell of the exciting things they learned about FileMaker 12.

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NO MEETING IN DECEMBER

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That's right. A December meeting - for the first time in 10 years of this group

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