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We're open for topics for our February meeting - e-mail Joyce Lillemon Boschert (joyce@cpscat.com) if you have a suggestion. Siné (next door) is a great place to have a bite or a drink before the meeting.

Common Sense Script Triggers

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Martha Zink, the Houston FMPug Coordinator will present on Script Triggers and how they can be used in a way that will make data entry easier and more accurate for users.

Pizza will be provided, so please RSVP. Feel free to bring your own lunch, too.

Intro to FMP II/Script Triggers 101 II

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1:00 - 1:50 Intro to FMP Part 2 (with an emphasis on what's new in FMP 10) Byron Songer
1:50 - 2:40 Script Triggers 101 (Part 2 of 4) Jonathan Fletcher
2:40 - 3:00 Q&A
3:00 - ? Networking and refreshments

David Hollander - Solution Case Study: Intuitive workflow for Medical Research using FM 10 Features

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David Hollander makes databases for medical researchers. He'll demo a project for managing lab samples that incorporates cool features in FM10 to make it as intuitive and goof-proof as can be. You'll see how script triggers, conditional formatting, custom menus, and other interface tricks are put to work. Newcomers will come away learning new techniques; and veterans can compare their own favorite methods to David's.

TBA

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Meeting dat confirmed, Topic to be announced.

Door Prize for this meeting
FileMaker Pro 10

FileMaker Script Triggers; iPhone SDK

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In depth review of applications using script triggers to provide maximum user friendliness and full functionality with keyboard - providing methods for users to perform all tasks with the mouse as an optional device.

Marx Martin will also demonstrate the iPhone SDK.

Map of the meeting location is at http://tinyurl.com/ycq4h9c

RSVP is needed to provide you access at the front gate.

Questions please call Marx Martin at 903-882-9934

Door Prize for this meeting
Source code of demos will be provided to all attendees.

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Using Virtual Desktop Clients with FileMaker

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FileMaker’s rapid prototyping and development strengths are well known. It is these characteristics that make it possible for even small organizations to be able to afford custom database applications. And when a typical FileMaker solution is deployed in-house – with the database hosted on the same local area network (LAN) to which the client computers are connected – run-time performance is seldom an issue.

But what happens when a user needs to connect to the database from a location outside of the LAN? Whether a user is accessing the database from home over a high-speed cable modem or sitting in a coffee shop connecting to the Internet via a much slower wireless signal, FileMaker performance can take a real hit. Operations that were almost instantaneous inside the LAN can take 10, 20 or 30 seconds (or more) to complete when connecting remotely.

Careful analysis and reworking of some parts of a FileMaker solution can help, but even with a thoroughly tuned system, performance from outside the office will never be as fast as you would like... Unless, that is, you choose to enhance FileMaker with some kind of virtualization or remote desktop technology. With a number of differing philosophies being described in the media – and an ever-widening array of competing products on the market – it can be confusing to choose the right approach … or even to decide if virtualization makes sense in your environment.

In this presentation, Morgan Jones of One Part Harmony in Austin, Texas, will demonstrate the use of virtual desktop software to provide remote FileMaker clients with almost the same performance as users connecting via the LAN. After just half a day ‘s effort to install and configure VERDE, from Virtual Bridges, Inc., the clients for whom Morgan develops FileMaker solutions see dramatically improved response times for remote users, while spending far less than the cost for a Microsoft Terminal Services deployment or a Citrix XenApp installation.

Using Virtual Desktop Clients with FileMaker

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In this presentation, Morgan Jones of One Part Harmony in Austin will demonstrate the use of virtual desktop software to provide remote FileMaker clients with almost the same performance as users connecting via the LAN. After just a half-day effort to install and configure  VERDE, from Virtual Bridges, Inc., the clients see dramatically improved response times for remote users, while spending far less than the cost for a Microsoft Terminal Services deployment or a Citrix XenApp installation.

Intro to FMP III/Script Triggers 101 III

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1:00 - 1:50 Intro to FMP Part 3 (with an emphasis on what's new in FMP 10) Byron Songer
1:50 - 2:40 Script Triggers 101 (Part 3 of 4) Jonathan Fletcher
2:40 - 3:00 Q&A
3:00 - ? Networking and refreshments

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Rosemary Tietge from FileMaker Inc.

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Rosemary is a systems engineer for Filemaker Inc.

Don Levan - Topic TBD

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Kirk Bowman - Topic TBD

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The hard date for this in May is TBD