The records were all fixed format, with fields of fixed length and type. You had to know all the commands and type them in correctly to do anything. The user interface was a prompt that was a single dot at the left edge of the screen.
In their opinion, the existing databases were just awful. They concluded that it would be too hard to break into that market. They looked around and saw that a number of other companies were already working on word processing products. Outside the hall there was a tent that had a small section devoted to PCs. In those days, computer conferences for businesses concentrated on mini computers and larger. Spec and Dan attended a computer conference. This is quite different from the culture of most technology companies these days, which encourage or even require creativity. Spec Bowers, Alan Albert, Dan Chadwick and Jega Arulpragasam wanted to develop new products but the Wang Labs didn’t foster this type of creativity with their political culture. The history of FileMaker dates back to the early 1980s with four people who originally worked at Wang Laboratories. The rolodexes from FileMaker 1.0, FileMaker Plus, FileMaker Pro 1.0, FileMaker Pro 5.5, FileMaker Pro 7.0 and FileMaker Pro 15. Recent history is written from my knowledge of the industry.
Glenn is a FileMaker developer and generalist who lives and works in Arlington, Massachusetts. Information regarding the early history of FileMaker is adapted from an interview with Spec Bowers by Glenn C. I'm not saying it's anywhere close to the impact of the Apple Super Bowl commercial but it's fun to have a look.īeginner, Intermediate and Advanced Video Training It was one of those favor things so it only played once. And let me know if you figure out some combination of these new features that let's you accomplish some really cool technique.Ĭlaris Commercial Few people know that Claris produced a commercial and it aired on national television. Play around with these tools, and I'm sure you'll be impressed with the flexibility. Try these same wildcard techniques with time fields too. You can use curly brackets to specify a range of months, such as "/*/* to locate all the birthdays in the first 6 months of the year. Or, you can use wildcards to locates all dates on January 1st, regardless of the year, by typing "1/1/*". For example, you can type in a range of "Monday.Friday" or "Mon.Fri" to locate all weekday dates. The Philosophy of FileMaker recommends PCI!ĭate Search Techniques Some date search features in FileMaker may not be obvious. Email John Mark Osborne or call John Mark at (909) 393-4664 to find out more about this service.
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