FileMaker Pro 10 Rulers

A quick tip for FileMaker Pro 10 users: in Layout mode, you can choose to display Graphic Rulers from the View menu:

What you may not realize is that you can easily toggle between ruler units by clicking the unit label that appears in the upper left corner of the rulers. Unit options include in (inches), cm (centimeters), and px (pixels):

You can also toggle units by clicking the unit labels in the Info palette:

Posted on Wednesday, September 2nd, 2009.

Fixing FileMaker Server Web Start

I recently installed the Java for Mac OS X v10.5 Update 4 on my computer at work. Today I had trouble logging in to the administrative interface for our new FileMaker Server, which is launched as a Java Web Start application. After fiddling with it for a minute, I found a recent post by John May confirming the problem is related to the Java update and offering a solution.

Choosing to open a .jnlp file with the Java Web Start application.

In the “Get Info” window for the web start file, select “Other…” from the “Open With” menu and choose the Java Web Start application found in /System/Library/CoreServices. Problem resolved.

Posted on Friday, June 19th, 2009.