News, info, tutorials, and tips for developing databases with FileMaker Pro for Mac OS X and Windows.
gFM-Business 4.6 released with some new features
Today we released the updated version 4.6 of the gFM Business Light and Professional ERP software. The new version contains some new features and a solution-wide revised user interface, which further simplifies the adaptation and expansion of gFM-Business, especially in connection with customizing and open licenses. Export your booking data once a month with the DATEV export package. With the new product properties, you can define your articles even more precisely and create price-relevant properties. Generate SEPA direct debits directly from an invoice and generate a clear contact overview in CRM with all important information at a glance. gFM-Business 4.6 also contains some bug fixes. The new version 4.6 is now available for download. The update to the new version is free of charge for all users of gFM-Business 4.x. (more…)
From October 16 to 19, 2019, we will exclusively and personally present our new multilingual version of the gFM Business ERP software to all visitors of the FileMaker Conference 2019 in Hamburg. The new version will be released in early November 2019. gFM-Business 4.5 supports the use of multiple languages in the user interface and in all print layouts. Regardless of the language set for the ERP system, users can also use the software in a different language or create documents in a different language. 
We currently have a limited number of FileMaker Pro Advanced 17 licenses in stock. As the FileMaker 18 Platform has already been released, the buyer will receive a license key for FileMaker Pro Advanced 17 and FileMaker Pro Advanced 18 and their installation programs. FileMaker Pro Advanced 17 runs on the Mac starting with macOS 10.12 “Sierra”, while the newer version 18 requires at least macOS 10.13 “High Sierra”. FileMaker Pro 17 can therefore also be used on older operating systems. Once the available licenses are sold out, only one license key for FileMaker Pro Advanced 18 will be shipped.
In times of increasing data volumes, companies are faced with increasing demands to manage this data in a structured manner so that they can retrieve it at any time with reasonable effort. Many platforms are available on the market for this purpose. The industry relies on flexible platforms such as Hana from SAP, Microsoft Dynamics, IBM or Oracle. What all these platforms have in common is that they already contain a large number of standard processes and can be extended by IT specialists with additional databases and functions. For small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), however, such solutions are often unaffordable due to relatively high investment costs. 
Every company works individually according to its own specifications, and they also say “Every company ticks differently”. For this reason, almost all companies accumulate countless Excel spreadsheets and other documents over time, which are often stored in different locations in different directories. Since finished ERP software usually only covers a part of a company’s requirements, the company has no choice but to collect data in this form. With this method of working, however, it is difficult in the long run to keep track of all the data.
Sometimes it’s the little things you just have to know to make your daily work with the computer easier. An enterprise software serves to store as much data of the enterprise as possible in a structured way and for this reason usually has a relatively high complexity. In this article we present ten short tips and tricks that will make your work with the FileMaker-based