Global Variable Localization
Ok, I'll admit it. Unless you know you need localization for your FileMaker solution, this isn't a sexy topic. But WAIT! There's MORE...
This topic isn't just about localization. This topic could also be considered "User Interface Strings" or "Optimized Layout Display". Essentially, the big deal about the content presented in this video, is the fact that the concept shown can be leveraged in a variety of ways.
Watch this video if you're interested in knowing one of the many ways you can optimize your visual design process and gain some extra benefits in terms of managing the visual development and growth of your solution. With good naming conventions, the flexibility presented offers a number of benefits over adding static text to your layouts.
Comments
Awesome!
This is awesome! I'd absolutely want to learn this more in depth.
textmate
how did you get textmate to recognize fmp calc syntax for color-coding. Is it extensible enough to add autocomplete, tooltips for filemaker calcs?
Here's the TextMate Bundle
Thanks to Chuck Ross he created the bundle. You can find it here.
http://code.google.com/p/filemaker-textmate-bundle/
Yes, on the autocomplete. There is also another bundle created by Don Levan and I'll have to ask him about putting that up on github.
-- Matt Petrowsky - ISO FileMaker Magazine Editor
couple questions
what is the # in the en.txt file? is it a custom function? what does it do?
how is the display_text.calc applied to the global repeating field?
one Set Field?
thanks for sharing your videos and tips!