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FileMaker Starting Point Released in Danish, Dutch, Italian, Japanese, and Swedish

Richard Carlton — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 22:07:14 +0000

FileMaker Starting Point Released in Danish, Dutch, Italian, Japanese, and Swedish

January 31, 2012

Richard Carlton Consulting, Inc. (RCC) is proud to announce the immediate availability of more localized versions of FileMaker Starting Point. FMSP in Danish, Dutch, Italian, Japanese, and Swedish are live and ready to be downloaded at http://fmstartingpoint.com/languages/localization.html.

“Our previously released versions of localized copies of FMSP are quickly becoming more and more popular,” says Richard Carlton, CEO of RCC. “We have high expectations about the increasing popularity of these newly released versions, as well.”

Alejandro Gidi, a Localized FMSP user states this about the product, “We are very happy and pleased with FM Starting Point. It enabled us to literally jump-start a project. The solution is running about 20,000 records at the moment, and we’re adding around 1,000 more per day. Thanks for a great product at an affordable price. Congratulations and keep up the good work!”

“With over 150,000 downloads, FMSP for English has been a hugely successful solution, and we wanted to bring this fantastic tool to FileMaker users from other linguistic backgrounds, within and outside of the United States,” adds Richard Carlton, CEO of RCC. “Our English version has always been completely free and unlocked; however, RCC has retained translation professionals to advise and assist in our conversion.”

Due to the added cost of localization, the price for a localized version of FMSP is $99. Upon purchasing the solution, there will be no “hidden” fees associated. The purchaser will be able to customize her/his own solution without any restrictions and be able to deploy it to an unlimited number of users.

FileMaker Starting Point is made to run on the FileMaker®¹ platform. Users will still be required to purchase FileMaker Pro or FileMaker Go as her/his needs dictate. A demo version of FileMaker Pro is available at www.filemakertrial.com. A free trial version of FMSP in Italian is available, as well, through RCC to allow users a test drive before they purchase the application.

Adam Russ, project manager of the Localization Project, states, “The Localization effort is quickly coming to close with the release of the Danish, Dutch, Italian, Japanese, and Swedish. Our last language to be released is Chinese (Simplified). We are currently working on the translation end of that and will be releasing it in the near future.”

Richard Carlton Consulting, Inc., is one of the leading FileMaker consultancies in the United States. RCC has been successfully developing solutions for small and large businesses for 21 years. We provide customized database development services for business, government, and non-profit organizations. With a team of 26 staff, we are capable of deploying both small and large solutions for a wide variety of customers.

¹FileMaker is a registered trademark of FileMaker, Inc. in the U.S. and other countries. Macintosh, iPhone, iPad, and iOS are trademarks of Apple, Inc. in the U.S. and other countries.

FileMaker Go 1.2.4 Now Available!

Richard Carlton — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 22:09:20 +0000

A free update for FileMaker Go 1.2.4 for iPhone and iPad is now available. This update addresses compatibility issues associated with running on iOS 5.

Specifically, it resolves an issue where scrolling between fields causes redrawing that can hang the application. It also fixes an issue where selected text that appears behind the keyboard causes a jumping effect.

This update is free to existing FileMaker Go users.

To learn more these issues, visit the Knowledge Base.

If you haven’t yet purchased FileMaker Go, it is available on the iTunes App store for $19.99 (iPhone); and $39.99 (iPad).

FM Starting Point Localization Efforts

Richard Carlton — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 23:59:33 +0000

FM Starting Point is RCC’s free business template that has seen over 150,000 downloads. This has been a runaway success for the English users of FileMaker. Due to its success, RCC has been working to translate FMSP to all available languages supported by FileMaker. Currently completed translations include Spanish, German, and French. Work on Danish, Dutch, Swedish, Chinese, Japanese, and Italian are underway.

RCC has already received great feedback regarding the localized versions of FMSP. Alejandro Gidi, a localized FMSP user states this about the product, “We are very happy and pleased with FM Starting Point. It enabled us to literally jump-start our project. The solution is running about 20,000 records at the moment, and we’re adding around 1,000 more per day. Thanks for a great product at an affordable price. Congratulations and keep up the good work!”

Get your localized copy of FM Starting Point at http://fmstartingpoint.com/languages/localization.html

RCC Expands iOS App Development for Customers

Richard Carlton — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 01:19:14 +0000

While FileMaker Go is a powerful database application for FMPro users, it is not free on the Apple app store. Frequently, customers want to redistribute free or very low cost applications, making FileMaker Go an unacceptable solution due to its minimum price of $19.99 for iPhone and $39.99 for iPad. For this reason, RCC is using other technologies to develop low-cost apps for our customers. One such app was built for Century Helicopter and is available for both iPhone and iPad. This app focuses on helicopter safety as well as providing sales and promotional information for Century’s line of aircraft.

Additionally, RCC has teamed up with Front Sight Firearm Institute to develop a low cost app for distributing Front Sight’s 45-page manual for the iPhone and iPad. The app outlines the basics of firearm training as well as preparation for firearm training at Front Sight Nevada.

If you would like to see a free or low cost app developed for your organization feel free to email Richard Carlton Consulting at info@rcconsulting.com.

Solid-State Hard Drives With FileMaker Servers

Richard Carlton — Sat, 03 Dec 2011 03:25:22 +0000

RCC has aggressively worked with customers to develop faster FileMaker Servers. Some FileMaker solutions involve very large file systems or very large user groups. Sometimes the problem is a combination of the two. For this reason, slow performance may result in an unacceptable user experience. Even with a well-designed database, the sheer volume of data may overwhelm the server itself, affecting overall performance. The introduction of solid-state hard drives to FileMaker Server has been one of the biggest transformational improvements ever. Over the last few years, RCC has been deploying FileMaker Servers with solid-state hard drives. In doing so we have seen great performance improvements. Tasks that used to take 7-8 minutes to perform have been recorded to take about 14 seconds. The previous SATA level (2) was clocked at 100 times faster than an average 5400-RPM hard drive. The latest generation of the SATA technology (3) has been recently released both on the Windows and Macintosh platforms. Without getting into the technical details of this technology, it has the ability to double the speeds that solid-state hard drives operate. Some I.T. managers find this fact to be highly irritating since brand new $799 Mac Minis operating on solid-state hard drives now easily outpace $10,000 servers that were purchased 3 years ago.

If you are interested in exploring SSDs, feel free to contact Richard Carlton Consulting, Inc. or contact your I.T. manager and tell him you want SATA 3, and don’t take no for an answer!

Using FileMaker to Place Automated Phone Calls

Richard Carlton — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 04:35:48 +0000

RCC now has the ability to easily integrate automated phone calls with our customers’ FileMaker solutions. This is not meant as a telemarketing spamming tool, but is intended to augment email notifications for mission-critical communications. For example: if a vacation resort cancels a reservation for a customer, an email confirmation of that action would occur. The customer may never see this email for multiple reasons such as issues including spam filtering or his own inattentiveness. Therefore it might be advantageous to backstop critical emails with an automated phone call.

Automated phone call notifications can be of value for three main reasons:

1. There is no current email address on file for the contact.

2. The user doesn’t regularly read their email, so we cannot guarantee that it will be read.

3. The email may be intercepted by spam filtering systems and never be delivered to the user.

With an inexpensive subscription to a monthly service, RCC can enable FileMaker databases to easily send out automated phone calls at any time of the day.

For more information, contact Richard Carlton Consulting, Inc. or contact your FileMaker engineer about automated phone calling using FileMaker.

FMSP Spanish 2.1F2 Released!

Richard Carlton — Fri, 18 Nov 2011 23:19:19 +0000

We have revised FM Starting Point in the French language to correct the following issues:

•Tool tips are now fully functional

•Various translation errors

• Calculation fields affecting overall speed.

• Improvements in the overall layout schema.

To get your own copy of FileMaker Starting Point in the French language please visit http://fmstartingpoint.com/languages/french.html

Please feel free to contact us with any comments or feedback. You can follow RCC’s localization efforts on our website, www.fmstartingpoint.com, or follow us on Twitter!

FMSP Spanish 2.1S2 Released!

Richard Carlton — Mon, 24 Oct 2011 21:41:16 +0000

We have revised FM StartingPoint in the Spanish language to correct the following issues:

•Tool tips are now fully functional

•Various translation errors

• Calculation fields affecting overall speed.

• Improvements in the overall layout schema.

To get your own copy of FileMaker Starting Point in the Spanish language please visit http://fmstartingpoint.com/languages/spanish.html

Please feel free to contact us with any comments or feedback. You can follow RCC’s localization efforts on our website, www.fmstartingpoint.com, or follow us on Twitter!

FMSP German 2.1G2 Released

Richard Carlton — Fri, 14 Oct 2011 22:52:12 +0000

We have revised FM StartingPoint in the German language to correct the following issues:

• Various translation errors

• Calculation fields affecting overall speed.

• Improvements in the overall layout schema.

Please feel free to contact us with any comments or feedback. You can follow RCC’s localization efforts on our website, www.fmstartingpoint.com, or follow us on Twitter!

Century iPhone/iPad App Press Release

Richard Carlton — Mon, 19 Sep 2011 22:39:18 +0000

Century App Press Release September 12, 2011

Century Helicopters, in partnership with Richard Carlton Consulting, Inc. (RCC), is pleased to announcethe immediate availability of two free iOS applications focused on radio control helicopter safety.

These iOS applications are free to download from the Apple App Store, and each is individually formatted for either the iPhone or the iPad. They contain information and links regarding radio control helicopter safety and a checklist that RC pilots may consider using when operating such aircraft.

“The Century Helicopter application is very useful for pilots and is extremely informative,” adds Myles Debski, lead developer of these Century applications. “While developing these applications, we focused on the importance of safety when operating RC helicopters. Of course, being an app that Apple had to approve, we needed to ensured that these apps be made visually appealing.”

While one application is designed for the screen size of the iPhone and the other for the iPad, both contain the same content and make heavy use of videos that are streamed to the application from the Internet. For best performance while running these applications, users should be connected to a WiFi network.

Richard Carlton, CEO of RCC asserts,

These helicopter safety applications make great reference material and also showcase the use of iOS applications that promote knowledge for a particular market segment.”

Richard Carlton Consulting, Inc., is one of the leading FileMaker consultancies in the United States. RCC has been successfully developing solutions for small and large businesses for 21 years. We provide customized database development services for business, government, and non-‐profit organizations. With a team of 26 staff, we are capable of deploying both small and large solutions for a wide variety of customers.

iPhone, iPad, and iOS are trademarks of Apple, Inc., in the U.S. and other countries.

Watch Video Overview of these Applications: iOS app overview

See the app in iTunes: iTunes Link

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