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StylŌ: Previz  Your Themes and Styles

StylŌ: Previz Your Themes and Styles

Themes and Styles are a welcome addition to FileMaker Pro 13. But how do you keep track of all the details that give these tools their potential power? Here’s one way: use?StylŌ to help you put together the elements of your theme. With powerful reporting to...
Calculating ROI on Custom Software

Calculating ROI on Custom Software

Anyone who has ever tried to purchase a car based on gas mileage knows that real-world results are different from what’s written on the sticker. It’s even harder with custom software, because there is no sticker. One thing is for certain: done right, a new...
Bob Shockey to Speak at DevCon 2014

Bob Shockey to Speak at DevCon 2014

Alchemy Consulting Group founder and CEO Bob Shockey will once again speak at the FileMaker Developer Conference. This year, Bob will start with a discussion of ?real-world type design in FileMaker Pro and Go, including some typography basic information and an...
Interface Copy Rules

Interface Copy Rules

I found a great article from a designer at Google Ventures, about how to use text in interface design. Anyone who follows Alchemy Group knows that we focus heavily on the visual design aspects of interface design in our FileMaker business ?solutions. This article...

Why You Should Use FileMaker Pro

These days, the voluminous amount of data we collect in the course of conducting business transactions requires us to find an efficient way to manage it. There are already big names in the database management software niche, like SQL Server, Microsoft Access and...