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Comment on Hidden Gems 11.0 by chivalry

chivalry — Sun, 22 Aug 2010 17:51:55 +0000

Honestly, I hate the font change in the calculation dialog boxes. I can cerntainly understand why having a larger font would be preferable for some people, but I prefer a smaller font and I prefer a monospaced font. Although generally I’m not a fan of additional preferences, this times it seems justified. I actually hate the font so much I’ve actually moved to using TextMate to edit calculations rather than the built-in editor in FileMaker. With the bundle I helped to write (http://code.google.com/p/filemaker-textmate-bundle/updates/list) I get code completion, syntax coloring and other features.

Regarding the moving of lines in lists, although it’s nice to be able to click and drag anywhere to move, I’ve found the removal of the ability to do so with the keyboard (unless I’ve not yet discovered how they’ve changed it) to be quite annoying. I used to be able to hold down the Command key and press the up and down arrows to move an item. That’s no longer the case.

Comment on Dynamic Portal Scroll Bar by Tweets that mention Dynamic Portal Scroll Bar « Gallimaufry -- Topsy.com

Tweets that mention Dynamic Portal Scroll Bar « Gallimaufry -- Topsy.com — Mon, 16 Aug 2010 16:48:54 +0000

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Comment on Dynamic Portal Scroll Bar by Mikhail_Edoshin

Mikhail_Edoshin — Mon, 16 Aug 2010 03:43:43 +0000

This is very nice. I usually dislike workarounds, saying to myself something like “let it be ugly, but straightforward”, but this one is pretty.

Comment on Manage Parameters by Unlimited Timer « Gallimaufry

Unlimited Timer « Gallimaufry — Wed, 09 Jun 2010 02:16:21 +0000

[...] from my library. I have described two of them – param and param.get – already in the post Manage Parameters. The third – param.delete – is used to remove a parameter from the parameter [...]

Comment on Evolution of Random Numbers by Jeremy Bante

Jeremy Bante — Fri, 09 Apr 2010 16:01:08 +0000

I have a series of functions for other distributions, including (but not limited to) Bernoulli, Beta, and Binomial random variables:

/*Random_Bernoulli( probability ) by Jeremy Bante of Kyo Logic, LLC*/
Case(
Random < probability;
1;

0
) //end Case()
//end Random_Bernoulli()

/*Random_Beta( alpha; beta ) by Jeremy Bante of Kyo Logic, LLC*/
Let( [
guess = Random;

mode = (alpha - 1) / (alpha + beta - 2);
densityAtMode = (mode ^ (alpha - 1)) * ( (1 - mode) ^ (beta - 1) ); //used as a scaling factor

rejectionThreshold = (guess ^ (alpha - 1)) * ( (1 - guess) ^ (beta - 1) ) / densityAtMode
]; //end variable definitions

Case(
Random ≤ rejectionThreshold; //Random is in acceptable range
guess;

//reject guess, sample again
Random_Beta( alpha; beta )
) //end Case()
) //end Let()
//end Random_Beta()

/*Random_Binomial( probability; trials ) by Jeremy Bante of Kyo Logic, LLC*/
Let( [
guess = Round( Random * trials; 0 );

mode1 = Ceiling( trials * probability );
mode2 = Floor( trials * probability );

massOfMode1 = (probability ^ mode1) * ( (1 - probability) ^ (trials - mode1) );
massOfMode2 = (probability ^ mode2) * ( (1 - probability) ^ (trials - mode2) );

scaleFactor = //translates the probability mass function to values between 0 and 1, maximizing acceptance rate
Case(
massOfMode1 ≥ massOfMode2;
1 / massOfMode1;

1 / massOfMode2
); //end Case()
rejectionThreshold = (probability ^ guess) * ( (1 - probability) ^ (trials - guess) ) * scaleFactor
]; //end variable definitions

Case(
Random ≤ rejectionThreshold; //Random is in acceptable range
guess;

//reject guess, sample again
Random_Binomial( probability; trials )
) //end Case()
) //end Let()
//end Random_Binomial()

Comment on Not an April Fools’ joke by Tweets that mention Not an April Fools’ joke « Gallimaufry -- Topsy.com

Tweets that mention Not an April Fools’ joke « Gallimaufry -- Topsy.com — Fri, 02 Apr 2010 23:27:49 +0000

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Comment on Hidden Gems 11.0 by LucThomaere

LucThomaere — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 12:45:07 +0000

That April Fool’s Joke was SUPER! So many good idea’s I wish Filemaker had adopted it as their todo-list.

Comment on Something about Filemaker 11 by Arnold Kegebein

Arnold Kegebein — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 22:41:44 +0000

Sorry when you are confused. My article ‘Something about FileMaker 11′ is an old post. I wrote it a year ago (April 2009), kind of as an April Fool’s joke (you can discover it in the very last sentence of the post). But you could see it also like a wish list for features I like to see in a future version of FileMaker.

So to answer your question, there is no “Set Object Attribute” script step (yet). Keep sending it to FileMaker’s feature request page, perhaps we will have it with the next version.
Still, have fun with your new FileMaker.

Comment on Something about Filemaker 11 by slamdunk

slamdunk — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 22:29:07 +0000

Guys,

I just used FM Pro Advanced 11 but can’t find “Set Object Attribute” script step. Where did you guys see that?

Comment on Hidden Gems 11.0 by Arnold Kegebein

Arnold Kegebein — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 17:43:36 +0000

I was a little bit fast with my conclusion about the new Window Size behavior. I tested it with full-size windows only.

Now I did further testing, recreating your results with less than full-height windows. See my new finding in the addendum in my post.

I do not the problems with the Inspector. I have only one Inspector window open, switching with Cmd+1/Cmd+2/Cmd+3 with my left hand between the three tab pages. That works fine on my 15″ MacBook Pro.

For the other remarks, FileMaker Pro 11 is out less than a week. I try to emphasize positive things, waiting a couple of days before I post a bad feature list. But, hey – perhaps I can work on a new April Fool’s joke.