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7. Previous Version Server Discussions
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JavaScript Integration
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  How to take your solution to the next level with a little JS and the Web Viewer.
  
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Our picks
- FileMaker Origin Stories
  
  jbrown posted a topic in Community Videos, Tips, & Techniques, Articles., April 27, 2020
  
  Everyone here has an interesting FileMaker Origin Story. Sometimes we stumble into the platform, and sometimes we make a deliberate choice.
  
  We all know the ending of our stories, but what happened at the beginning?
  
  We at Geist Interactive are interested in FileMaker developers' origin stories. We're collecting stories into a series of episodes on The Context Podcacst.
  
  Here's the trailer: https://share.transistor.fm/s/d8ad250b
  
  Feel free to share your story too. We'd love to hear your story. Reach out at info@geistinteractive.com or send me a message. We'll set up a time to share your story. Please consider it: no matter your experience level, we want to hear them.
  
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- Addendum2 oAuth Extensibility Working With OneLogin
  
  Steven H. Blackwell posted a file in White Papers, March 25, 2020
  
  Wim Decorte and I are pleased to announce release of Addendum2 in our oAuth series for the Claris FileMaker Platform. This one focuses on the use of the OneLogin IDaaS service.
  
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- HTTP Request: I don’t know how, but it works
  
  Todd Geist posted a blog entry in Geist Interactive, November 8, 2019
  
  In the past year and a half here at Geist Interactive, I’ve been tasked with some development work that involves connecting to various APIs. I’ve written modules for clients that get definitions, other forms, synonyms and antonyms, hypernyms and hyponyms of a term from the client’s internal dictionary and such public dictionaries such as Oxford […]
  The post HTTP Request: I don’t know how, but it works appeared first on Geist Interactive.
  
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- DB Services Named to Inc. 5000 List
  
  dbservices posted a blog entry in DB Services Blog, September 13, 2019
  
  For the first time, DB Services has been ranked #3494 on the annual Inc. 5000 list, which ranks the country’s “fastest-growing innovators” based on overall revenue growth over a three-year period. The Inc. 5000 list has brought attention to America’s growing private businesses since 1982.
  
  DB Services now joins the ranks of other Inc. 5000 list alumni such as Facebook, Zappos, Pandora, and others. DB Services is top ranked FileMaker Platinum Business Alliance Partner on the 2019 Inc. 5000 list. DB Services joins 63 other Indiana-based companies, and ranks #42 in the state.
  
  DB Services’ mission is to make organizations more efficient and effective through the use of custom FileMaker solutions. Since 2003, they have provided custom applications and workflow solutions to Fortune 500 companies, small businesses, K-12, universities, and non-profit organizations. DB Services is a FileMaker Business Alliance Platinum Member that offers FileMaker Development, FileMaker Support, FileMaker Training, FileMaker Cloud Hosting, and FileMaker Licensing.
  
  For a complimentary consultation with one of our Certified FileMaker Developers, call the main line at 888-488-0191, or fill out a Contact Form on the DB Services website.
  
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- Forum Etiquette
  
  John Mark Osborne posted a blog entry in The Philosophy of FileMaker, July 2, 2019
  
  Forums are a great way to get technical advice for FileMaker but for some reason, many people don't think they have to be nice in the electronic world. I was raised to say "please" and "thank you" and that has translated over to the internet for me. But, other folks think the anonymity of cyberspace is an excuse to be a jerk. Some posters are outright offensive and others will just leave snide responses like, "that wasn't much help". News flash! People on the internet are real and you should be as nice to them as you would in real life! In fact, I would say you should be nicer online so as not to be misinterpreted.
  
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Blog Entries
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- Why then How
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- Securing QR Barcodes
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- Case Sensitive Searching
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Recent Activity
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  using 360Works Email plugin to parse inbound HTML email
  
  We have a client that is sending email to us from their ServiceDesk help desk system. The issue is that the email is laced with HTML tags, so much so that the 360Works Email plugin script step to read the email doesn't find any body to insert in a FileMaker field. The script step is of the form: Set Field[ImportedMessage::body ; EmailReadMessageValue( "body" )] The field ImportedMessage::body is empty, even though we know there is content because a cc copy of the same email can be read, for example, by Apple Mail. Any ideas how to parse the content out of an email that a bunch of
  
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  How to get all characters before x from a text with multiple occurrences
  
  My friend pointed me to this thread asking how I might solve this, and once I saw @comment's solution I just laughed. Brilliant idea.
  
  2 hours ago in Calculation Engine (Define Fields)
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  How to get all characters before x from a text with multiple occurrences
  
  The best way to understand this is to look at the result of each step. Eventually, you have values = 5 x2 10 x6 20 x30 and filter = 5 yx2 10 yx6 20 yx30 As you can see, the multiplier values in both lists are identical, while the multiplicands are different. Applying FilterValues() keeps only the identical values. But of course the proper way to handle this would be to provide the user with separate fields for multiplier and multiplicand, and a portal to enter multiple multiplications. Then you will have structured data that does not require precarious text parsing.
  
  5 hours ago in Calculation Engine (Define Fields)
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  view of the layout/report is not the same on the client and on the web
  
  Web direct doesn’t support the table view
  
  6 hours ago in Layouts
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  view of the layout/report is not the same on the client and on the web
  
  On the client - View as a table On the web - view as the layout Is it a way to have the same view?
  
  10 hours ago in Layouts
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