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Welcome To FMForums

Welcome to our community, full of great ideas on developing your FileMaker solutions effectively,
 for peer-to-peer support of the FileMaker Platform and related products and services.

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Community Forums

  1. Artificial Intelligence

    1. AI Programming

      Discussions using ChatGPT / Google Bard / MS Bing or other services. 

      • 7 posts
      Setting up a Portable Local AI Environment using Llama 3.2 Vision, Docker on Linux Windows Subsystem and FileMaker for Image Recognition
      Axelar,

    2. Core ML

      Discussions about Machine Learning and how to incorporate them in to your solution.

      • 4 posts
      Solving Scheduling Conflicts Using Machine Logic?
      ggt667,

  2. Community Resources

    1. Community Videos, Tips, & Techniques, Articles.

      Member contributions of videos, articles, tips, tricks & techniques.

      • 6.1k posts
      MBS FileMaker Advent calendar
      MonkeybreadSoftware,

    2. FileMaker Marketplace Discussions

      Discussions on submitted files from members.

      • 194 posts
      [FMGo] Disc Golf Score!
      Kevin Becker,

  3. FileMaker Platform

    1. FileMaker Interface Features

      • 70.7k posts
      Dropdown for Time
      comment,

    2. FileMaker Schema & Logical Functions

      Buidling a solution requires a plan or Schema learn how to implement your plans.

      • 239.8k posts
      Restricting change in a field in different forms
      comment,

    3. FileMaker Go for iPad and iPhone

      • 2.8k posts
      Need a little guidance using SDK for a produce destined for iPad distribution
      21st Century Man,

    4. FileMaker and the Internet

      • 32.7k posts
      WebDirect PDFs & Font Rendering - Is PDFKit the answer?
      eljefejb,

    5. FileMaker Pro 2024

      Discussions the newly released version of FileMaker

      • 91 posts
      QR code webhooks
      Greg Hains,

    6. Previous FileMaker Version Discussions

      Older discussion forums for previous versions of FileMaker

      • 33.8k posts
      Need licence / product key for FileMaker Pro 11
      marcos31,

    7. Claris Studio

      Discussions on the new Claris Studio

      • 10 posts
      Open folder to choose a file to Import
      comment,

  4. FileMaker Server Administration

    1. FileMaker Server 2024

      Deploy, Configure, Manage a FileMaker Server

      • 18 posts
      FMS24 not starting on boot
      Kyle Silfer,

    2. FileMaker Cloud

      Discussions about the new cloud offerings with FileMaker and Amazon

      • 153 posts
      Verify connectivity to shared drive
      Mike Tubman,

    3. FileMaker Custom SSL Certificates

      Discussions and instructions for securing your communications with Custom SSL Certificates from third party Certificate Authorities.

      • 124 posts
      Webdirect is not working with installed SSL Certificate
      ajgeronimo,

    4. oAuth and External Server Authentication

      Configuring and administration of FM Server using Active Directory & Open Directory or oAuth with Google, Amazon, Microsoft

      • 1.1k posts
      User w/ multiple roles - different privilege sets - MS Entra ID member of multiple groups
      Scott Cooper,

    5. Zabbix Server Monitoring

      More easily monitor your server resources and metrics using Zabbix, an open-source software monitoring tool. Even monitor multiple servers at the same time.

      • 4 posts
      FileMaker Server Hosting
      VirtualDesktop,

    6. Previous Version Server Discussions

      • 27.2k posts
      EAR passwords not being saved after Docker container restarts
      Buckie,

  5. JavaScript Integration

    1. JS in FM Community

      Another community offering assistance in integration JS into your solutions.

      13,198 visits to this link

    2. Java Script and the Web Viewer

      How to take your solution to the next level with a little JS and the Web Viewer.

      • 83 posts
      TinyMCE in Filemaker
      Don-Cryptus,

    3. Carafe.FM

      Carafe is an open platform for working with JavaScript in FileMaker. It allows you to browse, deploy, create, and/or share JavaScript components in FileMaker.

      • 94 posts
      New Bundle Suggestions
      Layne Shipley,

  6. Brain Food

    1. Security Concepts

      Accounts & Privileges & Passwords. Information you need to know about security management and concepts.

      • 8k posts
      IT adversarial stance re: FM & data security
      st_wr,

    2. The Left Brain

      Complex calculations, advanced scripting and other mind boggling topics.

      • 10.4k posts
      Is this possible: One FileMaker database solution, but used by two separate business entities?
      dmontano,

    3. Upgrading & Migration

      Transition, upgrade, migrate your legacy solutions.

      • 2.8k posts
      Trying to install Filemaker 17 server on Windows 22 server ..
      FM User New,

    4. Data Analysis

      Discussions about statistics, business intelligence, data visualization, machine learning, or whatever other flavor of data analysis you want.

      • 132 posts
      Where In
      bcooney,

    5. Development Standards

      Explore "standards" adopted by developers. Implementation and documentation. Don't start from scratch.

      • 1.1k posts
      Help Prevent Duplicate Child Records in Relation to its Parent table.
      dmontano,

    6. The Separation Model

      Learn & discuss the pros and cons of developing & maintaining the separation of data & schema.

      • 1.3k posts
      Normalization
      "... you mean these fans?",

    7. Relational Database Theory

      Discussions on what makes a database 'tick'. Non-tech background on database design.

      • 1.4k posts
      Split up Normalized Table
      robo5star,

    8. Damaged / Corrupt File Problems

      discussions on file related issues and procedures for recovering your files.

      • 1k posts
      Virtual Memory Size
      Oyseka,

    9. Hardware & Networking

      Hardware & Networking

      • 4.2k posts
      Getting missing msvcp100.dll error
      trishadua5,

    10. Product Ideas

      • 1.5k posts
      Give me Layers in the Layout PLEASE!
      Ocean West,

  7. FMForums Affiliates & Sponsors

    1. Productive Computing Support Forums

      • 478 posts
      Trying to Create A New Bill Using QBO Connector
      ArionnaScaletta,

    2. 360 Works Official Product Support Forums

      • 15k posts
      importing from .olm or MBOX?
      ryan360Works,

    3. Proof+Geist

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      • 116 posts
      Region - OffScreen in list results
      Mike S.,

    4. FileMaker Vendors

      • 5.4k posts
      BE_ClipboardFormats and BE_ClipboardSetText functions
      Greg Hains,

    5. FileMaker Training Resources

      • 968 posts
      Ultimate FileMaker Course - 09 - Window Management
      FileMaker Magazine,

  8. FileMaker Classifieds

    1. Announcements of FileMaker Product, Services or Resources

      Want to tell the world about your FileMaker related product or service? Post your press, releases and highlights are welcome...

      • 2.7k posts
      Troi File Plug-in 17.1 for Claris FileMaker 2025 released
      troi,

    2. Classifieds

      Product Announcements, Services For Hire, Services Wanted, or Solutions Wanted

      • 2.5k posts
      Dallas Texas - Full Time In-House Filemaker Developer/Administrator Role Available
      tx51210,

    3. Tools Of The Trade

      Third Party plugins, add-ons, reviews. Resources for the developer leveraging the bounty of community offerings.

      • 1.8k posts
      File maker supplied legal warnings
      Ocean West,

  9. FM Forums Operations

    1. FM Forums Feedback & Site News

      News and Feedback regarding this site.
      NOT FOR FILEMAKER SUPPORT

      • 1.2k posts
      Settings
      Ocean West,

Featured Content

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    New Client Story: Lab9 & ClickWorks

    How do you scale internal systems to support a growing retail and service network; without losing agility?

    From building their first FileMaker tool in-house back in 1993 to powering daily operations for 300+ employees today, Lab9 has always valued efficiency and innovation. When their internal platform needed a complete redesign, they partnered with us at ClickWorks.

    Together, we reimagined their platform by refining design, improving day-to-day usability, and supporting teams across service, retail, and operations. It’s a collaboration that still continues today.

    Read the full story here - https://www.clickworks.eu/en/case/inside-lab9-a-custom-platform-a-lasting-partnership/

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  • Claris FileMaker 2023 Under the hood webinar - June 27, 2023

    On June 27, many members of the Claris Engineering team, including Lucy Chen and Clay, will join me for an under the hood look at Claris FileMaker 2023. Two sessions: 9:00 a.m. PDT and 4:00 p.m. PDT. [Register here](https://content.claris.com/claris-fm2023-webinar-uth-fmforums).

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  • Work flow complete before bottom of second cup of coffee.

    The task at hand was finding an API for one of our clients that could provide a comprehensive list of their clients stores. The goal was to cross-reference this with our database, ensuring each store was accounted for. Despite my efforts, the search came up empty. However, their website presented an intriguing alternative: a detailed directory segmented by state and country.

    My initial approach was to examine the website's HTML, yet this only yielded the default data. Attempts to append the URL to load data from different countries proved futile. The website's dropdown appeared to use JavaScript to pull varying data sets. My initial assumption was that each selection triggered a new query. However, upon closer inspection, I discovered a JSON object nestled just before the closing body tag. Rather than querying anew each time, the JavaScript simply drew from different arrays within this pre-loaded object.

    Enter ChatGPT, OpenAI's conversational AI. 

    • 0 replies
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  • [ANN] Claris Engage 2024

    Claris's VP of Marketing Ann Devens just announced Claris Engage - February 6-8, 2024 on the Apple campus in Austin, Texas.

    We'll share more details about registration, speaking, hotels, and exhibiting soon.

    I hope to see you there!

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    rmtietge

  • [ANN] Claris Engage 2024

    Claris's VP of Marketing Ann Devens just announced Claris Engage - February 6-8, 2024 on the Apple campus in Austin, Texas. We'll share more details about registration, speaking, hotels, and exhibiting soon. I hope to see you there!

      • Like
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    rmtietge
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