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  • Steven H. Blackwell

    Hacking Your Own FileMaker Platform Solutions

    By Steven H. Blackwell

    Hacking Your Own FileMaker Platform Solutions Should FileMaker Platform developers mount hacking attacks on their own solutions? At first glance, this may seem an odd question. But I believe that the answer is “Yes, we should.” Consider this. As developers we see our solutions from a totally different perspective than Threat Agents see them. Without practicing our own hacking skills, we can become blind to the vulnerabilities a Threat Agent can exploit to compromise the Confidentiality
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  • Josh Ormond

    A Conversation About '2 Factor Authentication'

    By Josh Ormond

    [ Edit: 3/16/2016 - With the help of some other people, we have been able to recover, or recreate some of the original images from original thread. ] Security is always a big topic when it involves data, or people, or possessions. Recently, over on the FileMaker Community, there was a very beneficial discussion regarding security. Unfortunately, that discussion was the victim of a necessary action...and was deleted. It was deleted, because the discussion was tied to a video that, as was det
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1-more-blog

Quick Find: the forgotten feature

Released with FileMaker 11, more than 8 years ago in 2010, Quick Find is probably one of the most underestimated features in FileMaker. For some reason, there wasn’t even much emphasis in the product marketing when it was released. Platform evengelists would mention it as a ‘Google-like search engine within FileMaker’, product documentation said ‘search […] Cet article Quick Find: the forgotten feature est apparu en premier sur 1-more-thing. View the full article
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FileMaker Magazine

Accessing Google Services - Part 1

Buried within the layers of complexity inside any technical system are the simple settings of multiple parameters and/or settings. You simply need to get the right pieces into the right places. You know - like a jigsaw puzzle. And, once the puzzle starts to reveal itself, the understanding of what the picture is becomes so much more clear. That's the goal of this particular video when it comes to connecting to the myriad of possible Google services. FileMaker Pro, in the last few years, had im
FileMaker Magazine

FileMaker Magazine

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Proof+Geist

Like a Boss: FileMaker Script Compatibility

The FileMaker Script Compatibility tool ensures that each script runs correctly everywhere in the platform. Developers should use it all the time. The post Like a Boss: FileMaker Script Compatibility appeared first on Geist Interactive. View the full article
Todd Geist

Todd Geist

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Proof+Geist

Ledger Link: Getting Started

It is always good to know how to get started with any product. And in this video, Barbara Cooney takes us through how to do just that with LedgerLink. Follow along with Barbara as she helps you get started using LedgerLink: Key Points Obviously you need to have a LedgerLink licence. We have a demo […] The post Ledger Link: Getting Started appeared first on Geist Interactive. View the full article
Todd Geist

Todd Geist

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Proof+Geist

Karbon Update: Transaction Logs

We need to do better logging in Karbon, both developer logging at design time, and process logging at runtime. This video covers some of the progress we have made towards solidifying our approach to login. The post Karbon Update: Transaction Logs appeared first on Geist Interactive. View the full article
Todd Geist

Todd Geist

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The Philosophy of FileMaker

Weight Lifting

This technique has no real use in the real world. Say what? Yes, you read that correctly! Think of the technique I'm about to cover as weight lifting for your FileMaker mind. It's about solving a complex problem, learning new scripts steps and functions, and generally getting smarter so the next time you tackle a problem you'll be more prepared. I believe in conditioning so much, I often write scripts from scratch I could easily copy and paste. But I digress. All I can say is if you want to buil
John Mark Osborne

John Mark Osborne

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The Philosophy of FileMaker

Weight Lifting

This technique has no real use in the real world. Say what? Yes, you read that correctly! Think of the technique I'm about to cover as weight lifting for your FileMaker mind. It's about solving a complex problem, learning new scripts steps and functions, and generally getting smarter so the next time you tackle a problem you'll be more prepared. I believe in conditioning so much, I often write scripts from scratch I could easily copy and paste. But I digress. All I can say is if you want to buil
John Mark Osborne

John Mark Osborne

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FileMaker Magazine

Universal Date Picker

FileMaker Pro provides us with a wonderfully blank canvas in order to present data however we wish. It's called Layout Mode. When you combine that feature with the recently added Card Windows the power to solve presentation problems goes up quite significantly. Such is the case when it comes to providing users with a date picker, or a calendar widget if you will. In previous videos, I've provided instruction on how to make a very simple calendar widget. When you combine that widget with a Card
FileMaker Magazine

FileMaker Magazine

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DB Services Blog

IoT, FileMaker, and You

The topic of the Internet of Things is increasingly becoming a focus for many businesses. In this article we take a look at how IoT can help improve your productivity and quality. https://dbservices.com/articles/iot-filemaker-and-you/ dbservices.com
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1-more-blog

Attention : repensons le fait de repenser le versioning : FMDataMigrationTool corrompt les index

Lors de la sortie de la version 17, nous postions un article enthousiaste sur les possibilités de versioning avec le nouvel outil Data Migration Tool. L’utilisant à maintes reprises, nous avons constaté un bug qui rend l’outil pratiquement inutilisable (si on ne prend pas la peine de faire l’étape finale proposée dans la solution ci-dessous) […] Cet article Attention : repensons le fait de repenser le versioning : FMDataMigrationTool corrompt les index est apparu en premier sur 1-more-thing.
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Proof+Geist

FileMaker Date Range Picker Integration

A FileMaker date range picker is easy to implement, customize, and connect to our custom app, thanks to JavaScript. Watch the video and follow along. The post FileMaker Date Range Picker Integration appeared first on Geist Interactive. View the full article
Todd Geist

Todd Geist

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Proof+Geist

Like a Boss: FileMaker Perform Script on Server

We all want our custom apps to be faster, right? As problem solvers, we design our system and complex processes to happen quickly so that the user can get on with her task. Well one method we have at our fingertips is "Perform Script on Server". Let's discuss this script step, its features and things to watch out for. As we study it and use it properly, we'll use this script step like a boss. The post Like a Boss: FileMaker Perform Script on Server appeared first on Geist Interactive. View th
Todd Geist

Todd Geist

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Wing Forward Solutions

Toggle two fields

Say you’ve got two fields, both number fields, and you want to use them as flag fields, to be set to either 0 or 1. But they should always be opposite from each other. Changing one field should change the other and vice versa. At first, that seems simple. You just need to make each field an auto-enter referencing the other field, right? Nope. That doesn’t work. FileMaker’s calculation engine does not like that sort of circular references. Field A changes so Field B changes so Field A changes, e
David Jondreau

David Jondreau

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Wing Forward Solutions

Toggle two fields

Say you’ve got two fields, both number fields, and you want to use them as flag fields, to be set to either 0 or 1. But they should always be opposite from each other. Changing one field should change the other and vice versa. At first, that seems simple. You just need to make each field an auto-enter referencing the other field, right? Nope. That doesn’t work. FileMaker’s calculation engine does not like that sort of circular references. Field A changes so Field B changes so Field A changes, e
David Jondreau

David Jondreau

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Proof+Geist

LedgerLink Feature: Adding Attachments

LedgerLink now features the ability to add attachments and sync those to Quickbooks Online just like any other data. Read on for more info. The post LedgerLink Feature: Adding Attachments appeared first on Geist Interactive. View the full article
Todd Geist

Todd Geist

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FileMaker Magazine

Using FileMaker's Grid

Recently, while providing intermediate training at the annual FileMaker Devcon, I had an attendee approach me and ask a very simple question. "How do you turn off the grid in FileMaker?" Like all questions, it was asked within the context of innocent ignorance. This was simply because this person had not yet used, nor explored this area of FileMaker. This is totally understandable with the increasing number of options found across the increasing number of palettes within FileMaker. However, if
FileMaker Magazine

FileMaker Magazine

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The Philosophy of FileMaker

Form Letters in Browse

Empowering users of your solution to create their own form letters is life-changing. No longer do they have to contact the developer, explain their needs and go through a back-and-forth testing stage. The developer just designs a single interface that allows the user to create, save, edit and delete their own form letters. It's really not that hard to program either. You just need some global fields, a calculation and a couple of scripts for the foundation of this technique. This approach seems
John Mark Osborne

John Mark Osborne

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The Philosophy of FileMaker

Form Letters in Browse

Empowering users of your solution to create their own form letters is life-changing. No longer do they have to contact the developer, explain their needs and go through a back-and-forth testing stage. The developer just designs a single interface that allows the user to create, save, edit and delete their own form letters. It's really not that hard to program either. You just need some global fields, a calculation and a couple of scripts for the foundation of this technique. This approach seems
John Mark Osborne

John Mark Osborne

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FileMaker Weetbicks

Building a Multi Lingual Application

Hi all,   Just posted a new article over at FileMaker Weetbicks all about building multi lingual applications in FileMaker, we walk through the whole process and cover some of the challenges involved and how to overcome them.  Also included is a thorough demo file.   Check it out here, thanks !
Daniel Wood

Daniel Wood

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Proof+Geist

Karbon Webinar – Getting Started

Free webinar introducing Karbon our free application framework for building ambitious custom business applications. If you are interested in using the FileMaker Workplace Innovation Platform at a high level you'll probably want to see what we have cooked up. The post Karbon Webinar – Getting Started appeared first on Geist Interactive. View the full article
Todd Geist

Todd Geist

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FileMaker Magazine

Duplicating Related Records - Server Side

The age old question commonly arises on FileMaker forums around the world. "How can I duplicate the whole record?" In other words, how can I duplicate the parent record and all related children records which make it seem like it's one whole entity. Well, at least, that's how a newer user/developer sees it. They may visually see the one record with all of its related records presented within the portal, but making the distinction that you're actually looking at 1 record plus N related records is
FileMaker Magazine

FileMaker Magazine

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Proof+Geist

FileMaker Interactive Charts with Javascript and C3

In this post and video, we look at creating FileMaker Interactive Charts with the maybe the most powerful escape hatch in the professional Filemaker developer's toolkit, JavaScript! The post FileMaker Interactive Charts with Javascript and C3 appeared first on Geist Interactive. View the full article
Todd Geist

Todd Geist

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Proof+Geist

Using DataTables in FileMaker

Using DataTables in FileMaker is an innovative way to provide a full set of functionality with very little set up time. Here we explore how to set it up. The post Using DataTables in FileMaker appeared first on Geist Interactive. View the full article
Todd Geist

Todd Geist

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