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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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  • 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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FileMaker 19 Performance Lab Warming Up, All 24U Plug-Ins Compatible with 19

We have tested all our products and are happy to confirm that they all work fine with the new version, only iOS versions of our plug-ins need to be updated for the new iOS App SDK. Now we are preparing our performance lab to test FileMaker 19 performance and compare it to the previous versions. Read more details in our latest article and let us know what you would like us to include in our performance test. The article also explains what we consider being the three most valuable new featu

HOnza

HOnza in Performance Tuning

FileMaker JavaScript Web Viewer Integration

The new FileMaker JavaScript Web Viewer Integration creates seamless communication between FileMaker and web viewers. This integration will allow for more efficient development of web viewers which will extend the functionality of FileMaker systems with features not native to FileMaker. Learn how with our tutorial and free sample file: https://dbservices.com/articles/filemaker-javascript-web-viewer-integration/ dbservices.com

FileMaker 19 & JavaScript: BFFs for Life

It’s well known that we have advocated for using JavaScript in Claris FileMaker for many years. Both yours truly and Todd, separately and now together, talk JavaScript and its use in our platform. Todd realized the language could be used in FileMaker since the moment the web viewer was introduced in FileMaker 8.5, and I. […] The post FileMaker 19 & JavaScript: BFFs for Life appeared first on Geist Interactive. View the full article

Todd Geist

Todd Geist

FileMaker 19 & JavaScript: BFFs for Life

It’s well known that we have advocated for using JavaScript in Claris FileMaker for many years. Both yours truly and Todd, separately and now together, talk JavaScript and its use in our platform. Todd realized the language could be used in FileMaker since the moment the web viewer was introduced in FileMaker 8.5, and I. […] The post FileMaker 19 & JavaScript: BFFs for Life appeared first on Geist Interactive. View the full article

Todd Geist

Todd Geist

The Execute FileMaker Data API: Getting the FileMaker MetaData

In a previous post, we wrote about the new Execute FileMaker Data API script step. We wrote about its JSON-constructed data-gathering abilities. We’re pretty excited about this step. It’s useful for gathering a found set of records to display in a JavaScript-based add-on and for passing records to an API. But this new script step […] The post The Execute FileMaker Data API: Getting the FileMaker MetaData appeared first on Geist Interactive. View the full article

Todd Geist

Todd Geist

The Execute FileMaker Data API: Getting the FileMaker MetaData

In a previous post, we wrote about the new Execute FileMaker Data API script step. We wrote about its JSON-constructed data-gathering abilities. We’re pretty excited about this step. It’s useful for gathering a found set of records to display in a JavaScript-based add-on and for passing records to an API. But this new script step […] The post The Execute FileMaker Data API: Getting the FileMaker MetaData appeared first on Geist Interactive. View the full article

Todd Geist

Todd Geist

FIleMaker 19 Overview

FileMaker 19 has arrived, with many exciting new features that everyone can benefit from! Check out our detailed overview of FileMaker 19, which includes links to learning materials for these new features: https://dbservices.com/articles/claris-filemaker-19-overview/ dbservices.com

dbservices

dbservices in FileMaker 19

Geist Interactive is Ready for FileMaker 19

Geist Interactive is ready for FileMaker 19. All of us are fully briefed on the new features, we’ve downloaded our copies, and we’re beginning to use the Open Platform for our clients. We are ready, and if you need us to build you add-ons or modules, if you need us to solve your problems (we […] The post Geist Interactive is Ready for FileMaker 19 appeared first on Geist Interactive. View the full article

Todd Geist

Todd Geist

Geist Interactive is Ready for FileMaker 19

Geist Interactive is ready for FileMaker 19. All of us are fully briefed on the new features, we’ve downloaded our copies, and we’re beginning to use the Open Platform for our clients. We are ready, and if you need us to build you add-ons or modules, if you need us to solve your problems (we […] The post Geist Interactive is Ready for FileMaker 19 appeared first on Geist Interactive. View the full article

Todd Geist

Todd Geist

FMPerception 19: Ready for Claris FileMaker 19

FMPerception, the only Realtime Developer Intelligence Tool in the Claris Community, is ready for FileMaker Pro 19’s new and changed features. Dave Ramsey, the creator of the tool, has ensured that FMPerception will help you as you begin to use FileMaker 19 to create apps for your clients. FMPerception features, of course, change to reflect […] The post FMPerception 19: Ready for Claris FileMaker 19 appeared first on Geist Interactive. View the full article

Todd Geist

Todd Geist

FMPerception 19: Ready for Claris FileMaker 19

FMPerception, the only Realtime Developer Intelligence Tool in the Claris Community, is ready for FileMaker Pro 19’s new and changed features. Dave Ramsey, the creator of the tool, has ensured that FMPerception will help you as you begin to use FileMaker 19 to create apps for your clients. FMPerception features, of course, change to reflect […] The post FMPerception 19: Ready for Claris FileMaker 19 appeared first on Geist Interactive. View the full article

Todd Geist

Todd Geist

FileMaker 19 Execute FileMaker Data API Script Step

In this post we explore the new script step Execute FileMaker Data API. It's an awesome step with great potential. Read on to learn more. The post FileMaker 19 Execute FileMaker Data API Script Step appeared first on Geist Interactive. View the full article

Todd Geist

Todd Geist

FileMaker Pro 19 - New Features & Functionality

On Wednesday May 20th, 2020 Claris International Inc. released a new version of FileMaker Pro. Version 19 includes just a handful of changes, but they are far reaching and will extend FileMaker's usefulness in many ways. Of the changes, the biggest is an extensible architecture which allow for portable components called Add-ons to be distributed. The same underlying technology, which uses XML, is also being used to provide support for updating a database file using a command line tool. FileMak

FileMaker Magazine

FileMaker Magazine

FileMaker Pro 19 - New Features & Functionality

On Wednesday May 20th, 2020 Claris International Inc. released a new version of FileMaker Pro. Version 19 includes just a handful of changes, but they are far reaching and will extend FileMaker's usefulness in many ways. Of the changes, the biggest is an extensible architecture which allow for portable components called Add-ons to be distributed. The same underlying technology, which uses XML, is also being used to provide support for updating a database file using a command line tool. FileMak

FileMaker Magazine

FileMaker Magazine

Claris FileMaker 19 – The First Open Platform Release

Claris FileMaker 19 is the biggest release since FileMaker 7. It has the potential to change how we think about and build FileMaker applications forever. There are a host of new features for FileMaker users and advanced developers can now use powerful technologies, like machine learning and JavaScript to extend the platform in new directions, […] The post Claris FileMaker 19 – The First Open Platform Release appeared first on Geist Interactive. View the full article

Todd Geist

Todd Geist

Hey Nineteen

FileMaker 19 contains some features that are going to revolutionize development. With complete Web Viewer JavaScript integration, the ability to create FileMaker apps in the Cloud and a new developer tools for copying schema from one file to another, FileMaker 19 is poised for a massive change. It's the starting point for something new that's only get better with their new agile release schedule. View the full article

John Mark Osborne

John Mark Osborne

Hey Nineteen

FileMaker 19 contains some features that are going to revolutionize development. With complete Web Viewer JavaScript integration, the ability to create FileMaker apps in the Cloud and a new developer tools for copying schema from one file to another, FileMaker 19 is poised for a massive change. It's the starting point for something new that's only get better with their new agile release schedule. View the full article

John Mark Osborne

John Mark Osborne

Designing for Efficiency

Designing a single-user FileMaker solution for efficient display is pretty easy. If it works on your computer, it's likely to perform the same on any other computer. The trouble starts when you share a FileMaker solution with multiple people. The rules change. There's record locking for starters but I've covered that already in several articles on this web site. What I want to talk about today is designing an efficient form and list view. It's especially important when displaying single and mult

John Mark Osborne

John Mark Osborne

FilterValues

Today we’re going to do some experiments with the FilterValues function, which takes two return delimited lists for input… FilterValues ( textToFilter ; filterValues ) …and produces the intersection of the two lists as output. With the above in mind, when the function was first introduced back in 2004, I assumed that these two statements… Continue reading FilterValues View the full article

Kevin Frank

Kevin Frank

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