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Part 2: What Should You Consider When Selecting a Development Partner? What Questions Might You Ask a Potential Developer?
Figuring out how to choose a great developer can be bewildering without some insight about what to look for. In this segment of our seven-part series on choosing and working with a custom app developer, we will eXplore some tips on how to vet developer candidates.
Hiring a developer is about creating a working relationship. You want someone who gets your business
The FileMaker Script Debugger is powerful. Its features are often overlooked. In this post we examine the buttons that control stepping through a script.
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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
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 […]
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The FileMaker Let function is your tool to make a calculation readable, well formatted and easy to debug. Let us discuss how it can be used.
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Communication amongst solution users is often a desirable feature. While many companies will standardize on generalized options such as Slack, it's not your only option when it comes to messaging within a FileMaker solution.
In the past, there've been a number "FileMaker only" solutions which take advantage of FileMaker's constant polling of the main data store. However, these solutions pale in comparison to what is available today. With the prevalence of super powerful browser-based Javascript
Communication amongst solution users is often a desirable feature. While many companies will standardize on generalized options such as Slack, it's not your only option when it comes to messaging within a FileMaker solution.
In the past, there've been a number "FileMaker only" solutions which take advantage of FileMaker's constant polling of the main data store. However, these solutions pale in comparison to what is available today. With the prevalence of super powerful browser-based Javascript
Nous avons le plaisir de vous annoncer la sortie d’un nouveau connecteur FileMaker pour Tableau : filemaker2tableau ! Ce connecteur développé par 1-more-thing se base sur la dernière version du Web Data Connector (WDC) de Tableau et bénéficie d’une interface simple et intuitive pour relier vos données FileMaker avec vos tableaux de bord Tableau. vous […]
Cet article filemaker2tableau, une nouvelle façon de connecter vos bases FileMaker avec Tableau est apparu en premier sur 1-more-thing.
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Parfois, un leader ne peut se contenter de ce qui est simplement à disposition. En tant que 1-more-thing, leader mondial dans l’intégration FileMaker/Tableau, nous avons ressenti le besoin de développer notre propre connecteur. Aujourd’hui, nous avons le plaisir de vous annoncer la mise à disposition gratuite et en Open Source de notre connecteur FileMaker pour […]
Cet article filemaker2tableau, une nouvelle façon de connecter vos bases FileMaker avec Tableau est apparu en premier sur 1-more-th
Newbury Park, CA March 4, 2020 Geist Interactive is proud to announce that we are now a Claris Partner-Connect. This new designation demonstrates our ongoing commitment to support the Claris International Workplace Innovation Platfom’s mission and the confidence Claris has in our ability to provide excellent service to our clients. Claris Connect is an Integration […]
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Eh bien ! il y a des semaines où il s’en passe, des choses ! Bien sûr, la grande nouvelle de la semaine dernière, c’est la sortie de Claris Connect. Nos vidéos en français et en anglais on battu des records en nombre de vues, et ont été re-publiées par certains media spécialisés comme MacGénération […]
Cet article Quelle semaine ! est apparu en premier sur 1-more-thing.
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Eh bien ! il y a des semaines où il s’en passe, des choses ! Bien sûr, la grande nouvelle de la semaine dernière, c’est la sortie de Claris Connect. Nos vidéos en français et en anglais on battu des records en nombre de vues, et ont été re-publiées par certains media spécialisés comme MacGénération […]
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We all love those "Top 10" videos because we know what we're getting into. It's just a list of 10 things right? But it's the best 10 things - right? Ok, well, "best" is possibly relative to what your particular daily workflow is like, but at least there's always something new to learn! Right!
And, that's exactly what this video is about. It's about learning those little time-saving tricks which make it much nicer to work within FileMaker's Layout Mode. Need some incentive to check it out? Here'
We all love those "Top 10" videos because we know what we're getting into. It's just a list of 10 things right? But it's the best 10 things - right? Ok, well, "best" is possibly relative to what your particular daily workflow is like, but at least there's always something new to learn! Right!
And, that's exactly what this video is about. It's about learning those little time-saving tricks which make it much nicer to work within FileMaker's Layout Mode. Need some incentive to check it out? Here'
Claris Connect is a new no-code platform that allows anyone to connect apps and services together to automate and orchestrate workflows. Read our overview article to see the pricing, and which applications are available upon launch! https://dbservices.com/articles/claris-connect-overview/
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Claris a officialisé aujourd’hui la sortie de sa plateforme d’intégration et d’orchestration : Claris Connect. Lors de la DevCon 2020, Brad Freitag (@bradfreitag), CEO de Claris International, annonçait le rachat par Apple/Claris de la startup italienne Stamplay. Quelques mois plus tard, Claris Connect est né ! Cette plateforme permet de créer et d’automatiser des flux […]
Cet article Claris Connect : la nouvelle plateforme d’intégration/orchestration est apparu en premier sur 1-more-thing.
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Claris a officialisé aujourd’hui la sortie de sa plateforme d’intégration et d’orchestration : Claris Connect. Lors de la DevCon 2020, Brad Freitag (@bradfreitag), CEO de Claris International, annonçait le rachat par Apple/Claris de la startup italienne Stamplay. Quelques mois plus tard, Claris Connect est né ! Cette plateforme permet de créer et d’automatiser des flux […]
Cet article Claris Connect : la nouvelle plateforme d’intégration/orchestration est apparu en premier sur 1-more-thing.
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Long time readers of this blog will be familiar with the following scenario — An ExecuteSQL code example is given, e.g., ExecuteSQL ( " SELECT SUM ( net_amount ) FROM cc_transactions WHERE batch_date = ? AND batch_region = ? AND card_type = ? " ; "" ; "" ; $theDate ; $theRegion ; $theCard )… Continue reading GetFieldName Revisited
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Long time readers of this blog will be familiar with the following scenario — An ExecuteSQL expression is given, e.g., ExecuteSQL ( " SELECT SUM ( net_amount ) FROM cc_transactions WHERE batch_date = ? AND batch_region = ? AND card_type = ? " ; "" ; "" ; $theDate ; $theRegion ; $theCard ) …followed… Continue reading GetFieldName Revisited
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Pull the Plug on Backup Plugins! Set Up WordPress Backups Through Your Hosting Service
by Justin Kwapich, eXcelisys WordPress Web Wizard
Many WordPress users rely on plugins to create backups of their website. However, there can be issues with using plugins for such a large process, which is why you should eXplore other WordPress site backup options. In this post, I’ll show you how to backup WordPress without a plugin.
The Trouble with Backup Plugins
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Pull the Plug on Backup Plugins! Set Up WordPress Backups Through Your Hosting Service
by Justin Kwapich, eXcelisys WordPress Web Wizard
Many WordPress users rely on plugins to create backups of their website. However, there can be issues with using plugins for such a large process, which is why you should eXplore other WordPress backup options. In this post, I’ll show you how to backup your WordPress site without a plugin.
The Trouble with Backup Plugins
Limited protection: Most pro
A script that identifies duplicates and deletes them isn't always the best choice. Sure, it works great when you are importing new contacts from a marketing campaign but what if the duplicate comes from an overzealous or lazy employee? Sometimes you need a system for merging a new record with an old one. While this can be completely scripted, I truly believe a human needs to oversee this process in most cases.
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A script that identifies duplicates and deletes them isn't always the best choice. Sure, it works great when you are importing new contacts from a marketing campaign but what if the duplicate comes from an overzealous or lazy employee? Sometimes you need a system for merging a new record with an old one. While this can be completely scripted, I truly believe a human needs to oversee this process in most cases.
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Demo file: virtual-portal-v2.zip (requires FM 18 or later) This is a quick follow up to the Virtual Portal article I posted the other day. As you may recall, the objective was to use virtual list to display disparate entities in a portal… …via an array like this… …which was auto-generated via a Hide Object calculation… Continue reading Virtual Portal, part 2
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[Note: several hours after posting this article I realized the “Hide Object” calc could be streamlined. Screen shot and demo have been updated to reflect this.] Demo file: virtual-portal-v2b.zip (requires FM 18 or later) This is a quick follow up to the Virtual Portal article I posted the other day. As you may recall, the… Continue reading Virtual Portal, part 2
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Looking for instructions for Mac? Click here!
Let’s Encrypt is a non-profit certificate authority with the mission of spreading the SSL love across the internet. Though they’re not officially supported, we can use Let’s Encrypt to get free SSL certificates to use with FileMaker Server. We will use a PowerShell script and the Windows Task Scheduler on Windows Server to retrieve and automatically renew SSL certificates through Let’s Encrypt to make sure our connections to FileMaker Server are
We’ve set up separate documentation for this scripting process now. View it at the link below. Looking for instructions for Mac? Click here! Let’s Encrypt is a non-profit certificate authority with the mission of spreading the SSL love across the internet. Though they’re not officially supported, we can use Let’s Encrypt to get free SSL …
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