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A Conversation About '2 Factor Authentication'

By Josh Ormond February 8, 2016

[ 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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Hacking Your Own FileMaker Platform Solutions

By Steven H. Blackwell April 7, 2016

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 Adobe InDesign Integration

FileMaker can easily integrate with Adobe InDesign and create powerful InDesign documents by generating XML out of FileMaker. With a bit of additional development, you can even automate the process of placing text and photos directly on the page for designs that rarely need adjustments. Save time and reduce human error by automating repetitive Adobe InDesign processes and eliminate double data entry. Read the full article: https://dbservices.com/blog/filemaker-adobe-indesign-integration

dbservices in FileMaker Integrations

January 9, 2019

Single Source of Truth

Having worked with FileMaker for well over 20+ years, and experiencing a wide variety of data models, it's always possible to get into a situation where you need to re-evaluate the data decisions you've made with regards to your structure. The data model you may have initially thought would handle all situations may need to be modified. Knowing about the multiple options you may have available for structuring your data makes a big difference when you start to consider simply "adding that new fi

FileMaker Magazine

January 8, 2019

Maybe You Missed These

It was almost two years ago that the Philosophy of FileMaker released it's first article. I write new articles almost every two weeks so there's a lot of information to filter at the Philosophy of FileMaker web site. That's why I thought it would be a good idea to talk about my favorite articles from the first year of blogging. You may have missed some of these articles and, if I list my favorites and why they're my favorites, maybe they'll answer long standing questions. View the full article

John Mark Osborne

January 8, 2019

Maybe You Missed These

John Mark Osborne

January 8, 2019

Time Picker Widget

It's a curious question and the answer may be good or bad depending on your perspective. "Why doesn't FileMaker have a time picker?". It has a calendar widget for working with date fields, why not time values? The solution to the problem, as is often the case, can be managed by simply creating your own picker. In fact, if you don't like FileMaker's desktop based date picker you can create any variation you desire based on being able to create any style of layout you can imagine. While the same

FileMaker Magazine

December 31, 2018

Tips ’n’ Tricks, part 3

It’s been a few years since we last had a tips ‘n’ tricks article here at FileMaker Hacks… long enough for some new items to accumulate in the old developer bag of tricks. (If you like this sort of thing, you may also want to check out part 1 and part 2.) Some of these […] View the full article

Kevin Frank

December 31, 2018

Google Maps APIs

Unless you've got a billion dollars to send out tens of thousands of cars with specially fitted technology mounted on their roofs; and, you can send them all across the planet, then you'll likely need to rely on mapping data from a third party. So, here we go with learning how we can leverage Google Maps APIs within FileMaker. This video will cover the essential knowledge you need in order to make the requests about geolocations whether they be latitude longitude coordinates or an address. As

FileMaker Magazine

December 17, 2018

FileMaker Integrations

FileMaker Outlook Calendar Integration

For many professionals, their calendar is an important tool that helps keep things running smoothly. In this article we cover how to integrate your Outlook calendar with FileMaker to keep you staying on top of your efficiency game! Be sure to check out our tutorial: https://dbservices.com/articles/filemaker-outlook-calendar-integration/ dbservices.com

dbservices in FileMaker Integrations

December 17, 2018

Duplicating a Portal

Clients are always asking me why the contents of portals do not duplicate along with a record. It makes sense. Portal data looks like it's part of the parent record so it should duplicate just like the local fields, right? After explaining how relationships work, the client still wants the related data to duplicate. The great thing is, the script isn't that difficult to write. There's just a few gotchas, opportunities for efficiency and, of course, the patented Philosophy of FileMaker considerat

John Mark Osborne

December 11, 2018

Duplicating a Portal

John Mark Osborne

December 11, 2018

Bienvenue Yann !

Aux bords du lac de Paladru ( Isère ) on trouve d’autres trésors que ceux laissés par les chevaliers paysans de l’an mil… On y dégote par exemple des développeurs FileMaker chevronnés ! En cette fin d’année 2018, nous sommes ravis d’accueillir dans l’équipe de 1-more-thing Yann Trauchessec, un développeur multi-langage avec comme prédilection celui […] Cet article Bienvenue Yann ! est apparu en premier sur 1-more-thing. View the full article

fabriceN

December 7, 2018

Happy Holidays & End Of Year Sale

We at Geist Interactive, Barbara, Dave, Lance, Jeremy and Todd (and the ghosts) wish everyone a happy holiday. No matter your celebration plans this season, we wish it to be full of warmth and love and joy. Thank you for coming along with us as we continue to push what is possible in FileMaker and […] The post Happy Holidays & End Of Year Sale appeared first on Geist Interactive. View the full article

Todd Geist

December 6, 2018

Subtle UI Widgets

If it's not obvious by the types of videos I produce, one of my most favorite areas of software development and design is the user interface. It's where the real test of your software happens. A user either "gets it" or not. If they don't, then you're back to the drawing board. Of course, there's always the learning curve which is present for anyone, but if you can create something that has less of a learning curve, then you feel like a winner. In this video, I cover a wide variety of topics r

FileMaker Magazine

December 5, 2018

You Can Help. One Spark Fundraiser

In years past many of you FileMaker people have supported our non-profit learning center, One Spark Academy, with an end of the year tax-deductible donation. We are very grateful. This year, due to some terrible tragedies, we need your help more than ever. The post You Can Help. One Spark Fundraiser appeared first on Geist Interactive. View the full article

Todd Geist

December 1, 2018

The FileMaker Filtering JSON function

Our JSONAdditions.fmp12 file provides additional useful custom functions. One of them is a FileMaker filtering JSON function: JSON.FilterByExpression The post The FileMaker Filtering JSON function appeared first on Geist Interactive. View the full article

Todd Geist

November 30, 2018

Faux Subsummaries with Variable Height Rows

Recently we’ve looked at two methods to generate a “faux” subsummary to address a shortcoming of FileMaker native subsummaries… namely that in a multipage report you can have orphaned entries at the top of a given page with no indication of what parent entity they belong to. The methods were documented here: Conditional Summary Report […] View the full article

Kevin Frank

November 30, 2018

Triggers I Can't Live Without

Script triggers often solve problems that otherwise couldn't be overcome. While script triggers are incredibly useful, don't abuse this feature or you may encounter script conflicts. Alternatives to script triggers are auto-enter calculations, manually run scripts and many other FileMaker features. Become familiar with every tool on your belt so you can choose the right feature for the job at hand. Hesitate to use triggers but when they solve the problem better than any other approach, use their

John Mark Osborne

November 28, 2018

Triggers I Can't Live Without

John Mark Osborne

November 28, 2018

Limiting Field Access

These are often asked questions regarding setting up a new FileMaker database system. "How can I limit when the user can enter data into the field?" Or, the alternative, "Once the user enters data, how can I make sure they don't change it unless I want them to?" Both of these types of questions can be answered using a variety of methods. The core to understanding their answers is that there's really only only two methods for limiting field access. One is controlling the display of the field and

FileMaker Magazine

November 27, 2018

<p>Is your site running an older version of PHP...

Is your site running an older version of PHP? Chances are … yes. According to W3Tech, 76.6% of websites are running a version of 5X. This December, support ends for versions 5.6 to 7.0, pushing them to end of life. This means no more security updates! What does this mean for you if your site is still running an older version of PHP? It means that if a new security issue is found it will not be fixed going forward. So, if you get hacked there may not be a simple fix. You can always roll back, b

eXcelisys

November 20, 2018

PHP Support ending in December – Woo Commerce patched

eXcelisys

November 20, 2018

Powerful Summary ListOf Fields

One of the nicest additions FileMaker made awhile back was within an area you wouldn't quite expect. It was within the Summary functions that FileMaker added a simple new option named ListOf. This happened with FileMaker version 13 and this one type of summary field can be use for so many different things within the user interface that it's quite invaluable for driving all kinds of user feedback. With a ListOf summary field, you can control the content of a custom portal, grab data necessary fo

FileMaker Magazine

November 17, 2018

FileMaker Tools

Mail Merge with FileMaker

Using FileMaker, your data, and a word processor such as Microsoft Word, you are able to reduce the amount of double data entry as well as human error by using Mail Merge. In this article, we cover how you can achieve that goal within your FileMaker solution: https://dbservices.com/articles/mail-merge-with-filemaker/ dbservices.com

dbservices in FileMaker Tools

November 14, 2018