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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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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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FileMaker Pro Brings Light to the End of Repair Shop’s Dark Data Tunnel

FileMaker Pro Brings Light to the End of Repair Shop’s Dark Data Tunnel Solution Optimizes Workflow & Allows ERS to Analyze Data to Reduce Customers’ Repair Costs When an endoscope fails or performs poorly, it’s a big, costly deal. Broken scopes lead to downtime and downtime costs money. So how do hospitals, surgery centers and clinics keep their endoscopy suites in full working order? They rely on businesses like Endoscopy Repair Specialist Inc. (ERS) to provide preventive mainten

eXcelisys

April 30, 2018

Realtime Developer Intelligence

Have you ever been deep into a complex FileMaker script and realized you need to know something about the structure of the app? Maybe you need to know where a custom function is used, or what scripts call the script you are working on. What do you do? The post Realtime Developer Intelligence appeared first on Geist Interactive. View the full article

Todd Geist

April 27, 2018

GoDraw3: Hack the Heck Out of It

GoDraw3 is a FileMaker drawing tool for users. For FileMaker developers, however, it is full of customization. A developer can do with it what she wants. The post GoDraw3: Hack the Heck Out of It appeared first on Geist Interactive. View the full article

Todd Geist

April 26, 2018

Survival Guide (Part 5 of 7): Find, Hire and Work with a Software Developer, Successfully!

Part 5: Rassling with the R’s — Roles and Responsibilities in Software Development Knowing the Software Development Roles… It’s important to get the right people in the right place at the right time. Once the development project launches, everyone involved will have an opinion, eXpertise and investment in the outcome. To get the best results, it’s important to use each person in the right way. Quality in, quality out. In this installment, we’ll walk you through client and developer d

eXcelisys

April 26, 2018

[FMP Tip-n-Trick] FileMaker Pro Audit Trail “Revisited”

FileMaker Pro Audit Trail “Revisited” By Doug West Nearly four years have passed since our last Easy-Bake FileMaker Pro Audit Trail made its Internet debut. The same principles are still going strong, and now we’ve added some bells and whistles based on user feedback. The steps to implement this revised FileMaker Pro audit trail technique in your own solution is as easy as: Copy the four custom functions from this demo file and paste them into each file of your app. Copy the _audit field a

eXcelisys

April 26, 2018

GoDraw3: Use Drawings to Enter Data

GoDraw3 is a drawing tool, but it can also be used as a visual data-entry system. Objects in a drawing can have data attached, and that data can be saved. The post GoDraw3: Use Drawings to Enter Data appeared first on Geist Interactive. View the full article

Todd Geist

April 24, 2018

File Freedom

In my two decade career, I've only seen corrupt files while working in technical support. I was in technical support for five long years but even then it was not a common occurrence. Rarely have I encountered a corrupt file while working with a client or in my own personal FileMaker solutions. With good file management practices, your FileMaker file can live a long and happy life, free of corruption. I'm not saying corruption doesn't happen, it's just rare. Still you need to be prepared if the F

John Mark Osborne

April 24, 2018

File Freedom

John Mark Osborne

April 24, 2018

Thinking About JSON, part 1

I’ve been working on a couple large JSON projects over the last few months, and with the one year anniversary of FileMaker having built-in JSON capabilities just around the corner, this seems an opportune moment to share some reflections and opinions (some of which may contradict JSON-related opinions I have expressed previously). Demo file: json-sandbox.zip […] View the full article

Kevin Frank

April 24, 2018

Ultimate Card Window Control

FileMaker 16 changed the entire landscape of how many things are accomplished within FileMaker. Because of the ability to show a completely different context as a new Card Window, you can now do all kinds of wonderful things. Need an interactive sidebar? Use a Card Window. Need greater degree of control over your custom dialog boxes? Use Card Windows. Need to present a pick list, a palette or pretty much any information you could ever want to display in a dedicated child window? Used Card Windo

FileMaker Magazine

April 23, 2018

GoDraw3: The FileMaker Drawing Tool

GoDraw3 is the FileMaker Drawing Tool. It provides a lot of functionality for users, and gives great flexibility for FileMaker developers. Take a look and see how to Draw in FileMaker. The post GoDraw3: The FileMaker Drawing Tool appeared first on Geist Interactive. View the full article

Todd Geist

April 19, 2018

FileMaker Integrations

FileMaker EDI Integration

Electronic data interchange (EDI) is used by businesses to electronically exchange standard business documents. EDI standards can speed up business by simplifying communication between two companies. Check out how FileMaker can help your business by Integrating with EDI: https://dbservices.com/articles/filemaker-edi-integration/ dbservices.com

dbservices in FileMaker Integrations

April 18, 2018

No Duplicate Emails

FileMaker Pro has some very simple and straight-forward validation options. For example, if you only want one field named email to only ever have a single copy of a given email, you choose the Unique option in the Validations section of the field's options. But, what if you want to allow a given contact record to have multiple email addresses. How do you check for uniqueness across multiple fields? The same email could appear within one field and then would be perfectly valid in a second field

FileMaker Magazine

April 16, 2018

FileMaker Security: Leveling Up a Custom App

FileMaker Security is like leveling up your character in a video game: get to the level that is best for your data. Here we examine the levels of security. The post FileMaker Security: Leveling Up a Custom App appeared first on Geist Interactive. View the full article

Todd Geist

April 13, 2018

FLF

I've mentioned FLF (Find-List-Form) in several other articles on this web site but I think it's so important that I wanted to devote an entire article to the subject. So many developers have moved so far away from the roots of FileMaker that they almost don't even know what they are. Then they teach other budding FileMaker developers wacky workarounds for something that is so easy to accomplish with basic FileMaker tools, and these impressionable minds think it's always the right approach. Yes,

John Mark Osborne

April 10, 2018

FLF

John Mark Osborne

April 10, 2018

Atlanta FileMaker Developers Group 4/4/18 – Relationship Rescue

Relationship Rescue What does it mean in the Set Field script step when it says “This calculation will be evaluated based on context determined at runtime.”? What is “context”, anyway? It turns out that there are different types of “context” that are relevant to FileMaker development. What do layouts have to do with the relationship graph? What do indexes have to do with relationships? How do the various types of relationships work?What’s the difference between defining a sort in the relationsh

Smef

April 5, 2018

Reducing Available List Options

Whether you're just starting out with FileMaker Pro or you've been hovering in the intermediate zone for a little while, it's always a good thing to have a solid understanding of how to structure data and use the Relationship Graph in order to accomplish the end objective. When it comes to presenting a reducing set of available options, you have to understand how to get at what isn't being used in order to present it. The steps you need to take to show what isn't being used requires you to, fir

FileMaker Magazine

April 4, 2018

Le 22 avril, venez courir avec nous

Parce que nous aimons les données. Parce que la science moderne repose sur les données. Parce que nous avons besoin de la science comme la science a besoin de nous… et parce qu’on aime aussi bien rigoler… 1-more-thing sponsorise les 10km de l’ULB (Université Libre de Bruxelles), au profit de la recherche scientifique. Pour le […] Cet article Le 22 avril, venez courir avec nous est apparu en premier sur 1-more-thing. View the full article

fabriceN

April 4, 2018

A Little Something . . .

We’ve got something special up our sleeves. It’s an awesome new version of a great product, and it features some great technology. . . We’re pretty proud of it. Stay tuned! The post A Little Something . . . appeared first on Geist Interactive. View the full article

Todd Geist

April 3, 2018

Like a Boss: Summarizing Data in a Summary Table

A summary table in a custom app is a good way to hold information of a closed set of records. This kind of table brings many advantages and some considerations, but it is worth exploring. The post Like a Boss: Summarizing Data in a Summary Table appeared first on Geist Interactive. View the full article

Todd Geist

April 2, 2018

FileMaker Charting: JSON as the Data Source

FileMaker JSON Charting is very possible since JSON is a great source of data. Here we take a look at how these two great tools are combined. The post FileMaker Charting: JSON as the Data Source appeared first on Geist Interactive. View the full article

Todd Geist

March 29, 2018

Stuff Ya Oughta Know

Some things in FileMaker require an entire article to explain thoroughly. Others are just a paragraph of description but are no less important to your FileMaker professional career. Some people call them tips but I like to think of them as nuggets of truth. The stuff in this article was hand picked by myself based on the criteria of how important they were to me when designing a successful solution in FileMaker. I've probably forgotten to mention so many cool tips I use on a daily basis but thi

John Mark Osborne

March 28, 2018