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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 13 and Apache

With FileMaker 13’s update comes an unexpected twist for some with regard to web publishing and Apache. For most installations… View the full article

Paul de Halle

June 10, 2015

FileMaker 14 has been out for a few weeks now and there are lots of discussions going on about all the new developer tools, but what does the new version of FileMaker offer the end user? FileMaker Pro and FileMaker Pro Advanced are now available as 64 bit applications, allowing you to take advantage of... View the full article

Paul de Halle

June 10, 2015

FM 14: Separation Aggregation Aggravation revisited

Four years ago I posted the original version of this article, exploring a technique that worked fine in FM 11, but that broke and required extensive work arounds in FM 12 and 13. What you’re about to read is a revision of the original article, showcasing a FM 14 method made possible by a new […] View the full article

Kevin Frank

June 8, 2015

FileMaker 14 New Features Live-Stream Recording

We had a special presentation at the Atlanta FileMaker Developers group meeting last night. Andy LeCates and Darrin Quick from FileMaker, Inc. came by to present some of the new features in FileMaker 14 and answer questions from the attendees. We live-streamed the event on YouTube and Hangouts On Air, where we also had some remote participants watching and asking questions. The recording of the live-stream is available on YouTube below. View the full article

Smef

June 4, 2015

Extending Yii Web User Functionality

Over the past couple of months, we have started using Yii on a number of projects. It’s a great foundation for almost any project, allowing for easy extensibility, it is generally a well thought out MVC framework that has been quick to pickup. Built into Yii is a secure authorised user identity system, AKA a... View the full article

Paul de Halle

June 4, 2015

14 for 14: New Layout Formatting and Styling Options

FileMaker just keeps getting better! With 14 we have more flexibility than ever before when it comes to creating gorgeous looking solutions. A number of a new layout styling options help make this possible. In this article we cover some of the new layout object styling options. Click here to read the full article!

Daniel Wood

June 2, 2015

PDF Thumbnails in FileMaker 14

“It is a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma but perhaps there is a key. The key is how you get the PDF into the container field, and which platform and FM version you use to accomplish this.” Winston Churchill, BBC radio address, 1939 (Just kidding about the second sentence.) If you work with […] View the full article

Kevin Frank

May 29, 2015

Developer Debugging Tricks

Spending a lot of time, within any environment, slowly provides the nuances of that trade. Many of which you simply can't know when first getting started. It's not just one tip or trick which makes you great. It's the 'bag of tricks' which make you good - and fast. In this video, I go over a few of my Developer Debugging Tricks. These have been really helpful when developing for either Mobile or Server Side scripts. While developing, you always need to know various things about the environmen

FileMaker Magazine

May 28, 2015

14 for 14: Building a Navigation Button Bar

In this article we show how you can build a button bar to become the main navigation bar for your solution, and how it can be abstracted as much as possible so it can be pasted across multiple layouts. We also cover some of the limitations that using a button bar will present. Click here to read the full article

Daniel Wood

May 27, 2015

Training and Billable Tasks for Junior FileMaker Developers

by Billable Tasks to Assign to Junior Developers By Molly Connolly Summer is a great time to hire and train a new college graduate. Here are a few ideas to get you thinking about how junior developers can quickly get up to speed and start contributing billable hours to client projects. A junior developer can handle all support call logging and, after some training, even provide the client with some initial help. This responsibility allows junior staff to become familiar with clients’ issues a

mollyc

May 26, 2015

Optimized Display Images

For newer FileMaker developers it's easy to exclaim "Oh, cool, FileMaker takes care of that for me. Look, it reduces the image to fit my container." Coupled with the false assumption that what you see is optimized to the ideal resolution will give you nothing but a SLOW FileMaker solution. While it's nice to have something taken care of for you, it's not always the most ideal. FileMaker can only anticipate so many situations and conditions and, as a developer, your solution may require far more

FileMaker Magazine

May 21, 2015

14 for 14: Shortcuts for Quick Script Step Entry

The new Script Workspace allows you to add script steps simply by typing them directly into a script. It will attempt to auto-complete your entry and find matching script steps. With a little practice and habit you can easily learn the best shortcuts to use to save you the most time when it comes to finding the specific step you want to add. In this article we provide a demo file that gives you a number of variations of shortcuts you can use for every script step, as well as going into detail a

Daniel Wood

May 20, 2015

Jobs in FileMaker: 5 Things to Get You Hired

by By Molly Connolly Over the years I’ve found myself in a position to both hire developers and help developers find good jobs. Since I talk to both developers who are looking for work and developers who are looking to fill FileMaker positions, I thought it might be helpful to share a list of things you could do to strengthen your own job applications. Whether you are looking for a full-time position or work as a sub-contractor, including this information will increase your chances of gettin

mollyc

May 19, 2015

14 for 14: Working With the Script Workspace

The biggest feature overhaul in FileMaker 14 is that to the scripting area, now known as the script workspace. This is the biggest scripting change in years and with it comes a number of areas where you can gain in efficiency when writing scripts. In this article we document all of the areas of the script workspace and list as many features as we can find. Click here to read the full article at FileMaker Weetbicks

Daniel Wood

May 18, 2015

A Profile of 2015 DevCon Scholarship Winners: Keena Tomko and Jesse Wakley

by A Profile of 2015 DevCon Scholarship Winners: Keena Tomko and Jesse Wakley by Molly Connolly and Cris Ippolite We are happy to announce the winners of the 2015 DevCon Scholarship! FileMaker developers Keena Tomko and Jesse Wakley were selected to attend this year’s conference in Las Vegas*. For their award, each will receive a full conference pass. Please find below selections from both candidates applications essays. Not that many years ago, Keena Tomko found herself newly widowed wi

mollyc

May 18, 2015

14 for 14: The Power of the Placeholder

Placeholder text is a great new feature in FileMaker 14. With it you can specify by calculation what label text is to appear in a field that is empty. You can also have complete control over the styling of that text. In this article we demonstrate how to setup a placeholder and some of its benefits over standard labels. We also show how placeholder text can be used as a powerful user interface tool for displaying virtually any calculated value direct on a layout without the need for fields or

Daniel Wood

May 14, 2015

Introducing the FileMaker Weetbicks 14 for 14 Series

FileMaker 14 is here! To celebrate, FileMaker Weetbicks has written 14 articles all about FileMaker 14. Over the next few weeks we will be releasing these articles to the community. We cover all the cool new features (and some hacks!) and take things further as we usually like to do Stay tuned! Click here to read the full article…

Daniel Wood

May 12, 2015

Apple’s FileMaker introduces version 14

SANTA CLARA, Calif. – May 12, 2015 – FileMaker today announced a new version of its development platform that speeds creation of custom solutions that run on iPad, iPhone, Windows, Mac and the web. FileMaker 14 brings point-and-click simplicity to automating business processes, delivering desktop-style application functionality to mobile web browsers and providing productive, engaging experiences on desktops, iOS devices and mobile web browsers. The announcement coincides with the 30th annivers

Skeleton Key

May 12, 2015

FileMaker 14 Platform Brings New Security Features

FileMaker 14 Platform Brings New Security Features The newly released FileMaker 14 Platform contains a number of security enhancements, at least one of which has significant potential to strengthen Platform security and to close a significant vulnerability. For many years users of FileMaker Pro on the Macintosh OS platform have been able to save database credentials in the Macintosh KeyChain. And with the advent of Windows 7, FileMaker Pro users have also been able to save credentials in the

Steven H. Blackwell

May 12, 2015

De-Duplicate Within A Found Set Of Records

15 May 2015: Demo and article have been updated to make the technique 100% portable. This is a quick follow up to the Ralph Learmont technique I posted the other day, in response to a comment seeking a generic technique to de-duplicate from within a found set. Clearly there are various ways to skin this […] View the full article

Kevin Frank

May 11, 2015

Successfully Find Duplicate Values Within A Set Of Records

The need to isolate duplicates within an existing found set has often been a source of frustration for developers. A couple weeks ago we examined a technique by Ralph Learmont demonstrating that, contrary to popular belief and experience, the ! (find duplicates) operator can, under certain conditions, be coerced into isolating duplicate values within a found […] View the full article

Kevin Frank

May 10, 2015

FM 13: Anti-deduping, part 3

Today we have two great examples of using demos from this site as a starting point and making significant improvements: one from Malcolm Fitzgerald in response to FM 13: Anti-deduping, part 1, and one from Ralph Learmont in response to FM 13: Anti-deduping, part 2. As you may recall the challenge was to retain duplicates […] View the full article

Kevin Frank

April 25, 2015

Change Containers from Files to Interactive Content in an Instant

How do you turn a File in a container into interactive content? If the contents was inserted using "Insert File" then in the past your only option has been to export and re-import it as an interactive stream such as image, pdf or audio/video. In this article we introduce an elegantly simple single step method to turn all of your old File based containers into beautiful interactive machines in an instant! Click here to check out the full article!

Daniel Wood

April 21, 2015