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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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Tips & Hints - Layout Mode

This is the first in a series of articles that will present some useful and time saving tidbits for various areas of FileMaker. In this first article we focus on layout mode. There is no rhyme or reason, no common theme - just an assortment of our favorite time-savers, shortcuts, tips, hints, tricks, tools of the trade and more… Read the Full Article Here…

Daniel Wood

January 26, 2012

GetAsDate Momentary Head-Scratcher

Recently I was doing some FileMaker training with my older son; we were looking at the “DayOfWeek” function in the data viewer, and I showed him that… DayOfWeek ( Date ( 1 ; 22 ; 2012 ) ) …returns a 1, since this particular date falls on Sunday, and FileMaker considers Sunday to be the [...] Source

Kevin Frank

January 22, 2012

Are FileMaker plug-ins dead?

The release of FileMaker Go has added a new variable to the equation we use when considering whether to use a FileMaker plug-in. We are experiencing a big shift to mobile solutions. Within less than a year ignoring the iOS platform became an unforgivable mistake for every FileMaker developer. When creating a new solution, adding... Source

Paul de Halle

January 20, 2012

Customer Videos: iCal & Google Calendar Sync

Matthew Hardy of Real Estate Success Tools has put together a great video showing off how he’s using Zulu to link iCal and Google Calendar to his application. Great overview and a link to the video here. And if you haven’t seen his solution, REST, before, take some time to check out the site: it’s really well done. And as Matthew says, between Zulu and FileMaker his users can now interact with REST from any platform. Source

John Sindelar

January 17, 2012

Locating Matching Records, part 2

Have you ever right-clicked into a field (or Ctrl-clicked if on a Mac) and chosen Find Matching Records? It works remarkably well, but oddly enough, there is no scripted equivalent for this command. Of course if we do a Find Matching Records and then invoke Modify Last Find… …we can see what FileMaker is doing [...] Source

Kevin Frank

January 15, 2012

FileMaker Developer Tools: A Love-Hate Relationship

FileMaker's Developer Tools: A Love-Hate Relationship FileMaker is a great platform for development and I owe most of my professional success to its success. There are some things about FileMaker Pro that I love and, of course, as with any passionate relationship, there are a few things I would like to see improved. This article will strive to expose my passionate feelings about certain developer features in FileMaker Pro that I both love, and hate, with equal verve. read more Sourc

Skeleton Key

January 13, 2012

FileMaker Technical Network

The FileMaker Technical Network is now free for FileMaker developers, designers and users to share their knowledge and skills amongst one another. Joining the FileMaker community not only increases your technical knowledge and development skills, but also gives you access to a vast array of resources - Download hundreds of scripts, calculations and custom functions Read how-to articles Receive product news and... Source

Paul de Halle

January 11, 2012

Skeleton Key - FileMaker Training: Wherever You Are

FileMaker Training: Wherever You Are photo by OfficeNow Skeleton Key will kick off its 2012 FileMaker online training schedule this week with FileMaker Server 101. Take a look at the line up of trainings available for you to attend from your desk, home office, or anywhere you've got a good internet connection.

Skeleton Key

January 9, 2012

Locating Matching Records, part 1

Sometimes a seemingly-simple FileMaker challenge turns out to be more nuanced and educational than first impressions might indicate. This happened recently when I was asked to help make a scripted search behave properly. Most of the time, the existing routine worked correctly, but on certain records it would fail. The challenge: Click a button to [...] Source

Kevin Frank

January 9, 2012

Local Blogs

For members who have been blogging on the site - many of you have or maintain an external blog. Initially when we set up the forum we allowed external blog link all that did was redirect a visitor to your actually blog, and counted how many times that link was clicked. I have since disabled external blog links but I have enabled RSS Import of external blogs - This way entries of your blogs can be imported as they occur. (10 per day) and you get the benefit of having view counts on each o

FileMaker Academy Members Create Resources For You In early 2011, a group of leading FileMaker Academy. The purpose of FM Academy is to further educate FileMaker users and developers to encourage best practices and foster further adoption of the software. These companies are based in various regions of the United States. 360 Works, Atlanta; MightyData, Dallas/Austin/Houston; IT Solutions, Philadelphia/New York; Anvil Dataworks, Washington, DC/Baltimore; Fiddlehead Software, Portl

Skeleton Key

December 23, 2011

Physical Calendars / SeedCode Sale

Beautiful stuff here… http://design-milk.com/2012-modern-calendars/ Especially this one from Calouette. And if you need a shared calendar, SeedCode Calendar is on sale (and bundled with Zulu iCal Sync) though Dec 31st. Source

John Sindelar

December 17, 2011