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  • Josh Ormond

    A Conversation About '2 Factor Authentication'

    By Josh Ormond

    [ 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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  • Steven H. Blackwell

    Hacking Your Own FileMaker Platform Solutions

    By Steven H. Blackwell

    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 16

FileMaker 16 User Interface Enhancements

The release of FileMaker 16 introduces an arsenal of new user interface (UI) updates that professional developers, citizen developers, and interested script kiddies will come to love. These UI updates include animations and transitions, signature capture enhancements, single document interface, and the removal of the bottom bar. https://dbservices.com/articles/user-interface-enhancements-in-filemaker-16/ dbservices.com
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dbservices in FileMaker 16

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FileMaker Master-Detail in a Web Viewer

• FileMaker® Pro Tip-n-Trick • FileMaker Master-Detail in a Web Viewer By: RJ Carroll * This has been tested on FileMaker Pro 14-16 FileMaker Master-Detail views are a great way to minimize the number of separate layouts and also provide users with the best of both worlds when it comes to viewing their data as a hybrid of FileMaker Pro’s native “List” and “Form” views. A Master-Detail interface is also naturally intuitive to users familiar with side navigation panels that are
eXcelisys

eXcelisys

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FileMaker Tools

Location Monitoring in FileMaker Go

FileMaker 16 has introduced new location monitoring features that truly give FileMaker Go the edge by enhancing your app’s ability to take on any location-specific needs. Whether you’re indoors, outdoors, coming, or going, FileMaker can monitor it all. https://dbservices.com/articles/location-monitoring-in-filemaker-go/ dbservices.com

FileMaker by Beginner

I was asked to write an article about my experiences, troubles, pitfalls and recommendations to those starting out with FileMaker. I find many times, and this applies to any industry, when experts help beginners, the experts forget what it was like to be a beginner. While the expert is generous with his or her advice, although perfectly accurate, it sails over the beginners head. The beginner just doesn’t have the experience and tools to digest and disseminate the advice offered. On many of the
John Mark Osborne

John Mark Osborne

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FileMaker by Beginner

I was asked to write an article about my experiences, troubles, pitfalls and recommendations to those starting out with FileMaker. I find many times, and this applies to any industry, when experts help beginners, the experts forget what it was like to be a beginner. While the expert is generous with his or her advice, although perfectly accurate, it sails over the beginners head. The beginner just doesn’t have the experience and tools to digest and disseminate the advice offered. On many of the
John Mark Osborne

John Mark Osborne

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Contrôle des fins de lignes (suite)

Lors de la sortie de FileMaker 14, nous avions déjà publié un article sur ce sujet, car nous avions un début de solution à l’éternel problème des fins de ligne dans les fichiers exportés par FileMaker. Mais FileMaker 16 met un terme à cette éternité : le problème est désormais résolu de manière propre. Voici donc […] Cet article Contrôle des fins de lignes (suite) est apparu en premier sur 1-more-thing. View the full article
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FileMaker 16 – les fenêtres carte

FileMaker 16 est une immense étape pour notre plateforme favorite. Au point qu’il nous est difficile de résumer toutes les nouveautés dans une ou deux vidéo de présentation —même en nous cantonnant aux évolutions majeures. Aussi, nous avons décidé de publier dans les semaines à venir plusieurs vidéo plus spécifiques et approfondissant un sujet en particulier, […] Cet article FileMaker 16 – les fenêtres carte est apparu en premier sur 1-more-thing. View the full article
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OAuth2 Accounts Log-In FileMaker 16 Platform

There have been a number of reports of developers having difficulty logging into FileMaker® Pro 16 files with OAuth2 based Accounts once they have set up the services on FileMaker® Server 16. Briefly to review, developers can now specify Amazon, Google, or Azure Active Directory Accounts to validate Identity Assertions and gain admission to the file.  However, users must understand that when using these OAuth2  Accounts that they do not enter the credentials in the normal place in the dia
FileMaker Tools

FileMaker PDF from Server

FileMaker Server 16 now has the ability to create PDFs on the server! Gone are the days of creating overly complicated PHP setups and unreliable FileMaker Pro robot machines. Learn a few of the great new features FileMaker Server 16 adds for PDFs. https://dbservices.com/articles/filemaker-pdf-from-server/ dbservices.com

Inverted Portals with FileMaker Pro

Inverted Portals With FileMaker Pro By: Doug West **Tested on FileMaker Pro versions 14-16 Portals are great for displaying information in the appropriate context. Unfortunately, they don’t always provide the most intuitive user experience when newcomers are learning how to enter data in a FileMaker solution. After configuring a relationship in the Manage Database window to enable the option to “Allow creation of records in this table via this relationship”, we can easily cre
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eXcelisys

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Behavior Change API Privileges In Version 16

One of the best new security features in the FileMaker 16 Platform is that, by default, several external Application Program Interfaces (APIs) are off and disabled.  AppleEvents, ActiveX, and FMPURL Perform Script are all still there.  But developers must specifically select and enable them. This feature prevents unauthorized manipulation and interaction with FileMaker Pro files, both stand-alone and hosted by FileMaker Server.  Such manipulation can be used to alter data, destroy data, cre

Windowing in FM 16: First Impressions

9 May 2017: Today’s release of FileMaker 16 introduces new windowing options, and changes to existing windowing behavior… some of these are cross-platform, and one is specific to FileMaker for Windows. Demo file: FM-16-Windowing.zip (requires FM 16 or later) Cross-Platform Changes Change #1. Redesigned “New Window” dialog Note the new “Card” window style — I’ll […] View the full article
Kevin Frank

Kevin Frank

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Export Field Contents (Update for FM 16)

In the article “An In-Depth Look at “Export Field Contents” (here), the study of how FileMaker exports text as single field contents is compared to the standard FileMaker Exports. Some of these present a problem when the field (exported) gets converted to something which a receiving system may reject as invalid. Several methods and alternative […] View the full article
Kevin Frank

Kevin Frank

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The FileMaker 16 Platform

The FileMaker 16 Platform has launched and it's packed with great new features for both developers and users. We're excited about significant new features such as server-side PDF creation, card windows, the new Windows UI, enhanced data viewer, and native JSON functions. The platform also introduces several innovative features such as the FileMaker Data API, external script steps, OAuth 2 support, and region monitoring. The new FileMaker 16 Platform is stronger than ever and we can't wait to st
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FileMaker 16: Card Window

The FileMaker 16 Card Window is a new user interface tool which will not only make your application look better, it will help you reuse your layouts. Using the Card Window Style you will be able to display unrelated record data, related record data, and transform the look of currently viewed records. At the same time, it just might make window management easier. Read more › The post FileMaker 16: Card Window appeared first on FileMaker Development Company. View the full article
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FileMaker 16: Layout Objects Window

Once upon a time FileMaker layouts were simple. Everything was visible all of the time and unless it was done by mistake, we never stacked objects on top of one another. Over the years however, a lot of features have been added to FileMaker to help us get the most out of small screens. These days we have tools such as tab controls, slide controls, pop-overs and object hiding that allow us to cram lots of objects into a small amount of space and show the users just those that we want them to see.
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FileMaker 16: New Windows Interface

With the release of FileMaker Pro 16 a great new feature has been introduced for those of us who use the Windows operating system. The FileMaker Pro 16 Windows interface has been redesigned to work more like the Mac OS version by now allowing multiple and separate windows! No longer will Windows users be limited to keeping all their layout windows within the FileMaker Pro application window. Separate Windows Individual windows can now be resized independently. Each window also contains its own
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FileMaker 16: The FileMaker Data API

REST comes to FileMaker While we have been able to use plugins and the Insert from URL script step to consume data from other web-based systems using either SOAP or REST services, FileMaker did not have a native way to easily serve its data to other sites. There is custom web publishing, and ODBC connections, but that was still somewhat limiting when it came to serving data to other web-based systems from anywhere in the world. That all changes in FileMaker 16 with the introduction of the REST
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FileMaker 16: Enhanced Data Viewer

The Data Viewer in FileMaker Pro 16 Advanced got some much needed attention with this release which can best be described as FAST! Its improved interface will have you working, testing and troubleshooting faster and easier thanks to the Auto-Complete, Search and Automatically Evaluate tools. Read more › The post FileMaker 16: Enhanced Data Viewer appeared first on FileMaker Development Company. View the full article
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FileMaker 16: Animations and Transitions

Since the addition of the Set Layout Object Animation script step and slide panels you have been able to mimic a slide transition while navigating from layout to layout. The cost of implementing this simple UI experience is a complication of your layouts that may be unacceptable. FileMaker 16 vastly simplifies the process and at the same time adds many more transition options. Read more › The post FileMaker 16: Animations and Transitions appeared first on FileMaker Development Company. Vi
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FileMaker 16: New JSON Functions

One of the highest community voted features making its way into the release of FileMaker 16 is a new set of functions dedicated to the parsing of JSON (JavaScript Object Notation) text strings. These come in conjunction with the introduction of REST API into the FileMaker Server software, and serve as a new valuable tool for developers to communicate with third party data sources. JSON holds a demanding position as an industry standard in web services. Now, where FileMaker developers used to hav
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FileMaker 16 Released

On May 9th 2017 FileMaker Inc. released FileMaker version 16. This version included a big number of major features designed to support FileMaker's ability to communicate with the rest of the Internet. As a globally connected software application, FileMaker has clearly stated that it's a highly viable platform for rapid application deployment. Click the title or link to this article to view the video. View the full article

FileMaker 16 Released

On May 9th 2017 FileMaker Inc. released FileMaker version 16. This version included a big number of major features designed to support FileMaker's ability to communicate with the rest of the Internet. As a globally connected software application, FileMaker has clearly stated that it's a highly viable platform for rapid application deployment. Click the title or link to this article to view the video. View the full article

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