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FileMaker Kanban is the latest tool that offers familiar functionality for users and flexibility for the developer. It offers great functionality and organizes your data visually into lanes and cards.
The post FileMaker Kanban: Organize Your Data appeared first on Geist Interactive.
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The FileMaker Script Debugger is powerful. Its features are often overlooked. In this post we examine the buttons that control stepping through a script.
The post Like a Boss: Using the Script Debugger to its Full Potential appeared first on Geist Interactive.
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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
For the first time, DB Services has been ranked #3494 on the annual Inc. 5000 list, which ranks the country’s “fastest-growing innovators” based on overall revenue growth over a three-year period. The Inc. 5000 list has brought attention to America’s growing private businesses since 1982.
DB Services now joins the ranks of other Inc. 5000 list alumni such as Facebook, Zappos, Pandora, and others. DB Services is top ranked FileMaker Platinum Business Alliance Partner on the 2019 Inc. 5000 li
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Today I'm happy to announce the release of Elemental for FileMaker. This is a free fully unlocked solution containing some cool user interface and design stuff that I hope you find useful and can incorporate into your own solutions.
You can grab a copy now at https://www.elemental-fm.com
In Elementals first version you'll find the following:
Avatars
Over 20 API integrations with avatar generators. These are uniquely generated based on a name y
In this article, multiple scripts will be created to accomplish the same task. This may seem silly at first but, it's an important exercise to learn the best approach to a problem. If you are new to this concept, you should actually build the different scripts to cement the concept in your mind. I've been using this methodology for a very long time so it just comes naturally. In fact, most of the work occurs in my head. In time, the process will become second nature and you will find yourself bu
One of the most powerful tools in the FileMaker window-management arsenal is the FileMaker Card Window. This technique is primarily used for detailed dialogs or wizards, providing a more flexible option than the traditional FileMaker custom dialog. https://dbservices.com/articles/filemaker-card-windows/
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FileMaker 16 pour les développeurs – un réel besoin de se former 27 juin 2017 – Paris Réserver La sortie de FileMaker 16 en mai est très particulière. Alors que de version en version il suffit en général au développeur de parcourir la liste des nouveautés pour les comprendre, et quelques billets de blog pour […]
Cet article Événement FileMaker 16 : formation pour développeurs est apparu en premier sur 1-more-thing.
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This video will teach you all about using the new FileMaker 16 Card Window and show you how to take advantage of the fact that you can have a totally different position for the card window outside of the parent which where it belongs.
With a bit of creative FileMaker scripting you can create some really nice features for your FileMaker database.
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This video will teach you all about using the new FileMaker 16 Card Window and show you how to take advantage of the fact that you can have a totally different position for the card window outside of the parent which where it belongs.
With a bit of creative FileMaker scripting you can create some really nice features for your FileMaker database.
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While it would be wonderful if FileMaker Pro had built-in functionality for all of the features we can possibly think up, it’s not too practical. Besides, what would be left for us to develop?
So, what about saving user state? Do you think you would enjoy leaving your desk for a few moments and coming back to a completely rearranged environment? I doubt it, and that’s almost exactly what FileMaker does when working within a hosted file.
The most common approach to solving this problem is to si
While it would be wonderful if FileMaker Pro had built-in functionality for all of the features we can possibly think up, it’s not too practical. Besides, what would be left for us to develop?
So, what about saving user state? Do you think you would enjoy leaving your desk for a few moments and coming back to a completely rearranged environment? I doubt it, and that’s almost exactly what FileMaker does when working within a hosted file.
The most common approach to solving this problem is to si
FileMaker's REST API allows for integrating web solutions with FileMaker in new and exciting ways. Learn how to authenticate with a FileMaker file, and create, update, read, and delete records. https://dbservices.com/articles/filemaker-data-api/
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Pour chaque sortie majeure de FileMaker, il y a les fonctionnalités phare, mises en avant par l’éditeur, compréhensibles avec un simple screenshot… Et il y a les fonctionnalités moins en vue, qui sont souvent tout aussi importantes. FileMaker 16 ne déroge pas à la règle. Avec ce changement apparemment mineur que sont les sources de données externes […]
Cet article FileMaker 16 – Sources de données dynamiques est apparu en premier sur 1-more-thing.
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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/
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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
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/
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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
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
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.
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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.
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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 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/
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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
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
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 […]
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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 […]
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