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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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The Running Test

Testing code is one thing, but how do we test our ideas. (I’m not talking about validating ideas with customers as in Lean Startup, but testing an idea against your gut. Is there a way to measure that?) When you’re small, opportunity costs are huge–your best customer is another customer you didn’t meet–so how do you know at a real gut level if you’re making a decision for the right reasons or if you’re reacting to fear? How you do test if you’re aligned with your idea? The Running Test is one

John Sindelar

August 20, 2014

Proper Printing in WebDirect

FileMaker WebDirect is the exciting new replacement to Instant Web Publishing. With it you can access your database via a web browser and do *almost* all of the things that you can do in FileMaker Pro. However proper printing is not one of them. In this article we present a framework and example file for doing proper printing via WebDirect - from basic record printing to complex sub-summary reports and more... Click to read the full article here!

Daniel Wood

August 15, 2014

FileMaker Pro 13 Tip-n-Trick – V2 FileMaker Pro Progress Bar

<h4 style="color: #000000;">By Andy Persons</h4> <p> </p> <h2 style="color: #000000;">The Next Generation of the FileMaker Pro Progress Bar Using base64</h2> <p> </p> <p style="color: #000000;">After we posted the FileMaker Pro 13 Progress Bar demo file using a base64 image last December, one frequent request we received was for a way to have the bar change color based on its percentage. For example, changing from gr

eXcelisys

August 14, 2014

Our #FileMakerDevCon Recap

<p>Confession: I'm late in writing this blog. After all, FileMaker's 2014 Developer Conference (DevCon) was 2+ weeks ago. Referring to <a href="http://www.skeletonkey.com/who_we_are/meet_the_team/mark_richman/" target="_blank">Mark Richman's</a> common advice: <em>don't let perfect be the enemy of good</em>, I decided to write it anyway. It's still relevant and good news. I hope you agree. </p> <h4>DevCon in San Antonio</h4> <p>By all ac

Skeleton Key

August 11, 2014

JavaScript Functions in FileMaker

JavaScript Functions for Speed and Profit The movie below is from one of our most popular demos from “Year in Review” at DevCon 2014. I was talking about what a breakthrough custom functions were back in 2004 and how they unlocked a whole new kind of code-sharing among FileMaker developers. JavaScript functions in FileMaker may unlock even more potential. Jason Young introduced the idea of using JavaScript as a calculator–as a library of functions–instead of using it for perhaps the more obvio

John Sindelar

August 7, 2014

20% Off DevCon Sale Continues

If you couldn’t make it to DevCon, SeedCode is extending our 20% off sale on all templates and add-ons through this week (August 8th). That’s 20% off our Pro Calendar (with WebDirect support), ProMaps, and 20% off the new faster GoZync for syncing FileMaker Go. See all products on sale Implementation packages are not on sale. Please get in touch if you have questions: we’re here to help. The post 20% Off DevCon Sale Continues appeared first on SeedCode. Source

John Sindelar

August 4, 2014

FileMaker STL Meetup: Join Us For DevCon Recap

<p><a href="http://www.meetup.com/FileMaker-STL/"><img class="wp-image-1103 size-medium" src="http://www.skeletonkey.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/Untitled-copy-300x83.jpg" alt="FileMaker STL" width="300" height="83" /></a> </p> <p>You are invited to <a href="http://www.meetup.com/FileMaker-STL/" target="_blank">join</a> our local FileMaker User Group. This group is for experienced FileMaker Devs, FileMaker users who've poked around under the

Skeleton Key

August 1, 2014

SEO and Why Content Is King

Practically every web developer, blogger and SEO specialist on the internet talks about how content is king, but what do they really mean? Thousands of websites and blogs are updated every day and every single one of these websites is crawled over by Google to find the keywords, content and to see if there have... Source

Paul de Halle

July 31, 2014

SEO and Why Content Is King

Paul de Halle

July 31, 2014

FileMaker: How to Hire a Junior Developer

by Molly Connolly’s presentation, “How to Hire a Junior Developer,” provides valuable insights on hiring, training, and evaluating junior FileMaker developers. Click the image below to view the presentation on the FileMaker Technical Network: by View the full article

mollyc

July 28, 2014

DevCon Meditation Challenge

With so much going on at DevCon–and so many friends to catch up with–it can be tempting to put yourself on auto-pilot for the whole conference, just reacting to what’s around you. You can feel a little aimless that way. And you can miss things. You’ve sacrificed a lot to be here so double-down on that commitment: join the DevCon Meditation Challenge and see what it does for you. This even works if you’re not at DevCon =)Folks who take up the challenge will take time to meditate on their own, f

John Sindelar

July 28, 2014

We’re headed to DevCon 2014

<p><a href="http://www.skeletonkey.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/SK_DevConBlogCollage1.jpg" class="gallery_colorbox"><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-1240" src="http://www.skeletonkey.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/SK_DevConBlogCollage1-300x300.jpg" alt="SK_DevConBlogCollage1" width="300" height="300" /></a></p> <p>Mark Richman, President (top, right), Greg Lane, VP of Application Development (bottom, left), and Chris Schmitz Certified Developer

Skeleton Key

July 25, 2014

Lexington, KY: Join Us August 7th for App Spotlight – FileMaker

<p><a href="http://www.skeletonkey.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/briefcase.png" class="gallery_colorbox"><img class="size-full wp-image-1202 alignnone" style="margin: 10px 5px;" src="http://www.skeletonkey.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/briefcase.png" alt="briefcase" width="176" height="116" /></a></p> <p>If you are in the Lexington, Kentucky area on Thursday, 8/7, you are invited to join us at an App Spotlight - FileMaker: Thursday, 8/7, 9am, Apple Store

Skeleton Key

July 25, 2014

Join Us! FM Academy Webinar: Kyo Logic- Partnering with IT for Successful Deployment of FileMaker Solutions

<p><img class="alignnone" alt="" src="http://www.filemakeracademy.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/FM-Academy-Logo.gif" width="500" height="155" /></p> <p>Join us Tuesday, August 19, for a free one-hour webinar at 2pm (EST)/ 1pm (CST)/ 11am (PST). This session is for any FileMaker Pro developer, Project Managers and IT Managers. Register now.</p> <p>Having the support of IT is critical to any successful FileMaker deployment. What can you do as the Developer

Skeleton Key

July 25, 2014

Virgin Date Pickers

If you haven’t played with flights on Virgin America’s new site you should definitely check it out. A great rethink of the flight booking workflow, it’s also a nice argument for the long-scrolling site. Big, sexy date pickers are dear to my heart. Book a flight. Details on the redesign, Work & CO, and their use of AngularJS here. The post Virgin Date Pickers appeared first on SeedCode. Source

John Sindelar

July 25, 2014

Creating New Records in a Portal With a Twist

When it comes to creating child records records in FileMaker we have a couple of different options available. The first is to enable “Allow creation of records via this relationship” on the relationship graph. This displays an empty set of fields in the last portal row so that the user can enter data and create a record. The second method is to create a button located outside the portal that creates a new record ready for the user to enter their data. A new feature that we have been using exte

Daniel Wood

July 23, 2014

Sync Webinar: Q&A with Todd Geist and John Sindelar

Syncing FileMaker Go We got some great questions about sync in our last webinar and we’ve posted a video below. Big thanks to Todd Geist for joining me to answer questions and talk sync… If you’d like to attend and ask your own questions we have two more sync webinars scheduled: August 5, 10am PST – https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/reg…38086638329090 Aug 13, 3pm PST – https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/reg…29797594544130 Both webinars will have the same format as the original with Todd Gei

John Sindelar

July 22, 2014

FileMaker DevCon 2014 Excelisys Vendor Session : Explore the BT4 and More!

<h4>Excelisys Vendor Session at FileMaker DevCon 2014</h4> <h4>Tuesday July 29th from 9am-10:15AM in the Periwinkle Room</h4> <h4>Let’s Explore the BT4 and More!</h4> <p> </p> <p>With over 100K downloads, the Excelisys Business Tracker has become an essential tool for many successful businesses. You can check out the latest enhancements and learn some additional cool tips-n-tricks as we explore the next rev of this efficient

eXcelisys

July 22, 2014

FileMaker Developers Conference 2014

by FileMaker DevCon 2014 is just around the corner and I’m busy planning my schedule and getting ready for my presentation. I look forward to attending DevCon each year and I’m always glad to connect in person with friends and colleagues from all over the world. I’m also excited about exploring San Antonio – I’ve heard it’s a fun town and the River Walk is something everyone should make time for. I thought I’d share my schedule and I hope you’ll join us at one of these events: Tuesd

mollyc

July 21, 2014

Sync Based on Current Location (example file)

This video and example file demonstrates how to sync just the records relevant to your current location. This is a very common workflow in offline solutions and it helps keep the found set on your mobile device nice and small: meaning faster syncs and a better experience for folks in the field who don’t have to page through a bunch of irrelevant records. Filtering using Find Requests Todd Geist put together this sweet example file and video to show off the filtering in GoZync 5. “Filtering” le

John Sindelar

July 15, 2014

An Exploit-Based Approach To Providing FileMaker Platform Security

Over the past dozen years, I have discussed in a number of venues the necessity for robust security practices and the techniques needed to implement them on the FileMaker Platform. Such discussions have as their underlying framework a fairly traditional Information Security paradigm. There are Threat Agents who seek to initiate Exploits or Threats that negatively Impact the Confidentiality, Integrity, and Availability of FileMaker Platform systems or other Digital Assets. These attacks also

Steven H. Blackwell

July 15, 2014

Installing and updating FileMaker Pro automatically with Active Directory Group Policy Objects (GPO)

If you’re working in an office with Active Directory and you have more than a couple of computers to install FileMaker Pro on it can be very convenient to use a Group Policy Object to deploy FileMaker to different computers on your domain. This prevents you from having to go to each machine and run the setup program. A GPO can also be used to install updates or uninstall FileMake Pro to different machines on your network. This guide will show you how to set up a GPO to deploy FileMaker Pro to

Smef

July 15, 2014