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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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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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WebDirect – Some native stuff that works great.

Pleasantly surprised at how some of the native behaviors we thought we’d have to script for WebDirect are working really well. Find mode – we’re using a dedicated find layout here but no crazy scripting. Quick Find Native sorting in WebDirect Subscribe to Blog via Email Enter your email address to subscribe to this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email. The post WebDirect – Some native stuff that works great. appeared first on See

John Sindelar

July 10, 2014

Game Changers

The phrase game changer is one of those phrases that can potentially be good or bad depending on the connotation given to it. To this effect I want to talk about both. The good I want to talk about are things that we take for granted like large steps up in the industry, or potentially amazing feats... Source

Paul de Halle

July 9, 2014

Game Changers

Paul de Halle

July 9, 2014

Nashville & Memphis: Join us next week at 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;" alt="briefcase" src="http://www.skeletonkey.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/briefcase.png" width="176" height="116" /></a></p> <p>If you are in the Nashville or Memphis area next week, you are invited to join us at either App Spotlight - FileMaker: Tuesday, 7/15, 8:30am, Apple Stor

Skeleton Key

July 9, 2014

Join us! FM Academy Webinar: 360Works MirrorSync 2 – the perfect mobile development solution

<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 <strong>Tuesday, July 15th</strong>, for a free one-hour webinar at 2pm (EST)/ 1pm (CST)/ 11am (PST). This session is for any FileMaker Pro developer and/or "power user" who wants to satisfy the need for fast database access while out of the office. <a href="https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/regis

Skeleton Key

July 8, 2014

The New GoZync5 – Faster FileMaker Syncs

Todd and I spent a week in Seattle together finishing up the latest version of GoZync: version 5. (GoZync is our scriptable sync framework for FileMaker: free and pro versions are available.) It’s hard to believe GoZync is now 3 years old, the first version having been released in June 2011. We’ve synced a lot of files since then. =) Faster FileMaker Sync You’ll see substantial speed improvements when pulling records down to your mobile device thanks to the new Perform Script on Server (PSOS

John Sindelar

July 7, 2014

Popovers that Open and Close on Mouse-Over

In this followup to the Sliding Drawers article, we take the technique one step further and apply it to the popover object. We discuss the differences between drawers and popovers in relation to the mouse-over technique, and how the process has been modified to better suit popovers... Click to read the full article here…

Daniel Wood

July 7, 2014

A little SQL with a dash of Virtual List

Ok I don't blog much so here goes. I have this process where I need to create 4 records for every customer with different dates per month. I settled on the process to derive this set of values via Execute SQL because of a few factors. I need to collect all this data in and have it sorted by date. Any other method the data would be semi sorted and not naturally in chronological order because of overlap from one customer to the next. But i also needed another UUID that can wo

Ocean West

July 5, 2014

Introduction to FileMaker Custom Web Publishing (CWP) with PHP

The purpose of this lesson is to create a simple PHP page that will make a connection to a FileMaker database hosted on FileMaker Server and pull information that will be displayed as HTML on a webpage. This will help you get started with the basics of using FileMaker Custom Web Publishing Objectives: Configure FileMaker Server for CWP access Configure the database for CWP access Create a PHP file which will read data from a database and display the result on a web page Sea

Smef

July 5, 2014

Introduction to FileMaker Custom Web Publishing (CWP)

Read the original article here. The purpose of this lesson is to create a simple PHP page that will make a connection to a FileMaker database hosted on FileMaker Server and pull information that will be displayed as HTML on a webpage. This will help you get started with the basics of using FileMaker Custom Web Publishing Objectives: Configure FileMaker Server for CWP access Configure the database for CWP access Create a PHP file which will read data from a database and display t

Smef

July 5, 2014

Excelisys seeks to hire a WordPress Developer

<p style="color: #000000;">Excelisys Inc., is an international organization of talented, self–motivated individuals who specialize in business & software consulting services, custom software design & development, and software integration and repair. We have provided a variety of individuals, companies, organizations, and industries worldwide with innovative and diverse custom database software application development services. A cut to the chase: The solutions we create on

eXcelisys

July 3, 2014

A Sliding Drawer that Opens and Closes on Mouse-Over

The slide control is an exciting new layout tool introduced in FileMaker 13. In this article we are building an animated sliding drawer that responds to the users mouse position to open and close. There are a number of cool techniques and features being used to achieve this effect so check it out! Check out the full article here!

Daniel Wood

July 1, 2014

Additional to Filemaker 13

On 3rd December 2013 at SANTA CLARA, California Filemaker Inc. unveiled the next-generation platform for business productivity: FileMaker 13. The new software makes it even faster and easier than ever for teams to create gorgeous, tailored business solutions for iPad, iPhone, Windows, Mac and the web that deliver significant productivity gains. This is a superb version of Filemaker till date which includes more than 50 additional features. - New design features make it faster and easier to

Manjit Behera

June 30, 2014

FileMaker Pro 13 Tip-n-Trick: Easy-Bake FileMaker Pro 13 Audit Trail

<h3></h3> <h3>FileMaker Pro 13 Tip-n-nTrick: Easy-Bake FileMaker Pro 13 Audit Trail</h3> <p><em>By: Doug West</em></p> <p><span style="color: #000000;">There are many ways to implement audit logs in FileMaker Pro 13, but I’m always on the lookout for the method with the least overhead. If you don’t need separate records in another table for every field change, </span>then you can keep track of field changes using FileMaker 1

eXcelisys

June 26, 2014

FileMaker 13 Animated Slide Panels

A colleague was asking how to simulate a drawer effect in FileMaker where an animated slide panel appears to withdraw completely into the window edge. This is pretty easily done but there are a few tricks to keep in mind (below). Animated Slide Panels Download the demo file, based on the Invoices starter solution. Click “slide panel demo” in the header to show and hide the panel. Slide panel “closed” Slide panel “open” Here are some tips to get this working smoothly: The slide con

John Sindelar

June 24, 2014

FileMaker Plugin Development

During my time at Linear Blue I have been introduced to the realms of FileMaker and what it offers. As I have been first and foremost a Web Developer FileMaker is new to me but at it’s heart it is by all accounts just a Database and those I am quite familiar with. Upon arriving... Source

Paul de Halle

June 18, 2014

FileMaker Plugin Development

Paul de Halle

June 18, 2014

FileMaker Pro 13 Tip-n-Trick: FileMaker Pro 13 Popover Close in One Script

Simple FileMaker Pro 13 Popover Close in One Script By: David Thorp Yes, this is a common nuisance. Although it depends on what you want to use it for. The intended use for popovers is what is commonly seen on iOS (and more and more websites are picking it up as time goes by) – for example the iCloud tabs and bookmarks popovers in iOS Safari. Eg. for bookmarks: You tap the bookmarks icon, it pops down a popover with the list of bookmarks in it, you choose one, and it goes away.

eXcelisys

June 12, 2014

FileMaker Pro Tip-n-Trick: Using Remote Volumes to Host Files in FileMaker Server 13

<h2>Using Remote Volumes to Host Files in FileMaker Server 13</h2> <p><em>By Rob Poelking</em></p> <p>After a discouraging loss of work due to a virtual machine image crashing, I looked deeper into the FileMaker Server 13 user guide and discovered that FileMaker Server 13 is now supporting hosting files from a mounted network volume. You still cannot back up files to a remote volume but being able to serve from a remote folder would have saved my wor

eXcelisys

June 6, 2014

Perform Script On Server: Faster Calendars

Perform Script On Server (PSOS): Overview The “Perform Script on Server” script step was introduced in FileMaker Server 13 to let clients of a hosted file run scripts on the server. So with some careful planning, you can have the server do a lot of the heavy lifting the client machine would normally have to do (finding, sorting, processing, other data manipulation, etc.). This means you can sometimes avoid moving large amounts of data over the network, which is what normally happens when the cl

John Sindelar

June 3, 2014

Slate Mentions Open Book Management

<p><img src="/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/SlateOpenBookManagement1-295x300.jpg" /><br />Slate recently published a brief intro to the concept of Open Book Management. We have been practicing Open Book Management at Skeleton Key and our sister company, Brightsource IT, since 2009. Running "open book" has been a major factor in our success and it has become a huge part of our culture. We're fortunate to have a company made up of smart, passionate people. Open Book Management a

Skeleton Key

May 27, 2014

Join Us For App Spotlight: FileMaker At St. Louis Galleria June 4th

<p>Join us for App Spotlight: FileMaker — a special business event at the Apple Store, St.Louis Galleria on Wednesday, June 4th, 8:30am.<br /><img src="/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/AppSpotlight.png" /><br />FileMaker Pro and FileMaker Go make it easy for anyone to create custom business solutions for iPad and iPhone. At this event, presented by Mark Richman, learn how you can create a custom business solution for your business task. See how FileMaker apps running on iPad,

Skeleton Key

May 21, 2014

Schedules and Perfectionism

Schedules suck. Each time we make a schedule, we do so despite two glaring problems: 1. It’s really tough to estimate or forecast any substantial development project. (That’s the long version of “schedules are useless”.) Looking at any large successful software project in hindsight your estimates and schedules appear naive if not ridiculous 2. We also can’t deny that schedules themselves (or is it deadlines?) are a huge cause of stress. Assuming the wrong time scale causes a ton of stress, bu

John Sindelar

May 20, 2014