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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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iOS Technology | Application Development | Mobile Apps | Best Practices

New! FileMaker iOS Technology Usage Guide With our broad experience creating advanced database solutions, we agree that the FileMaker Platform provides application developers an unprecedented opportunity for rapidly creating mobile apps that integrate seamlessly with iOS technology components to provide the best iOS experience possible. Mark's most recent collaboration with FileMaker, the How To Guide – Best practices for using iOS Technology in custom app development with FileMaker Pro

Skeleton Key

September 25, 2012

An In-Depth Look at “Export Field Contents”

Have you ever wanted to export a single field and maintain all the characters in that field? This article explores the possibility with XML Export and the use of a simple XSLT. But first we’ll explain the good, the bad and the ugly of some different standard ways to export TEXT out of FileMaker. Using [...] Source

Kevin Frank

September 23, 2012

Aggregates in Filtered Portals

The question on one or more of the FileMaker forums was asked and answered. Q: How do you get the Count() of the related records in a filtered portal? A: (paraphrased) duplicate the filtered portal and make it one row in height. Place the related summary field, “Count of…”, in the single row filtered portal. [...] Source

Kevin Frank

September 13, 2012

FileMaker Server 12 BackUps FAQs

FileMaker Server 12 BackUps Frequently Asked Questions FileMaker® Server 12 has a number of new features for creating backups of databases it hosts. As evidenced by questions raised at the 2012 DevCon and as evidenced by a number of items posted on various FileMaker lists, there is a good deal of confusion still about how the new backup system works. Wim Decorte and I have authored a short set of Frequently Asked Questions along with their answers about this topic. You can downloa

Steven H. Blackwell

September 12, 2012

FileMaker Server 12 Plugins

David Jondreau

September 11, 2012

FileMaker Server 12 Plugins

tl;dr: Plug-in developers can now update their plug-ins to run in 64 bit mode. There’s an undocumented change to how the Web Publishing Engine runs that affects where to install plug-ins to be run by CWP. A few weeks ago FMI released the FMS 12 v2 update, adding support for 64 bit plugins used by CWP solutions. FMI also released a new software developer’s kit (SDK) for plug-in developers. Until this SDK, there was no way for plug-in devs to update their plug-ins to run in 64 bit mode. So some F

David Jondreau

September 11, 2012

FileMaker Server 12 Plugins

David Jondreau

September 11, 2012

Thinking About Value Lists, part 1

In July and August we explored several esoteric value list techniques. This time around, and over the next few postings, we’re going to step back from the cutting edge, identify some common value list challenges, and propose some solutions to those challenges. A few thoughts before we begin: Some of the material in this series [...] Source

Kevin Frank

September 10, 2012

Calendar | Upcoming Events | FileMaker Conference |

Upcoming Events Here are some happenings in September and October: TOMORROW- Friday, September 7th, FM Academy Free Webinar Join us from 1pm - 2pm (CST) for DEVCON 2012 RECAP: WHAT YOU MIGHT HAVE MISSED. Register here. Did you make it to Miami this July for FileMaker’s DevCon? Even if you did, you could not have been everywhere at once! Join Anvil Dataworks and the rest of the FM Academy crew as we provide a recap of key sessions and happenings behind the scenes.

Skeleton Key

September 6, 2012

GoZync Case Study

Todd’s very cool video interview with Bill Peloquin of Stat-Biomedical, discussing GoZync, offline apps, and SeedCode Calendar. Source

John Sindelar

September 5, 2012

GoBillit needs your help!

We're seeking help from you, the FileMaker community, to bring our FileMaker Go solution, GoBillit, to market. You can support us on Indiegogo at http://www.indiegogo.com/gobillit! Every contribution is greatly appreciated. We've also created a group on LinkedIn for FileMaker Go developers to come together, learn from each other, and work towards better mobile solutions. Check it out at http://www.linkedin.com/groups/Filemaker-Go-12-4575157?trk=myg_ugrp_ovr. Feel free to join!

GoBillit

September 4, 2012

FileMaker Blogs

Recently a question came up on one of the lists asking about intermediate-to-advanced FileMaker Blogs. Here are some I’m aware of, and I’m sure I’ve missed some good ones, so I apologize in advance for any inadvertent omissions. Cimbura – http://cimbura.com/tech/blog DB Services – http://www.dbservices.com/articles FileMaker ’n’ the Web: Lessons Learned – http://blog.jsfmp.com FileMaker Weetbicks [...] Source

Kevin Frank

September 1, 2012

Decisions

Reminded today that deciding to do one thing is deciding not to do something else–that the root of the word “decide” is similar to that for suicide. As a small business, the opportunity costs for even your best decisions are huge: the best gig you’ve got is another customer you didn’t meet. Proud of our latest decisions, and hope I’m up to owning the consequences. Source

John Sindelar

August 31, 2012

Weetbicks Gone Wild (and portals…)

You may have noticed a lack of article postings over the last couple of months, and fewer articles overall this year. Please don't panic for it has not been through laziness or lack of content. Instead, I have been somewhat pre-occupied with other things that I would like to share with you now. Read the full article here

Daniel Wood

August 30, 2012

Fixed Width for EDI and Other Reporting

Editor’s note: Today it’s my pleasure to present a guest article written by Beverly Voth. Like many other developers, I have enjoyed and benefitted from her ongoing contributions to the FileMaker community. I do a lot of text manipulation for EDI (Electronic data interchange – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electronic_data_interchange) and plain text exports with fixed-width field data. Some [...] Source

Kevin Frank

August 30, 2012

Making portals look more native in FMGo

Portals have come a long way in Filemaker Go. With just a bit of thought though, we can make them even better. You may have noticed that if you try and scroll beyond the content in iOS that you reveal a cross hatch pattern that appears to be in the background. Website scrolling in iOS Filemaker Go even mimics this behavior in some circumstances. If you resize a layout to be smaller than the screen by pinching, or if you scroll past the content in list view you will notice this same

John Sindelar

August 28, 2012

Custom Zync: Building Inspections

A screen shot from some custom work we’re doing: construction inspections using GoZync for FileMaker Go with some custom map work in the webviewer. Source

John Sindelar

August 25, 2012

More Fun with Value Lists, part 2

As promised last time, today we’re going to look at a technique from Dr. Osamu Noda, which uses FM 12′s ExecuteSQL to create what appears to be a value list when in fact there are no value lists defined at all. This technique, like some of the others we’ve seen recently, is decidedly esoteric, but [...] Source

Kevin Frank

August 19, 2012

DevCon | Best_Practices | Rash | Miami

FileMaker DevCon: My Rash is Gone... I hope you had a great time at DevCon. I did and came home with a rash to prove it. If you're anything like me, you've returned from DevCon and gotten back to your daily grind. You're doing what you do and all the high-mindedness of DevCon is gone - just like my rash. Most of us leave DevCon with a list of things we want to try, practices we want to implement, routine processes we want to improve. Once we return home, we spend a day or two playing '

Skeleton Key

August 15, 2012

GoBillit Feedback

Hey guys! Thanks for your support with GoBillit. We're happy to see some of you really like the app, which we created from the ground up in FileMaker Pro. We encourage more of you to download the free 30-day demo. No payment info needed, just your name and email address to send you the download link! We know you'll love the app, and if you have friends who work as on-the-go professionals be sure to let them know about GoBillit. Any and all feedback will be greatly appreciated. Fe

GoBillit

August 13, 2012

More Fun with Value Lists, part 1

One of the things I love about FileMaker is how many different ways there are to skin the proverbial cat. Following our recent look at “Magic Value Lists“, I received thought-provoking FileMaker 12 demos from John Ahn and Dr. Osamu Noda. I’m going to save Dr. Noda’s files for next time, but today we have [...] Source

Kevin Frank

August 13, 2012

DevCon | FM_Academy | Mad_Dog | Matt_Navarre |

Did You Hear What Happened at DevCon? FileMaker concluded its 17th annual Developer Conference aka DevCon on July 19th in Miami, Florida. This year’s conference did not disappoint, hosting a variety of interactive exhibitors, over 70 speaker sessions, vendor demonstrations, ‘unconference’ meetings, entertaining social events - all showcased at the infamous Fontainebleu Hotel surrounded by a beautiful beach resort. read more Source

Skeleton Key

August 10, 2012

Download a FREE demo of GoBillit today!

Creative Innovations Group is pleased to introduce GoBillit, an invoicing system for business owners directly on your iPhone or iPod. It consists of 6 features: customer database, quotes, invoices, reports, product list, and a to-do list. Quotes and invoices can be instantly emailed to customers including before & after pictures. GoBillit was designed for on the go businesses in mind. Watch a demo video on YouTube here: youtu.be/GCpDyB7BA4Y Visit GoBillit.com for your FREE 3

GoBillit

July 31, 2012