Claris FileMaker Server 19.1.2 is the first server release of FileMakers new Agile development program. Claris announced the adoption of the Agile Project Management program over a year ago, and FileMaker Server 19.1.2 is their second release using this process (the first release preceded this one by a few weeks and announced FileMaker Pro release […]
FileMaker 19’s New Ability to “Add-On” Custom Coding FileMaker Add-Ons allow a developer to add fully (mostly) developed functionality to an existing database. Imagine adding an inventory module to your existing sales solution with the click of a button. Or an Accounts Payable module to your CRM. It’s not quite that easy – this first […]
Web Portal Wizard makes web based reports from FileMaker databases easy. Theres’s a newly released product called the Web Portal Wizard, and it is a powerful, easy way to safely share data from FileMaker to a web browser (these are called Web Reports). Watch the almost nine minute video at the end of this post […]
What’s New in Claris FileMaker 19 The first thing to know is it is not just FileMaker: It is Claris FileMaker now. And FileMaker Pro (it is not called FM Pro Advanced anymore) is the flagship Claris produce. FileMaker 19 includes the following: FileMaker Pro 19 FileMaker Server 19 FileMaker Go 19 FileMaker Cloud A […]
Use Claris Connect to Build Powerful Work Flows What is Claris Connect? I think of it as IFTTT (IF This, Then That), but easier to use and way more customizable. Claris Connect is a standalone product from Claris, Inc (formerly FileMaker, Inc) that makes it much easier make various online applications play together, such as […]
An intriguing post by John Renfrew, well worth a read for those interesting in growth and in Cognitive Dissonance: The Johari window is a technique created by created by psychologists Joseph Luft and Harrington Ingham in 1955, and is a starting point to look at the relationship between ourselves and others. In our world of […]
How Connecting FileMaker and Zoom API Worked Out In January, I posted about connecting FileMaker and Zoom – a fairly detailed view of the process necessary in a fairly long post. What I didn’t do was show you how it all works with in the (almost) final product for my client. The app is server […]
The journey to downloading a link from Zoom using Zoom API’s On a new project recently, I needed to capture information from Zoom phones using their API’s. The use case was simple: A client wants to use the Zoom Phone service to record calls and Zoom sessions, and be able to easily download and review […]
Advantages and Disadvantages to OAuth2 For a new project, I needed to use OAuth2 to access data from the Zoom API, both for accessing and viewing/listening to Zoom sessions. Starting a Zoom session from FileMaker and storing the links to the session recordings was the main goal. I looked forward to learning more about OAuth2, […]
FileMakerHacks Turns Nine Kevin Frank celebrates nine years of blogging about very technical FileMaker issues, and put together a Table of Contents of every single one of his – and his guest posters – blog posts during that time. Bookmark that page – every FileMaker Developer will find indispensable advice that will solve some thorny problem […]
How talking money with your clients will make you money Susan Fennema is the Chaos Eradicating Officer (CEO) of Beyond the Chaos, LLC, a project management and operations consultant company specializing in helping FileMaker development businesses. I did a very enjoyable series of interviews with her in early 2018. Sadly, I missed her DevCon 2019 […]
Susan Fennema: Thanks for your great commentary and for sharing this with your list!
Claris continues it’s new policy of sharing information of upcoming events and news. Claris held a webinar yesterday (11/11/19) on the FileMaker Products Roadmap and shared exciting news. The video of the webinar is below. Some of the highlights are listed next– and you will want to check those out! I put these screenshots in […]
Perform Fast FileMaker Finds, with Sort and Ranking Tech Fast FileMaker Finds: One of FileMaker’s core strengths. Until you find an instance where it falls short. FileMaker does have a very powerful and potent method of searching data, and, with a little programming help, FileMaker developers routinely make magic happen. Filtered type ahead searches, for […]
Building for FileMaker WebDirect WebDirect is a powerful tool designed to give your clients an easy to build, fast website based on a FileMaker solution. But it is not as easy as just turning on WebDirect on your FM Server and sending out a link. Oh, that it were… Lots of issues pop up immediately […]
Dominick Capobianco: As always great links and fabulous information. This 19 version looks to be a very "robust" version with some excellent…
Don Clark: I agree, Dominick, it is very robust and sets the table for a lot more features. The Javascript add-ons will…
Victor Hugo Alfaro Sequeira: Me encanta los cambios. Para cuando saldrá al mercado ? y cuanto costará.
Don Clark: Ya está a la venta en Claris.com
Laura Betz: This is a great repository of resources! Thank you!
Don Clark: Thank you, Laura!