FileMaker Server on Amazon Web Services I recently set up a Simple Email Service (SES) account to use with 360Works Cloudmail, and it is truly a challenging learning experience that is not for the faint of heart. But it is much easier than it was a 18 months ago when I first tried it. The learning curve is […]
Nick Lightbody, of Deskspace Limited, spent the last several years optimizing FileMaker server performance in a variety of circumstances: over the web, wide area networks, on smart devices, and more. Learn specific tricks for dealing with summary fields, calculated fields, indexing, sorting and much more. So settle back with a cup of coffee (or your […]
One of the nicest–and least mentioned, it seems–new features of FileMaker 14 is the automatic “Reconnect to Server” capability. This feature does exactly as described: Basically FileMaker reconnects you automatically if you’ve lost your connection to the server, such as when you close your laptop then open it up again some time or place later… With […]
Here’s what you’ll learn in this interview with Carl Horton of FileMaker Hosting Pros: FMPHost deals almost exclusively with FileMaker Servers FMPHost does not do FileMaker development; Instead, they direct business to developers who use their services Which cities in the world they have servers All about their single pane of glass to to manage databases […]
Mike Westendorf, of DB Services, offers up a checklist for developers to use to secure their clients data. Or for any FileMaker user, for that matter: The FileMaker platform does a great job providing native security features for your organization. While no organization can have too much security, the key is finding a comfort level […]
360Works’ RemoteScripter is a great piece of software for running scripts on a client–from a server or another client. Kind of like the Perform Script on Server (PSoS), only backwards. I used RemoteScripter years ago to allow Internet Web Publishing (IWP) clients to print pdf’s on a robot client running on the server. The IWP user clicked […]
Integrating with WordPress is a challenge and involves different, sometimes difficult pieces: ODBC, ESS or SQL queries, data mapping, MySQL familiarity, custom functions, data type conversion (MySQL to FileMaker), and more. The WordPress MySQL data structure is, in and of itself, an interesting puzzle. Add to that developers who shoehorn their data into the […]
Wim Decorte of Soliant answers a common question found on forums: “How can I exclude my externally stored container content from a backup run?”… If the container data is fairly static and you can exclude it from the backup then you could save roughly 100GB on each backup run and not fill up the hard […]
The Perform Script on Server (PSoS) showed up in FileMaker Server 13 back in November of 2013. Since then, there have been several good sources for learning more about it: PSoS FileMaker Perform Script on Server – YouTube PSoS FileMaker Tutorial – Perform Script on Server – YouTube PSoS 100x Faster – Flight Testing FileMaker 13 Perform Script […]
A client recently purchase a new Mac Mini (with Yosemite) to be a dedicates server for FileMaker Server 13. After installing FileMaker Server 13 on the machine, however, none of the databases, including the FileMaker Sample file, would open. After quite a bit of research, we finally found the answer. It has to do […]
Karen Weaver: ??? Did you not get my comment on the last post explaining this and providing the link to the solution?
Don Clark: Nope - WordPress stopped sending me emails on comments and I didn't check back. Thanks for the help, though! Now…
A client is upgrading to FileMaker 13 this weekend, both clients and server. In preparation, we have upgraded the databases from 11 to 13 on test machines and laid the groundwork for a successful switch over by testing functionality of the various functions and processes. Out biggest problem came with upgrading to FileMaker Server […]
Will Werner: I too, am losing confidence in the product. I cannot roll out FM13 to staff because the latest iteration crashes…
Don Clark: Have you tried smtp mail from your a script?
David Ness: I, and our company's I.T. department, have a problem with how slow FileMaker Inc. has been to certify Windows Server…
Don Clark: I agree, David. This is hurting FileMaker.
Karen Weaver: Don, I also ran into this issue a while back. There is a Knowledge base update on this issue that…
Don Clark: Thanks for the update, Karen. As I mentioned in my other reply, WP is not notifying me via email and…
Bob Rowe: I too have serious confidence problems with v13. This doesn't involve the installation issues mentioned but as with Will's comment…
Don Clark: Hi Bob- Thanks for your comments. I did not know about the pdf issue. Have you reported it to FileMaker?
Although this article is an advertisement for Productive Computing’s server based services, it covers all of the arguments for using remote servers for a FileMaker server hosting solution: Server Hardware Installation and configuration Expertise Server Maintenance Security Bandwidth Uptime Backups Licensing Server Hardware Server hardware is a big ingredient in the performance and wellbeing of […]
Matt Petrowsky put together a great video about the Perform Script on Server (PSoS) command. While there are many benefits to PSoS, this video focuses on installing plugins on either the server or a client (Mac or Windows) on startup. The plugins in his example are Base Elements from Goya and Scriptmaster from 360Works, both great […]
What do you know about web security and FileMaker Pro? Is your FileMaker server safe from attack and compromise? Uploaded on Dec 26, 2014 What do you know about web security and FileMaker Pro? Hi, this is Don Clark of FileMaker Pro Gurus, and FM Database Consulting. The following video is part three of a […]
Jan Stieperaere: Hi Don, I also wanted to suggest the option to use the 'perform script on other client' method of me.…
Don Clark: Hi Jan- Thanks for the feedback. I remember that video (I posted on it in January) and I remember that…