FileMaker to Google Maps API Connecting to the Google Maps API is pretty simple these days, especially with FileMaker 17 or above. Claus Lavendt built a template that helps Mac users easily connect to Google Maps. All you need to do is get your own Google Maps API key. Oh, and the template is free! […]
Todays’ Treat: Free FileMaker Server 18 Admin Tools First, Claus Lavendt completely rewrote the FileMaker Server 17 admin tool to include command line tools, REST API tools, and enhanced FileMaker 18 Server admin tools. And the tool is officially Beerware: if you see Claus (or any other DataManix employee) at the local, and you’ve found […]
FMS Missing Admin Tool Claus Lavendt, of Data Manix, built – and is giving away for free – a FileMaker 17 Server admin tool. Called, appropriately enough, the FMS 17 Missing Admin Tool. FMS 17 sports a new admin panel similar to the FileMaker Cloud interface. But it lacks some of the features of earlier […]
FileMaker CopyFitting with JavaScript Aaron Giard shows how to use HTML5 Canvas and JavaScript to make FileMaker Copyfitting – the ability to automatically resize text make it larger or smaller to fit a designated space – a realty: There is a free downloadable file at the link, so pop on over and grab a copy. Source: […]
FM Cloud and SSL Certificates – The Brain Basket I posted about setting up FileMaker Cloud servers last week and managed to miss the final, and probably most difficult, part of successfully setting up a FileMaker Cloud Server: Setting up an SSL certificate after the 90-day courtesy certificate expires. Fortunately, Claus Lavendt rides to the rescue (again) […]
FileMaker DevCon 2016 Un-Conference Session Claus Lavendt is hosting an un-conference session on his new FileMaker Server product, FMS Whistleblower: FMS WhistleBlower – The missing tool for FileMaker Server Wednesday 3:45 at the un-conference session room. In this session, Claus Lavendt will present a new freeware tool, created by Peter Wagemans and Claus Lavendt. It is designed […]
Mike Duncan talks about why you should use AWS with a dedicated FileMaker 15 server: There are also very good reasons you would want a dedicated FileMaker Server to leverage the FileMaker platform to get the most out of it. Server Scheduled scripts, perform script on server functionality, Web Direct and connection access licensing all have […]
An in depth look at FileMaker Server 15 Security by Richard Carlton and Claus Lavendt:
DataManix is an FBA Platinum partner now, and is giving away FMS ServerAdminDT to celebrate: We are very proud to announce that FileMaker Inc. has appointed DataManix as a FBA Platinum partner. Platinum partners are specially selected by FileMaker Inc., an Apple subsidiary, for exhibiting the highest level of technical expertise and customer service in […]
Date Magic, Backup Magic, Googles Onhub, and more Michael Rocharde shares a powerful, fairly simple way to handle reservations for just about anything: It’s a common scenario. You’ve got a reservation system of some kind or another and you have a limited number of resources available. When you add a reservation (for a specific date), […]
Check this out! Claus Lavendt of DataManix is working on a FileMaker solution that will work with hand gestures over the screen–no touching necessary! I can see uses by mechanics, oil jobbers, and construction workers. Or just about any job that requires getting your hands dirty all the time, for that matter. Get the data entered with […]
Claus Lavendt has a new blog and website! While looking for Claus’s great SSL Server Certificate Helper tool, I kept getting 404 not found pages…It turns out Claus just launched his new blog, thebrainbasket.com, and moved the files over there: We share! Here at TheBrainBasket we share. Links, ideas, articles, news, you name it. Feel free […]
An easily expandable menu system compliments of Claus Lavendt of Datamanix. Claus uses the new, expandable FileMaker 14 menu bar to make a cross platform (Desktop, WebDirect, iPad, and iPhone), lightweight menu bar that can expand up to 20 items. There is also a downloadable example file. Download the FileMaker Pro 14 & FileMaker 14 for Mobile […]
Here’s what you will learn about Claus Lavendt in this video: Learn about his business, Data Manix Learn about his DevCon 2015 presentation on improvements in FileMaker 14. Learn about his prove of concept: Speak to FM Go and have it do things for you (demo file coming later this month) He just finished up […]
Tim Ballering: Regarding the AWS backups We back up a 100 GB solution offsite nightly over a bonded T1. Impossible? We use…