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Building a Dynamic and Robust FileMaker System

Have you inherited a system built by someone else, changed a field’s name and everything stopped working? The issue, hardcoded names used in indirection, makes the system fragile. FileMaker provides many methods to add flexibility using indirection. However when these instances of indirection aren't treated properly they will raise all sorts of problems. In this article we will discuss good practices regarding indirection that will help you build a dynamic and robust FileMaker system.

Weihao Ding  /  Free Downloads,  Claris FileMaker  /  March 8th, 2017

Why Your Business Should Use a Custom App

Businesses are realizing that off the shelf apps just aren’t meeting the unique organizational and process oriented needs of their company as well as a custom app is able to. Custom apps are helping businesses manage scattered data and processes better than ever. Organizations are more efficient, more effective, want a better way to work, and better insights to make decisions. Learn why there has never been a better time to build a custom app for your organization.

Kevin Hammond  /  Claris FileMaker  /  February 24th, 2017

Integrating FileMaker With RESTful APIs

REST APIs are a universal standard for interacting with other programs and services, so by learning REST you can greatly expand the capabilities of what FileMaker can do, and the services it can interact with. If you've ever wanted to integrate FileMaker with Google Maps, Google Calendar, Microsoft SharePoint, or many other great services, you'll want to learn what RESTful APIs are and how to use them. Includes video and sample download file.

Mason Stenquist  /  Free Downloads,  Web,  Claris FileMaker  /  February 8th, 2017

Integrating FileMaker and SharePoint Using Microsoft Graph

Oftentimes documents are commonly needed in multiple programs, but the lack of integration can result in having to enter in the same files in different applications. Microsoft Graph is a powerful tool that provides a unified API interface for many of Microsoft’s most popular Cloud programs, including the popular web-based application SharePoint. Learn how to integrate FileMaker and SharePoint plus OneDrive using Microsoft Graph API. Includes video and download to sample application.

Summer Law  /  Free Downloads,  Claris FileMaker  /  January 18th, 2017

FileMaker Barcode Techniques

Barcoding in FileMaker is very easy and there are many options. We look which barcoding options you can use and the various ways to implement barcodes. Whether you are managing inventory, selling tickets, creating name tags, barcodes can easily be used to provide an instant way to locate a record in your\_custom application.

Mason Stenquist  /  Free Downloads,  Claris FileMaker  /  December 8th, 2016

FileMaker Cloud for AWS Overview

There are a lot of reasons that FileMaker Cloud would be a great fit for you and your organization, between minimal impact of IT staff and/or technical staff for doing updates and deployment, to the benefits of AWS responsible for security and scalability, FileMaker Cloud is a huge benefit and addition to the FileMaker Family.

David Happersberger  /  Hosting,  Licensing,  Claris FileMaker  /  November 8th, 2016

FileMaker and Stripe Integration

Integrating a FileMaker solution and Stripe is both straightforward and simple, and the result is an efficient and secure way for any business to process a wide variety of payments.

Damien Howell  /  Free Downloads,  Claris FileMaker  /  October 5th, 2016

Integrating FileMaker and Salesforce using Zapier

With the power of Zapier, different applications can be integrated into your FileMaker solution and overall business with ease. The great potential of integrating various platforms and automating the many tasks within them with Zapier can greatly increase productivity and enormously speed up company wide workflows.

Ian Haas  /  Free Downloads,  Salesforce,  Claris FileMaker  /  September 14th, 2016

FileMaker Cross Platform Notifications

Keep your users informed with the use of simple notifications. Using FileMaker and a service called Pushover we can easily leverage cross platform notifications with advanced features like message priority, which allows you to repeat a notification until the user acknowledges it.

Mason Stenquist  /  Free Downloads,  Claris FileMaker  /  August 10th, 2016

Archiving Email In FileMaker

When working with large groups of people both in and out of your organization, it can be difficult to keep track of all the discussions between you and everyone else. Fortunately with the 360works email plugin, tracking all emails between you and your system’s contacts can become far more manageable. FileMaker and email integration allow users to view any and all emails that contacts, prospects, salespeople, managers and anyone else have had with one another.

Ian Haas  /  Free Downloads,  Claris FileMaker  /  July 12th, 2016

FileMaker 15 Starter Solutions

If you are looking to build a new application but don't want to start from the ground up, there is a Starter Solution for you! We review the Starter Solutions available in FileMaker 15 and what is best to begin with.

David Happersberger  /  Claris FileMaker  /  June 28th, 2016

FileMaker 15 What's New

The FileMaker 15 platform continues to be the leader in creating powerful custom applications rapidly for organizations all around the world while working seamlessly across Windows, Mac, iPad, iPhone, and the web.

Kevin Hammond  /  Licensing,  Claris FileMaker  /  May 10th, 2016

FileMaker WebDirect Phone Support

FileMaker WebDirect has been redesigned to be compatible with mobile phones. In the previous release, FileMaker added support for tablet browsers. FileMaker 15 takes it a step further by providing support for mobile phones. Although you could access WebDirect with a phone before, it was not officially supported, mainly due to dialogs being too small for user interaction.

Brendan McBride  /  Web,  Claris FileMaker  /  May 10th, 2016

FileMaker iBeacons

FileMaker 15 provides us with the ability to interact with iBeacon devices using FileMaker Go. This means we can associate data in our FileMaker solution with physical locations and have our iOS devices access them via the iBeacon technology.

Weihao Ding  /  Free Downloads,  Claris FileMaker  /  May 10th, 2016

FileMaker Licensing for Teams

FileMaker changes the licensing landscape again by adding FileMaker Licensing for Teams, or FLT for short. FLT brings simplicity to the FileMaker licensing platform by pricing per user instead of the concurrency model which they are phasing out.

David Happersberger  /  Licensing,  Claris FileMaker  /  May 10th, 2016

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