FileMaker Remote Connections with DynDNS
A simple and free way to allow remote connections to your FileMaker database is setting up an account with DynDNS. This will allow you to have a dynamic IP and have a domain name that stays the same to your FileMaker Server.
Networking FileMaker Pro Databases
Networking a FileMaker database is very easy to do, but if done improperly can lead to a damaged file, data loss, or even losing the entire application.
FileMaker UI Design for Beginners
For the beginning designer, knowing where to start when designing a FileMaker user interface (UI) can be daunting. To help give a framework for how to think about UI design, it helps to break UI design into two broad, but distinct and equal chunks.
Natively Resize Images in FileMaker
Learn how to resize images without a plugin in FileMaker. How to use auto-enter calculations instead of scripting the resizing to produce thumbnails in container fields.
FileMaker Increasing Renewal Rates
Renew your FileMaker licenses by June 28, 2014 to save money, as FileMaker will be increasing its renewal rates by about 15 percent. This is the first increase in renewal rates in several years.
FileMaker Encryption With BaseElements
We here at DB Services love the BaseElements plugin. In fact we love it so much we decided to sponsor the development of HTTP POST in the plugin back at the beginning of 2012. So, as history tends to do, we repeated ourselves by sponsoring the development of the plugin again, but this time for encryption functions.
Reading FileMaker Crash Reports
Learn how to read crash reports to better understand what is causing your FileMaker database to crash. Examples included for both Windows and Mac crash reports.
FileMaker Custom Button Icons
FileMaker 14 provides you additional modern design tools, you can now use vector graphics with the advent of button icons. FileMaker comes pre-loaded with 140 very useful glyphs; additionally you can expand your collection with any number of custom glyphs and images. These icons can then be added to any button or popover button.
FileMaker vs QuickBase
Today is the day, time to look for a technology that fits your needs, but where do you begin? You realize you need a more powerful tool then a spreadsheet and there must be a better way to manage your workflow. Your ready for a custom application. We will compare FileMaker by Apple with QuickBase by Intuit, to help manage your custom workflow.
FileMaker Portal In-Line Progress Bar
The Portal In-Line Progress Bar, one of FileMaker 15's new performance based features, brings with it the separation of a layout's non-portal and portal rendering tasks. This means users are no longer forced to wait for cumbersome portals to load before being able to interact with a window's content.
FileMaker App Extensions
FileMaker has made it easier than ever to share data with other apps. With the introduction of app extensions for FileMaker Go we now have the ability to download images, word documents, spreadsheets and even a FileMaker database itself. App Extensions are a way to extend your app, providing users an easy way to exchange files with other iOS apps.
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.
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.
FileMaker JSON Functions
Native JSON functions have made it to the FileMaker platform! We dive into how to use the functions to create, modify, and parse JSON for REST APIs and more. Learn about the 6 new functions available, JSONSetElement, JSONDeleteElement, JSONGetElement, JSONListKeys, JSONListValues, JSONFormatElements.
FileMaker 16 User Interface Enhancements
The release of FileMaker 16 introduces an arsenal of new user interface (UI) updates that professional developers, citizen developers, and interested script kiddies will come to love. These UI updates include animations and transitions, signature capture enhancements, single document interface, and the removal of the bottom bar.
FileMaker User Licensing
FileMaker 17 launches a new and improved licensing program called FileMaker User Licensing. FileMaker is no longer selling individual products, they are selling the entire platform to users. As\_FileMaker Growth Partner of the Year for the Americas we are one of the top FileMaker Partner Resellers in the world.\_Along with User Licensing they will be keeping, but updating, the Concurrent Connection Licensing and Site Licensing.
FileMaker Go Push Notifications
Using push notifications can help streamline users to where they need to be, saving them time and eliminating the need to create outside reminders for daily tasks. You can notify users at a specified date and time or if they come within range of an iBeacon or geofence.
FileMaker Version Comparison
Learn how the Save a Copy as XML script step can be used to compare different versions of your FileMaker application. Includes a video and sample file.
FileMaker 18 Database Engine Improvements
Learn how to set up FileMaker Server startup restoration to speed up finds and have corrupted files auto-recovered. Includes a video and sample file.
FileMaker Web Apps with Vue.js
Ready to extend your FileMaker app to the web or create a customer web portal? Learn why Vue.js is our recommended Javascript framework to build highly dynamic FileMaker web apps. Includes a video and sample file.