Your Annual FileMaker Contract Has Expired
Claris FileMaker has implemented a termination policy for annual licensing agreements. All FileMaker contracts must be renewed by their expiration date. Failure to renew will result in contract termination, meaning your organization will no longer have access to your FileMaker application. If your Claris FileMaker license has expired or is due for renewal, we can help you save money!
Surveys for Success: Coburn Place Safe Haven
DB Services' Surveys for Success program will donate to Coburn Place Safe Haven for every survey received in Q2 of 2025. Coburn Place Safe Haven provides safe housing and support to survivors of domestic violence and their children. The Surveys for Success program is our way of saying thank you for our customers' valuable feedback by paying it forward to those in need.
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.
FileMaker Server Plug-Ins and Schedules
If you're using a FileMaker robot, get ready to say good-bye to it: FileMaker Server now has the ability for server-side plugins to be installed and scheduled to run FileMaker scripts or System Level operating system scripts based on your schedule setup.
FileMaker 11 Whats New
New in FileMaker 11, QuickFind (Google like Searching), Charting (bars, lines, area, pie), Layout Management, Inspector Palette, Custom Function Importing, Windows 7 compatibility, 64-bit Server compatibility.
New FileMaker TechNet is Now Free
FileMaker TechNet includes a Developer forum, Webinars, Technical Documentation, Developer News, White papers, Sales Tools, and a Technical Resource Library all for free.
BaseElements FileMaker Plugin Sponsorship
If you use plug-ins to extend FileMaker, you have to check out the BaseElements plug-in. The plug-in is free, open source, and is a terrific option when looking to extend FileMaker via a plug-in. This FileMaker plug-in has quickly become the Swiss Army knife of plugins!
FileMaker 12 Whats New
Review of FileMaker 12 features, including: Layout Themes, Streaming Containers, Window Controls, Charting (positive/negative column, scatter, bubble, stacked column, stacked bar), Starter Solutions, FileMaker Go now free, 64-bit Server, Progressive Backups, Faster WAN, Improved Web Publishing.
FileMaker 13 Whats New
We take a look at the full FileMaker 13 platform (FileMaker Pro 13, FileMaker Go 13, and FileMaker Server 13), highlighting some of the best new features and recapping the differences between this and prior versions of FileMaker Pro.
Rest Easy With Encrypted Databases in FileMaker
Encryption is a great new feature that gives you another level of security beyond a login. The files still appear as .fmp12 files, but require the encryption password to access.
FileMaker Themes Best Practices
We explore using FileMaker 13's new feature allowing you to create custom themes and styles. Custom themes now allow us to create a unified user interface in your application while maintaining an optimized solution.
Fun with DDRs - Extracting Images in FileMaker Layouts
Become a little more familiar with the XML DDR by learning how to extract an image out of a FileMaker layout.
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 14 What's New
The new version of FileMaker 14 is here! We take a look at the full FileMaker 14 platform (FileMaker Pro 14, FileMaker Go 14, and FileMaker Server 14), highlighting some of the best new features with eight detailed articles provided by our staff of new FileMaker 14 features.
FileMaker Radius Search
Learn how to perform a radius search within your FileMaker solution, evaluating the distance between addresses. We take a look at how to build a radius search using the Google Maps API, some custom functions, and a couple calcs. Includes sample download file and YouTube video.
FileMaker 15 Security Enhancements
FileMaker has done it again. They are constantly improving the security features of the FileMaker platform to better serve its users. Now that FileMaker 15 has arrived lets review those changes.
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.
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.
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.