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FM 19 Add-On Spotlight – Rich Text Editor
In this edition of the FileMaker Add-on spotlight, we’re taking a deep look at the Rich Text Editor. If you’re familiar with web ...
Case Study: Multi-Office Solutions
Over the years, Portage Bay has developed a number of solutions of a type generally called ‘multi-tenant’. As I was discussing a ...
We Invite You to Join Our Claris Connect Meetup
Having had time to explore Claris Connect ourselves, we agree that it is living up to its promises and is a delight to work ...
Creating A COVID-19-Safe Signing System For FileMaker Go
Due to COVID-19, we recently had to invent a way to sign forms on-site without sharing devices. Part of the conversation went like this:
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FM19 Add-On Spotlight: Kanban Board
Kanban boards are useful project management tools to help visually depict work. They visually depict work at various stages of a process ...
FM19 Add-On Spotlight: Barcode Generator
Barcodes are an essential tool in the modern IT world and being able to add them into your solutions without a plugin ...
FileMaker Free Templates
Selecting Teamwork
Is Portage Bay a software development company that does project management?, or a project management company that happens to do custom FileMaker and 4th ...
Insert From URL V2
Preventing Disaster: Completing Projects With Zero Fatalities
Looking to other industries for operational wisdom can be quite beneficial, especially when that industry has accomplished great things. In this presentation, we’re going ...
Claris Engage 2020 Revisited
On August 4-5, Claris hosted their first Claris Engage conference for all Claris customers, partners, and developers!
DayBack Classic v. DayBack 19
With the advent of Claris FileMaker 19, we are starting to see some new FileMaker add-ons, a brand new feature that is still <a ...
Join us for Claris Engage!
On August 4-5, Claris is hosting their first Claris Engage conference for all Claris customers, partners, and developers! And this ...
Container Data and the FileMaker Data API
Back when I was learning about the FileMaker Data API, I had trouble finding any information on how container data was handled. Oddly, the ...
FileMaker Top Calls Log Analysis
The top call stats log was introduced in FileMaker 15 and when we first heard about it we were excited about ...