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Insightful articles to help you expand your FileMaker knowledge.

Klai (Previously FM BetterForms)

What I mean is that while the rest of the world moved on to HTML/CSS and JavaScript for their UIs, FileMaker did not. Klai (Previously ...

Claris Connect: First Impressions

Claris Connect is a new Claris product for automating common business processes. Create a simple Claris Connect ‘flow‘ and connect multiple applications in a ...

Taking Over From Another Developer

Taking over a new solution from another developer is no simple undertaking and many developers lose their bearings trying to spend time restructuring and enhancing ...

Quick Tip: Behavior Changes in Insert From URL

Sometimes there are small changes in different versions of FileMaker as they are released and without careful attention to detail, bugs can crop up. ...

FileMaker Data API Web Apps

With FileMaker 16, Claris introduced the FileMaker Data API into the FileMaker development environment, giving us a powerful new tool for pushing ...

Creating MySQL Tables from FileMaker

How to use FileMaker to generate MySQL syntax and easily create matching tables in MySQL.

Joe’s Seattle Visit

I recently made a trip out to Seattle to visit with clients and coworkers. Being from Nebraska, I tend to jump ...

FileMaker Devcon 2019

I’m sitting in the Hyatt, Orlando International Airport, just having finished a slice of key lime pie while I wait for my flight ...

Updating FileMaker Files in iOS

The process of updating FileMaker files in iOS has always been sort of a question mark, with multiple ideas for how to best accomplish it, ...

Refactoring Primary Key/Foreign Key Relationships in FileMaker Pro

Relationships are the basis of relational database design. When set up properly, table relationships will ensure your database runs like a well oiled ...

Using Version control with FileMaker

When developing FileMaker solutions, one of the issues that always comes up is the lack of Version control options. How can you use Version control ...

4D World Tour 2019

FileMaker gets a lot of attention in our blog, but we are doing ongoing development and support on 4th Dimension applications ...

RazorSQL

Developer’s have been able to run SQL queries against their FileMaker data for many years. In the early days it required a 3rd party ...

Aggravating Differences with Aggregate Functions

Aggregate Functions are the lifeblood of data analysis. However, aggregate functions can often be a little confusing. Things like variable field references, ...

Pause on Error – Tulum

The FileMaker community’s big conference every year is the annual Devcon sponsored by FileMaker Inc (this year in Orlando) and our ...