Insightful articles to help you expand your FileMaker knowledge.
FileMaker Devcon 2018
The annual FileMaker developers conference (Devcon) is coming up soon. Something we always look forward to at Portage Bay, this year the ...
Navigating Multiple Windows in Windows
With the introduction of FileMaker 16 for Windows, the FileMaker interface was redesigned to handle multiple windows, more akin to the Mac OS. ...
Web Forms and FileMaker Integration Options
Need to do some data collection from users who don’t have FileMaker? A survey, application, or registration? As with most things FileMaker, there ...
New Developer Features in FileMaker 17
In this video, we're showing some of the new FileMaker 17 developer features, specifically the redesigned developer palettes, the new grouping functionality, ...
Unity & FileMaker Data API
How do I deploy my FileMaker data to multiple platforms like Android, Ubuntu, or even a TV?
Top New Features in FileMaker 17
With the release of FileMaker 17, we’ve gone over some of the top new features in a video. Check it out ...
Diagrams with Draw.io
We recently had a client request that we put together a high-level overview diagram of their application, including all the hardware/software used in ...
Case Study – Quality Management Systems
Quality management systems (QMS) are a natural area in many businesses where the structured data management of a well designed database application fits ...
Tips for Previewing PDF in Windows
Working with PDFs in FileMaker can be tricky on different platforms since the behavior is not entirely consistent. One issue we’ve come across is the ...
Manuscript (formerly Fogbugz)
Manuscript, formerly Fogbugz, is an online software management tool made by Fog Creek (Stack Overflow, Trello, Glitch) that aids with project management and issue tracking. ...
Modular FileMaker Part 2 – ModularDialog
This blog post covers the second half of the “Modular FileMaker” series, covering a couple of modules we have used from ModularFileMaker.org.
Stories of Internet Cons
As with most people who work in technology, I sometimes find myself in a tech support role during the holiday seasons (well, all the time ...
File Permissions Error and PSOS
Working together today during our weekly dev meeting, the Portage Bay team ran across a slightly obscure requirements issue that took little bit of time ...
FileMaker 16 and cURL
One of the more exciting new features of FileMaker 16 is the adoption of the cURL library within the “Insert from URL” script step. Using ...
A Perfect Pair – ExecuteSQL and PSOS
This is a quick tip about how PSOS can vastly improve performance of the ExecuteSQL script step. Recently we received feedback on one of our ...