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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 ...

iPhone Eclipse

I had the good fortune to be able to travel to Madras, Oregon for the Eclipse last month, and like any good nerd, I did ...

Create Your Own Devcon!

Late last month, 1,600 FileMaker developers descended on Phoenix for the annual FileMaker developers conference, this year held at the Marriott Desert Springs Resort. ...

Pivot Tables in FileMaker

Pivot tables have always been difficult in FileMaker, that is until now. We have come up with a solution that makes them easy to create ...

FileMaker Performance Optimization

“97% of the time, Premature optimization is the root of all evil”

I think I first read this quote of Tony Hoare in McConnell's “<a ...

Appended PDFs in FileMaker Go (FM16)

With the release of FileMaker 16, we have seen a great number of new and improved script steps. FileMaker 16 extended the capability of the ...

Impossible Spaces in Virtual Reality

I have been fascinated with impossible places. Things like the Doctor Who Tardis, Hypercubes, and M.C. Escher’s impossible objects, lead me to happy daydreams. ...

FileMaker 16 Released

FileMaker 16 is out! Read about new features and functionality.