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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
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)
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. ...
4D & FileMaker Events
This spring and summer are shaping up to be pretty interesting for FileMaker and 4th Dimension developers from an education and skills development perspective. I ...
Modular FileMaker Part 1
“Modular programming is a software design technique that emphasizes separating the functionality of a program into independent, interchangeable modules, such that each contains everything necessary ...
The Complete Guide to FM iOS App Development
When FileMaker announced it was launching a SDK for creating native iOS apps, this was very exciting news. Developers now have the ability to ...
fmreauthenticate Refresher
Have you ever needed a user to quickly pop into their FileMaker solution and not become disconnected when switching networks or putting the device ...