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Losing Your iPhone
My mom recently lost her iPhone. It was in her purse, which got placed on the top of the car, where it stayed when the ...

FileMaker Layout Tips
I do a lot of fiddling with layout designs for a lot of our different FileMaker projects, and there’s a few useful things I’ve learned, ...

FileMaker 15 Released
Today FileMaker Inc. released FileMaker Pro and FileMaker Server 15. This is the first release since they announced a new annual release schedule last year, ...

Using FMP Protocol – the Good and Bad
The protocol format is intended to open shared or local files but it also allows you to run scripts, pass parameters and set local variables.

MBS Plugin Dev Highlights
Like many other FileMaker developers, I have gone through my fair share of plugins over the years of FM development. Some extend FM functions, some ...

Pause on Error 2016 – Cleveland
The Pause on Error conference is a FileMaker developer’s conference on a smaller scale than FileMaker’s annual DevCon (in Las Vegas this year). It gives ...

Congrats, Kate!
Kate is the first certified FileMaker v14 developer at Portage Bay Solutions!

Have Phone, Will Travel
The adventure of using an international cell phone can be part of the fun of travel.

Retaining Object Locations
Get those design elements lined up, so you don't miss any GoT...
FileMaker Cross Reference Tools
When an application grows beyond a certain size, or multiple developers are involved, or you’ve inherited someone else's work, you need a tool like Base ...