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Grateful for the Uniquely Great Ecosystem of Pause 2023

Portage Bay sent three people from our team to the annual Pause ‘unconference’ for FileMaker developers. What did we see and learn this fall? Each ...

Add the Informative FileMaker DevCast to Your Listening Routine

Whether you’re a seasoned developer or just getting started, the FileMaker DevCast will provide valuable insights and inspiration to help you take your development skills ...

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Bringing a Strong Workflow Automation Discussion to Europe’s EngageU

Kate will be speaking about a topic close to her heart - workflow automation - in Antwerp, Belgium, at EngageU, the largest in-person European FileMaker ...

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Upcoming Events on the Road to Claris Engage 2024

Are you on the road to Claris Engage 2024? The 25th live event is just a few months away and will be held at the ...

Pause 2023 Takes Place Next Week!

John, Joe, & Xandon are headed to Pause next week, at the Kaplan Mitchell Retreat Center in the Georgia mountains. They're looking forward to again ...

FFmpeg, Part 4: Successes Found and Important Lessons Learned

An unusual set of requirements led us to utilize FFMPEG, a widely used command line tool, to integrate video manipulation capabilities into a custom FileMaker ...

Add Digital Signing to FileMaker with Our Free Xodo Sign Connector

We are excited to announce the latest feature in Claris Connect - custom connectors! This newest and greatly anticipated feature is now available in every ...

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How To Utilize the New Custom Connectors In Claris Connect

We are excited to announce the latest feature in Claris Connect - custom connectors! This newest and greatly anticipated feature is now available in every ...

FFmpeg, Part 3: Handling the MP4 Conversion and Video Manipulation

In the previous blog post in this series, we explained the process of streaming video and audio from surveillance cameras via FileMaker. In this post, ...

Turbocharge Your FileMaker Email Workflow with OAuth 2.0: Why It’s Time for an Upgrade

If you're still clinging to the SMTP-based authentication of yesteryears for your FileMaker email workflows, let's talk about why it's high time for an upgrade. ...

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Tired of Tedium? It’s Time for a Xodo Sign Integration

Are you tired of pushing documents across multiple platforms and attaching files to emails for clients to sign and return? Now is the time to ...

Part 2 of FFmpeg series for live video and audio capture in Claris FileMaker

FFmpeg, Part 2: Streaming Both Audio and Video from Select Cameras

In our first blog post in this series, we provided some detail about how we integrated FFmpeg into a custom Claris FileMaker solution. This article ...

Five Proven Options for Incorporating Barcodes in FileMaker

In June of 1974, a pack of gum at Marsh's Supermarket in Troy, Ohio, was the first item ever scanned. Since then, barcodes have become ...

NEW VIDEO! Think Inside the WebViewer

In July the Claris Beyond Meetup welcomed back Jeremy Brown, of Integrating Magic, for further discussion about using JavaScript with FileMaker. By turning our attention ...

1,000 DevCast Downloads + Two New Episodes!

We've reached 1,000 downloads of our podcast episodes! That's a great reason to announce two more topics - Accomplishing API Integration with Postman, and Data ...