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FMS Installer Overwrites Custom MIME Types
We've been getting our servers updated to Claris FileMaker Server 19.4.2 recently and noticed an aspect of the install that ...
What Questions Have You Been Asking Lately?
Through thirty years of Claris FileMaker and web app development, we’ve always found it essential to keep learning and searching, ...
Joe’s PauseOnError 2021 Recap
It’s been three weeks since John Newhoff and I attended PauseOnError and I’m still unpacking from the experience (literally and figuratively). Not ...
The In-House vs For-Hire Developer Conundrum
For-hire developers are groups or individuals who primarily solve problems for other businesses that are not their own. Every developer must address a problem. ...
Engage Beyond 2021 – Update
This year marks the second virtual Claris Engage, a conference formerly known as DevCon, and widely attended by FileMaker developers, near and far. I’ve ...
5 Ways to Expand Your Digital Presence
When building or expanding your brand, having a strong digital presence is of the utmost importance. But what are the essential, magical components that ...
A Matter of Minutes: Timestamp vs. GetAsTimestamp
A client who was using SeedCode’s DayBack calendar wanted to implement Dayback’s Zoom integration to be able to ...
Claris Engage Beyond 2021
Registration for the annual developers conference for FileMaker and Claris Connect has opened and it will be virtual ...
Claris Connect: QuickBooks Intro
Every month, on the third Wednesday at 12pm Pacific, we host an online Meetup focused on Claris Connect. One aspect ...
FM Add-On Spotlight: Calendar Add-On and Comparison
In this edition of the spotlight, we’re taking a deep look at the Calendar. Prior to FileMaker 19.1, building a robust, ...
FileMaker and Ransomware
With the recent highly publicized attacks on Colonial Pipeline and JBS, we’ve had questions from some of our ...
Bar Fight Topic #12: To Plug-in, Or Not To Plug-in
There is a category of disagreement on the earth I like to call “Bar Fight Topics”. These are the things that can turn perfectly ...
How Quick-Start Saves Time
The latest release of FileMaker Pro, 19.2.2, includes a few new developer tools as well as a revised quick-start experience. The quick-start experience is ...
Top Call Statistics: What’s Been Your Experience?
We recently had an opportunity to make a solid, real-life comparison of Top Call Statistics enabled versus disabled in a user-heavy, multi-office solution. We’ll ...
JavaScript in Web Viewers
I love JavaScript, and there are two new features in Claris FileMaker Pro 19 that have gotten me ...