Insightful articles to help you expand your FileMaker knowledge.
FM19 Add-On Spotlight: Photo Gallery
Have you ever wanted to view your Claris FileMaker photos in a full-screen tile view or use a gallery of images ...
Claris Connect – Callback URL’s in FileMaker Triggers
I’ve been working with Claris Connect more and more recently and just this past week was working on a new flow to ...
The Execute FM Data API Script Step – A Use Case
One of the newest script steps in FileMaker (added in FileMaker 19.0) is the Execute FileMaker Data API script step. The script step is ...
FM 19 Add-On Spotlight – Rich Text Editor
In this edition of the FileMaker Add-on spotlight, we’re taking a deep look at the Rich Text Editor. If you’re familiar with web ...
Case Study: Multi-Office Solutions
Over the years, Portage Bay has developed a number of solutions of a type generally called ‘multi-tenant’. As I was discussing a ...
We Invite You to Join Our Claris Connect Meetup
Having had time to explore Claris Connect ourselves, we agree that it is living up to its promises and is a delight to work ...
Creating A COVID-19-Safe Signing System For FileMaker Go
Due to COVID-19, we recently had to invent a way to sign forms on-site without sharing devices. Part of the conversation went like this:
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FM19 Add-On Spotlight: Kanban Board
Kanban boards are useful project management tools to help visually depict work. They visually depict work at various stages of a process ...
FM19 Add-On Spotlight: Barcode Generator
Barcodes are an essential tool in the modern IT world and being able to add them into your solutions without a plugin ...
FileMaker Free Templates
FileMaker has always included starter solutions, simple databases with basic structure that allow anyone to use as a starting point. Through the years and ...
Selecting Teamwork
Is Portage Bay a software development company that does project management?, or a project management company that happens to do custom FileMaker and 4th ...
Preventing Disaster: Completing Projects With Zero Fatalities
Looking to other industries for operational wisdom can be quite beneficial, especially when that industry has accomplished great things. In this presentation, we’re going ...
Claris Engage 2020 Revisited
On August 4-5, Claris hosted their first Claris Engage conference for all Claris customers, partners, and developers!
DayBack Classic v. DayBack 19
With the advent of Claris FileMaker 19, we are starting to see some new FileMaker add-ons, a brand new feature that is still <a ...
Join us for Claris Engage!
On August 4-5, Claris is hosting their first Claris Engage conference for all Claris customers, partners, and developers! And this ...