Decreasing FileMaker Network Traffic The goal of Vincenzo Menanno’s presentation to the Atlanta FileMaker Developers Group is decreasing network traffic – and the different techniques the developers at Beezwax have used to achieve that goal. I found this presentation fascinating and, as usual, learned things I did not know. Below is an outline of what […]
FileMaker 17 Data API The FileMaker 17 Data API is one of the least understood new features of FileMaker 17. Essentially, the Data API allows a FileMaker 17 server to interact with web services directly using the REST protocol. OK, let’s unpack that a bit. REST stands for Representational State Transfer, which doesn’t shed much light […]
FileMaker External Authentication Wim Decorte presented on FileMaker External Authentication (EA, SSO, AD, OD, OAuth, LDAP) at Devcon 2017 last summer. Don’t let the the acronyms bother you. It’s actually pretty easy to set up Microsoft Azure, Amazon, or Google to handle external authentication for your FileMaker solution, and Decorte spends most of his session […]
FileMaker Data API Did you know FileMaker Server 16 can turn your FileMaker App into a web service using the new FileMaker Data API? It’s true – any application that can generate an http call and handle JSON data can now talk to your FileMaker server. And it is fast and relatively easy to set […]