FileMaker, Spectre and Meltdown I haven’t seen a lot of coverage on FileMaker, Spectre and Meltdown issues as they pertain to FileMaker server (and WordPress, for that matter), but there are some guidelines and some safe practices to follow at this time. The situation seems to be changing rapidly as more fixes are implemented and […]
FileMaker 16 cURL Sunday was a marathon problem solving day for a client, trying to find a way to export and upload a file via FTP to a phone calling service. I had a working solution for over a year on this, but the update to FileMaker 16 broke it somehow – it had more […]
Synch FileMaker to almost anything. Easily. Tim Cimbura has rebranded: Cimbura.com is now Luminfire. Tim’s company offers a variety of products and services, one of which is a brand new service called BrilliantSync: ODBC and ESS BrilliantSync uses ODBC (Open Database Connectivity) And ESS (External SQL Sources) to connect FileMaker automatically to a variety of […]
An entertaining article by Tim Cimbura about the seemingly built in bias against the FileMaker platform. I’m betting every developer has heard “I hate FileMaker”, or something similar, like “it’s not an enterprise solution” or “it’s not robust enough” or “it’s not Access” (thankfully!): “I hate FileMaker!” Several years ago, these were the words I heard […]
Tim Cimbura blogged recently about a interesting method of jumping around the FileMaker relationship graph without a plugin. Robert Schaub took it to the next level in this video: By placing the notes behind the relationship icon and providing a key, it’s possible to use the keyboard/keypad to type the associated number and have the target […]
Tim Cimbura shares a unique way to navigate the relationship graph in FileMaker, one that comes in handy if you don’t have 2empowerFM (I am fortunate enough to have it, and it’s a worthwhile investment): Large relationship graphs in FileMaker can get difficult to navigate. You spend a lot of time scrolling around or zooming […]
What will you learn in this video interview of two icons (Richard Carlton and Tim Cimbura) in the FileMaker community? Integrating FileMaker with WordPress–Tim Cimbura’s favorite tools and plugins for doing so, and maybe someday, Tim will release his custom php software for enhancing those tools. SalesForce vs FileMaker–transferring files to FileMaker, including custom files SalesForce […]
In case you missed it, Tim Cimbura just made it easy for you to integrate tiny urls into a FileMaker solution. It may not sound like much, but for any client processing data in FileMaker that requires the output, it saves the time and inconvenience of leaving FileMaker, processing data in a web browser, and […]