Free FileMaker Training Classes We’re pleased to announce our Free FileMaker Training Series taught by platform expert, Matt Navarre. Matt is a Claris FileMaker Evangelist and Trainer at Direct Impact Solutions, and has been a certified FileMaker developer for over 30 years. Matt teaches several FileMaker training classes throughout the year, including classes for FileMaker …
Is it time to upgrade your FileMaker solution? If you aren’t running the most updated version of Claris FileMaker, we’d urge you to consider a FileMaker upgrade. Perhaps your new laptop is no longer compatible with your current version of FileMaker, or you would like to access new features such as API connectivity, WebDirect or …
Some trace of the java library in question has been found in every version of FileMaker Server, except for FileMaker Server 19. Log4j can also be found on websites, web components (such as WordPress plugins), FileMaker plugins, etc.
When FileMaker developers leave, many companies do not have an exit plan or sufficient time to hire and train a replacement. This can be a scary scenario for companies with workflows or workgroups that are dependent upon FileMaker solutions.
In a data table, it’s common to click on a column header to sort the data in that column. However, it’s rare to encounter a FileMaker system that does this elegantly; I’d like to present a solution that makes column header sorting in FileMaker more modular, and hopefully you’ll agree that it’s more elegant as well.
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Beginning in FileMaker 16, many developers have used JSON functions to pass script parameters and script results, which can be a very convenient way to pass multiple parameters at once. However, it can be tedious to write many Set Variable script steps just to parse out values from the script parameter. This blog will show …
Direct Impact Solutions would like to congratulate Kimberly Carlson, the Regional General Manager of our U.S. Subsidiary, for her nomination to serve as the Claris Engage Beyond Advisory Committee Co-chair. Kimberly joins Claris VP of Marketing, Britta Meyer Rock, as the other co-chair of the Claris Engage Beyond Advisory Committee. This committee was created to …
Since the release of FileMaker Server 19, Claris FileMaker users have had issues downloading files from the FileMaker Server Admin Console, as the process has changed slightly from past versions. If you prefer to learn in a video format, check out this short tutorial for downloading files from FileMaker Server 19. The problematic download process looks like …
Naming Conventions in FileMaker Implementing reliable naming conventions in FileMaker has the potential to save developers both time and frustration. This is the second installation in our blog series on code readability. According to Wikipedia, a naming convention is “a set of coding rules for choosing software identifiers (names of program elements) in source code and …
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