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Upgrading FileMaker Pro, Part 1 - FileMaker Conversion

This is a two-part article tackling the challenge of converting and consolidating FileMaker Pro .fp3 and .fp5 file types to .fp7 and .fmp12. In part one, we cover the FileMaker conversion process.

Kevin Hammond / Claris FileMaker / March 6th, 2013

FileMaker Naming Conventions and Standards

FileMaker Naming Conventions and Standards is especially important when working in a team environment. Learn how to make your applications easier to maintain and developer friendly. The solution will be self documented by the meta data of your development standard.

Kevin Hammond / Claris FileMaker / January 18th, 2013

FileMaker 12 Starter Solutions

We review the 16 new FileMaker Starter Solutions in FileMaker 12. All FileMaker templates include iOS layouts designed for FileMaker Go on the iPad and iPhone.

Kevin Hammond / Claris FileMaker / November 14th, 2012

FileMaker 12 Managing Container Data

We look at the interface and the new features available for container fields including: Manage Containers, Storage Options, Thumbnail Options, Transfer Data, Container Field Options, Filter File Types, Compression, Secure Storage, Open Storage, FileMaker Server storage locations, and Progressive Backups.

Kevin Hammond / Hosting, Claris FileMaker / April 10th, 2012

FileMaker 12 Whats New

Review of FileMaker 12 features, including: Layout Themes, Streaming Containers, Window Controls, Charting (positive/negative column, scatter, bubble, stacked column, stacked bar), Starter Solutions, FileMaker Go now free, 64-bit Server, Progressive Backups, Faster WAN, Improved Web Publishing.

Kevin Hammond / Hosting, Claris FileMaker / April 4th, 2012

Working on a Live FileMaker System

Avoid the potential problems while working on a live FileMaker system. Understand and prevent table locking, missing table occurrences, and throwing users on default tabs.

Jeremiah Kincaid / Claris FileMaker / March 13th, 2012

BaseElements FileMaker Plugin Sponsorship

If you use plug-ins to extend FileMaker, you have to check out the BaseElements plug-in. The plug-in is free, open source, and is a terrific option when looking to extend FileMaker via a plug-in. This FileMaker plug-in has quickly become the Swiss Army knife of plugins!

Kevin Hammond / Claris FileMaker / January 5th, 2012