FileMaker Charts – Going Beyond the Data
FileMaker charting has been around for nearly a decade – since version 11! The capabilities of the FileMaker charts and graphs, along with the Chart Inspector continue to grow as … Read More
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Connect FileMaker to Mailchimp API
Connect FileMaker to Mailchimp with our Mailchimp API course at Productive Computing University! Are you looking for ways to improve your business’ marketing? From email to social media to landing … Read More
The Big Goal: Google Integration
As FileMaker developers, we’ve had many requests to integrate a client’s FileMaker solution with Google Calendar. The partnership of a customized database with the flexibility and accessibility of an online … Read More
What Exactly Is TLS 1.2?
If you are one the proud owners of one of our FM Books Connector Online plug-ins, first, you’re amazing, and second, you may have been alerted by Intuit in this … Read More
Taking Out the Cache: The Hidden Gem of FileMaker Troubleshooting
I can’t tell you how many times I’ve had FileMaker suddenly slow to a grinding halt when performing the most menial activity, such as navigating from one section of my … Read More
Cloud Manipulator – Integrate AWS S3 and FileMaker
How to talk to AWS S3 When it comes to talking to the Amazon Web Services (AWS) S3 system, as with any third-party application or web service, a developer can … Read More
Biometric Fingerprint Security in FileMaker
We here at Productive Computing just released a redesigned and overhauled new version of our Biometric Fingerprint Reader plug-in for FileMaker, bringing new life to this security-minded option for the … Read More
Another Year Come and Gone – FileMaker DevCon 2018 Recap
FileMaker DevCon 2018 was another great show – this time in Dallas, Texas. The hotel was huge, the food was great, the sessions were awesome, and the networking was on … Read More
Connect FileMaker and Google: A Developer’s Tale
We recently released our gManipulator plug-in, which connects your FileMaker solution with Google and allows users to exchange data between FileMaker and Gmail, Google Contacts, Google Calendar, and Google Tasks … Read More
The Five Foundational Skills Needed to Effectively Integrate FileMaker and QuickBooks
As a FileMaker developer, have you ever been asked the question, “Can you build an integration between our FileMaker solution and QuickBooks?” If your answer was, “Well, umm, maybe” – … Read More
Free Tool: FM Server Manager from Productive Computing for the FileMaker Admin API
FileMaker 17 is here and with it are a lot of new features. In this blog specifically, we’re going to discuss FileMaker Server 17 and the new FileMaker Admin API. … Read More
Why QuickBooks Desktop Hosting Could be the Solution to a Problem You Didn’t Know You Had
Why should I host my QuickBooks Desktop file, you ask? Well, why do you host anything? Remote access, secure data, backups of your data files, no server to manage, the … Read More