Modern FileMaker Server at the Center

Modern FileMaker Server at the Center

Server 19.5 Released Last week, Claris released FileMaker 19.5. Although there were features for FileMaker Pro and Go, Claris FileMaker Server got the lion's share of the updates. We aren't surprised by their focus, as the center of innovation and automation has...

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Building a modular picker with an OnTimer Script

Building a modular picker with an OnTimer Script

It’s common in Claris FileMaker to create picker windows. Imagine selecting a customer for many different parts of your app: Invoices, Work Orders, Sales Orders. How can you reuse the same customer picker and have the result from the picker target different tables?...

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Claris Joins AutoEnter Live as Premier Sponsor

Claris Joins AutoEnter Live as Premier Sponsor

Proof+Geist and Soliant Consulting are excited to announce that Claris will be joining us as a Premier Sponsor of AutoEnter Live!Attendees will see some familiar faces from Claris during the two-day virtual event on July 19 and July 20, including the keynote and...

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Managing authentication for FileMaker-backed web apps

Managing authentication for FileMaker-backed web apps

One of the wonderful things about Claris FileMaker is its ability to power web apps. However, doing so brings up questions about authentication. For instance, how do you allow a user to securely log into a web app? Once they've logged in, how can information about the...

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The Context Podcast: The Evolving Claris Platform

The Context Podcast: The Evolving Claris Platform

Peter Nelson, Claris Vice President of Engineering Andrew LeCates, Claris Director of Platform Evangelism Martha Zink, The Context Podcast Host & Proof+Geist Director of Marketing Ernest Koe, Proof+Geist Co-Founder/CEO Todd Geist, Proof+Geist Co-Founder/CTO On...

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The Context Podcast: Multi-File Solutions

The Context Podcast: Multi-File Solutions

Martha Zink, The Context Podcast Host & Proof+Geist Director of MarketingTodd Geist, Proof+Geist Co-Founder/CTOJohn Renfrew, Independent Developer & Proof+Geist Affiliate In this episode, Martha, Todd, and John explore multi-file solutions from a broader...

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Claris announces exciting changes to its platform

Claris announces exciting changes to its platform

Focusing on Problem Solvers In today’s Claris webinar, CEO Brad Freitag started by saying that "Problem solvers are our ecosystem," giving a shout out to the all-in Claris community of developers and consulting businesses. He and his team detailed a new licensing...

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The Context Podcast: The Modern FileMaker Revolution

The Context Podcast: The Modern FileMaker Revolution

Martha Zink will host the podcast, continuing the tradition of interviewing the Claris community on various topics. Have some ideas or want to be on the podcast? Drop us a line and let us know! We want it all, including technical deep dives, customer stories, conceptual chats, and other topics that benefit the people in our community (and help spread the word on how awesome this community is).

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Towards A Better JavaScript Development Environment

Towards A Better JavaScript Development Environment

Writing JavaScript in FileMaker is hard. Sure, the path is easy to see and clear to follow, but the actual writing of the code is hard. I have tried to find a way to write JS code that makes it fairly easy. And by “easy,” I mean “make it so that FileMaker developers...

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A Bit More about Proof+Geist

A Bit More about Proof+Geist

By now you’ve all heard the earth-shaking news: the merger between the Proof Group and Geist Interactive. The new company, Proof+Geist (the ‘+’ is silent, by the way), brings together the best of The Proof Group and Geist Interactive. All that you know about those separate entities are now as one. Now led by Ernest Koe as CEO, Steve Ritchie as CFO, and Todd Geist as CTO, this new team of 20+ people is ready to use our technologies, products, knowledge, and skills to provide unparalleled service to our current clients, our future clients, and the Claris FileMaker community. 

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Something is Happening here at Geist Interactive

Something is Happening here at Geist Interactive

Hello there 🙂   We have some exciting news to share with you. Geist Interactive has merged with the Proof Group to form Proof+Geist (the + is silent). This is an acceleration of our decades-long mission of empowering people to do great things, a mission we have...

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