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Making a Strong Password

Making a Strong Password Beginner/Moderate Robert Hritz Passwords are tricky business. In most applications they are the only thing separating your data from a would be hacker. The idea of a password is simple and straightforward. A program or website authenticates who you are based on a secret string of […]

A Tutorial/Tip: Layout Coloring

A Tutorial/Tip: Layout Coloring Level: Beginner-Medium By: Laura Betz One of the first things developers start working with in FileMaker is designing a layout. Being able to choose the right size, shape and color of objects allows a lot of opportunities for development. This post will focus on the use […]

FMburgh May 2016 Meeting

Our next meeting will be held on Wednesday, May 4th at 6:30 PM. We will once again be meeting at Bakery Square in the Pitt RST conference room. Please join us for “Script Scheduling Methods in the FileMaker Platform”, presented by our own Todd Weller from Cross IT Services & […]

MacAdmins Conference

MacAdmins is the premier East Coast conference for anyone who deploys and manages Macs and iOS devices. In 2015 we featured 60 sessions and five workshops with top notch speakers in the Mac OS X and iOS deployment community. MacAdmins offers an incredible level of expertise, value, entertainment, and a great opportunity […]

FMburgh April 2016 Meeting

The agenda for the evening included a roundtable discussion centered around the topic “Creating User Workflow When There is None”. What do you do when a client wants a database for a process they have never performed? Whether you are a consultant working with a client or an in-house developer working […]

FMburgh March 2016 Meeting

At this meeting of FMburgh, we were pleased to welcome Mike Beargie, an Application Developer with MainSpring, Inc., to the virtual podium for the evening’s presentation, “The Road to Rapid Development”. On the way to developing his first native iOS app, Mike realized how truly lucky FileMaker developers are. FileMaker […]

FMburgh February 2016 Meeting

At this meeting of FMburgh, we are pleased to welcome our own Teresa Heistand and Thomas Mokwa, both of ProFile Developers, to the podium for a pair of insightful presentations. Teresa plans to present a short “How-To” on the creation of Virtual Lists and then demonstrate their implementation in a […]

Cross IT Services & Solutions, LLC. Promoted to Platinum Level of FileMaker Business Alliance (FBA)

GREENVILLE, PA — December 14, 2015 — Cross IT Services & Solutions, LLC, a leading FileMaker Platform developer, today announced that it has been designated as a Platinum Level FileMaker Business Alliance (FBA) member. Partners who reach the FBA Platinum level are specifically selected by FileMaker, Inc., an Apple subsidiary, for exhibiting the […]

FMburgh December 2015 Meeting

December 2, 2015 The agenda for the evening included a roundtable discussion centered around the topic “The Year in Review”. As another year comes to a close, we will used this time to discuss those things that have changed in the world of FileMaker over the last twelve months. With […]

FMburgh November 2015 Meeting

As part of this “FileMaker Show-n-Tell”, our own David Schneider and Bobby Hritz presented a mini-keynote. David and Bobby walked us through the topics of their choice, highlighting development work done on their various solutions. Each presentation gave us the opportunity to see how our peers have solved real-world problems […]

FMburgh October 2015 Meeting

At FMburgh’s third anniversary celebration, we were joined by Gianine Campbell, FileMaker Business Account Manager, and Ronnie Rios, FileMaker Solutions Consultant. Additionally, Ronnie delivered the keynote presentation “Security: Inside and Out”, which looked at methods for increasing the security of our FileMaker solutions by following just a few steps. To […]