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August 2020 Meeting of FMburgh

The August 2020 meeting of FMburgh, the Pittsburgh FileMaker Developer Group, was held on Wednesday, August 5 in an online-only format due to the continuing regional and national health directives related to COVID-19. To avoid conflicts with the online Claris Engage conference also taking place that week, our meeting started […]

List Me Off: List vs Master Detail

When designing layouts for any application we create we consider what is the best method to show information for people viewing it. In a database system, we are dealing with tables that have many records in them. Some views that will be the detail of a record (and potentially related […]

Introducing FileMaker 19

Yesterday, May 22, Claris Inc. announced the release of the newest iteration of its flagship business innovation platform, FileMaker 19. This release, while light on features compared with other annual releases, stands out for multiple reasons. The first, which is the first thing any long time users will notice, is […]

May 2020 Meeting of FMburgh

The May 2020 meeting of FMburgh, the Pittsburgh FileMaker Developer Group, was held in an online-only format on Wednesday, May 6. In response to the continuing regional and national health directives related to COVID-19, the meeting was held in an online-only format. The agenda for the evening included a FileMaker […]

Pandemic Visualization Tool

UPDATE 7/16/2020: New Version Released; V 1.4.2   Cross I.T. Services & Solutions, LLC is proud to offer to the public a FileMaker based, web accessible data visualization tool for the current global pandemic: COVID-19. This page will serve as a brief guide for how to use the Pandemic Visualizer, […]

What Can Claris Connect Do For You

Recently Claris Inc. introduced its newest product into the world, Claris Connect. This new product offers exciting new possibilities for integration both for FileMaker, Claris’s other main product, and for other web based services. In our last blog post we gave a quick overview of Claris Connect. Yet as is […]

Suggestions for Working Remotely

The employees at Cross IT are dedicated to providing the highest quality of service to our customers.  As we continue to monitor the ongoing developments related to the Coronavirus (COVID-19), our first priority is the safety and security of our customers, colleagues, and communities we serve. Please find below some […]