As we discussed in our previous blog article, we are very excited about the new workflow automation product from Claris Inc., Claris Connect. Easily being able to connect all your applications into automated, business logic driven flows will help any company improve their efficiency and enable a remote workforce to […]
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Claris International Inc., the world’s leader in Workplace Innovation and a subsidiary of Apple, Inc., recently released its newest product, Claris Connect, and we at Cross couldn’t be more excited. This is a big moment – not only is it the first product release outside of Claris’s flagship product, FileMaker, […]
Another year and another version of FileMaker! If it seems like only yesterday that FileMaker 15 was released, you aren’t too far off. FileMaker is now releasing versions on a more annual cycle, which means product releases will become more frequent. This is good news for both developers and end […]
As part of this “FileMaker Show-n-Tell”, our own Erica Tamburo and Eric Lewis will each present a mini-keynote. Erica and Eric will walk us through the topics of their choice, highlighting development work done on their various solutions. Each presentation gives us the opportunity to see how our peers have solved real-world problems using […]
This past weekend I had the pleasure of running into one of my old classmates from college. After the typical pleasantries of catching up and reminiscing the conversation naturally shifted towards our respective jobs and what we do. With my friend being an in house database developer using Oracle and […]
With the newest file format of FileMaker 12, we also received the function ExecuteSQL to many developer’s delight. From then on, it has helped expand many FileMaker files in its capabilities, one being reporting. If SQL wasn’t something a developer already knew, they could try SQL Explorer made by SeedCode […]
Lately, I have been studying for the FileMaker Certification, which for those who have taken it, know the difficulty of the exam, and others may have heard of it. As much I would like to take most of my time to study for it, I also have to do work […]
FileMaker developers are a unique phenomenon. In a wide world of software development we find ourselves wearing many hats: project manager, database admin, tester, graphic artist, user interface designer. We often find ourselves involved at all levels of the project, from beginning to end, from being on the front line […]
Like everyone else, I have a wide variety of interests. Two of these interests came together at the August meeting of FMburgh, the Pittsburgh FileMaker Developer Group. (Yes; I realize it is the end of October. One of my other interests is procrastination, but I’m not ready to get into […]
By: Eric Lewis If you have a background in scripting with other programming languages, and have tried FileMaker, I am confident that you will share my love for the ease of use FileMaker provides the developer. Recently, I was talking with some friends who work primarily in Java and have […]
By: Robert Hritz Stepping off the plane in Vegas in July, for what would be my second time in two years, was one word…hot. I was excited to no longer be a new face at the FileMaker DevCon conference, this being my second time attending, and was curious as to how […]
By: Eric Lewis As a first time attendee to FileMaker DevCon, I could easily describe my arrival in one word… Overwhelmed. Unsure of who I would meet or what kinds of conversations and sessions I would be taking part in gave me that sense of being very new to the […]