Entries by Andrew Duncan

fmSMS wins Clickatell Personalized Priority Messaging Award

We’re very happy to report that fmSMS, our solution that lets you send and receive SMS messages with FileMaker, has just been announced the winner of the 2011 Clickatell Personalized Priority Messaging Award in the Application Developers Category. You can read the full announcement here: http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Clickatell-Announces-Personalized-Priority-Messaging-Award-Winners-1577896.htm The full list of winners is at: http://www.clickatell.com/ppmawards/winners_2011.php We’ll post a […]

An Approach to FileMaker Server-Side Script Debugging

The ability to schedule the execution of FileMaker Scripts – that is scripts created in ScriptMaker/Manage Scripts using FileMaker Pro/FileMaker Pro Advanced client application – under FileMaker Server was one of the sleeper features when it was first introduced in FileMaker Server v9 in July, 2007. It didn’t even rate a mention in the original […]

Troubleshooting Errors with FileMaker Server Auto Update plug-ins feature

I’ve been spending a lot of time recently deploying solutions that require plug-ins and having FileMaker Server distribute them automatically to clients via it’s nifty Auto Update feature. Inevitably you will encounter issues for some clients when attempting to download the plug-in: permissions issues with the plug-ins on the server, not having the plug-in in […]

Using FileMaker Plug-ins with Instant Web Publishing

I normally don’t work with FileMaker’s Instant Web Publishing (IWP), preferring to work with Custom Web Publishing and the PHP API which gives me more flexibility without the limitations of IWP. I was recently working with a client that had deployed an IWP solution hosted by FileMaker Pro (not FileMaker Server Advanced) and wanted to […]

Databuzz now FileMaker 11 Certified

Databuzz is pleased to announce that Andrew Duncan recently passed the FileMaker 11 Certification Exam and is now FileMaker Certified in v8, 9, 10 and 11. FileMaker Certification is your validation that you are hiring an experienced FileMaker professional who has technical knowledge of the complete FileMaker product line and has passed the “Developer Essentials […]