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FileMaker, MailChimp, and the CAN-SPAM Act

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FileMaker, MailChimp, and the CAN-SPAM Act

As recently discussed on our blog, the CAN-SPAM Act provides consumer protections when it comes to business emails. The seven protections it contains include: Protection from false or misleading header information, protection from deceptive subject lines…

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FileMaker Cloud AWS End of Life and Migration Options

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FileMaker Cloud AWS End of Life and Migration Options

Claris announced on August 19 that FileMaker Cloud for AWS will end support on January 4, 2022. This is entirely surprising as in June the newest version of FileMaker Server was released to be compatible with the Ubuntu Linux distribution as the CentOS end-of-life had been announced. If you use FileMaker Cloud, what are your options…

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FileMaker Font Pairings

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FileMaker Font Pairings

Deciding on the typeface to use throughout your user interface can simultaneously be incredibly fun—and frustrating beyond measure. Almost everyone has an opinion about fonts, with input from others being unhelpful at times. Each device using your software potentially has different fonts…

Claris FileMaker 19.3.1 Bugs & Workarounds

Claris FileMaker 19.3.1 Bugs & Workarounds

Earlier this week, we announced that Claris had released FileMaker Pro 19.3.1 and provided notes detailing the new features and capabilities. However, it didn’t take long after the Claris release to realize that our developers realized there were some bugs…

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Claris FileMaker 19.3 Announcement & Notes

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Claris FileMaker 19.3 Announcement & Notes

UPDATE: This blog post has been updated to mention the memory leak issue with web viewers on Windows computers. Additionally, we've included a workaround we developed to mitigate its impact…

Understanding color processes

Understanding color processes

Color can be a tricky subject to understand. At first glance, it seems simple. Primary colors are red, blue, and yellow that create secondary and then tertiary colors when combined with one another, right? Yes, but also no. The two most common color processes are…

Understanding raster- and vector-based graphics

Understanding raster- and vector-based graphics

Despite what nearly every crime-solving television show would lead you to believe, it’s not possible to zoom in on a photo or video and enhance the image to be clearer. But why is this, and are there exceptions? It depends on…

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Comparative Visual Communication

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Comparative Visual Communication

As the saying goes, a picture is worth a thousand words. Many individuals best process and learn information through visuals, and many concepts are best presented through an image or illustration. However, there is a crucial question to ask…

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Making FileMaker-Compatible SVG Icons with Adobe Illustrator

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Making FileMaker-Compatible SVG Icons with Adobe Illustrator

When FileMaker 14 was released in 2015, it included several major new features. Notably, FileMaker was able to support buttons with icons. A staple of web and app design, being able to now incorporate them into Claris databases was a game-changer. These days…

Caching a Break

Caching a Break

Caching is a common technique used in software development to temporarily hold data that programs need to access frequently. Typically, this improves the performance of apps since it is faster to read data from the cache than to read from a database or data file. However, having corrupted caches will cause…